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Gentlemen’s Shops in Piccadilly and Jermyn Street (1 Km)

Updated: Aug 30

INTRODUCTION

This shopping route takes you along a section of London’s famous Piccadilly - the road from Green Park Station to Piccadilly Circus Station. It is renowned for its iconic places such as The Royal Academy, the Ritz Hotel, Fortnum and Mason and Piccadilly Circus. The route also follows a section of Jermyn Street famous for gentlemen's shopping.

Gentlemen’s Shops in Piccadilly and Jermyn Street - Content overview

 

LOCATION - Gentlemen’s Shops in Piccadilly and Jermyn Street

Gentlemen’s Shops in Piccadilly and Jermyn Street - Photorun route Map

Start and Finish

Start Green Park Station - Park side- End at Piccadilly Circus Station

The best time to do this photorun is at the weekends in the early morning when it is quiet and free from crowds and heavy traffic.


 

GETTING TO KNOW THE AREA - HIGH-SPEED VIDEOS


The Google map and the summary video are useful to have open when doing these Photoruns. They will help you remember the route and prevent you from getting lost.


Route at a Glance Video.

Gentlemen’s Shops in Piccadilly and Jermyn Street

This short video (1:25 minutes) gives a quick overview of the route and the sights and then shows you what the route would look like if you were running it at about 25 mph. It's a great way of getting familiar with the route before you do it for real.



 

GETTING TO KNOW THE AREA - GOOGLE MAP


This is a 'My Google Maps' depiction of the route with photographs of the sites. This is available on the desktop or mobile by clicking on the map. The mobile version does allow you to get directions to points on the map and will show you your location. However, its behaviour does depend on the browser and application you use. (Google Chrome seems to be the best).


Gentlemen’s Shops in Piccadilly and Jermyn Street - Photo Locations on My Google map

The Plotaroute map is an alternative guide where you can download the route to a device once you navigate past the adverts. Use the link below.





 

VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE AREA


Click on the maps below and go on a virtual tour of the shopping area.


360 Virtual tour of the Gentlemen’s Shops in Piccadilly and Jermyn Street

Use the green route to explore this location by looking around in 360, taking in the sights and sounds, listening to an audio recording about the location and going on a virtual tour.


 

PHOTO GALLERY OF THE AREA


This will gallery provides a descriptive and visual reference to many sights along this photoroute. Double-click to see its full size.



 


SIGHTS - TOUR GUIDE


This short (4:08 minute) video gives you a quick guided tour of some of the sites on this route.


 

HISTORY OF THE AREA


These history videos provide you with a history of the area and a history of shopping in the west end of London.


5:10 Minutes


7:26 Minutes


 

WHERE TO EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY

This map shows you the Eat Drink and be Merry locations in the West End Shopping area and how they link to the other shopping photoruns.

Gentlemen’s Shops in Piccadilly and Jermyn Street - places to eat drink and be merry

Click on the map to find out more about all these areas.

 

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