Regent Street

Regent Street in London

The Regent Street in London is a main shopping street and thoroughfare in the West End of the city.

Named after the Prince Regent and later King George IV , it was built by John Nash from 1811 to 1825 as part of a ceremonial road from the regent's residence, St James's Palace, to Regent's Park . It leads north from Waterloo Place as Lower Regent Street to Piccadilly Circus and behind the square as The Quadrant and then as Regent Street to Oxford Circus . As Upper Regent Street, it eventually stretches to Langham Place , Cavendish Place and Mortimer Streetdown. All of the buildings built by Nash were replaced by neo-baroque buildings in the 1920s . Most of Regent Street is owned by the Crown Estate .

Characteristic of Regent Street is its world-famous section in Piccadilly Circus, in which the street runs on an arc .

Web links

Commons : Regent Street  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/
• http://www.regentstreetonline.com/

Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 36 "  N , 0 ° 8 ′ 15.7"  W.