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Covent Garden, London is famous for its shops, street performers, bars, restaurants, theatres and the Royal Opera House. Covent Garden is an Italian-style piazza packed with restaurants, bars and fashionable boutiques. Surrounded by Theatreland, in the heart of London's West End, the area is recognised as the capital's premier entertainment and leisure destination.

Covent Garden Market & Piazza

At the heart of the Covent Garden piazza lies the famous market, designed in 1632 by Inigo Jones and now visited by 30 million tourists each year. The large glass covered building comprises several arcades of fashionable boutiques, cafés and an arts and crafts, the Apple Market.

In the open piazza jugglers, mime artists, variety acts and musicians delight and amaze the crowds.

Restaurants, cafés and bars line the piazza, offering great views of this daily spectacle.
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Street performers   
Street Entertainers

Today, the Street Performers of Covent Garden perform finely crafted shows, derived from years of training and practicing the art, both here in London and all over the world. Far from being entirely reliant on foreign tourist audiences, they are a well established and appreciated part of the London community. The West Piazza is known as being a pitch capable of gathering a large crowd. As well as local performers, Covent Garden has an `open pitch’ policy towards visiting performers and during summer is host to performers from around the world.




 
 
History

Now one of London's most popular tourist attractions, for much of its existence Covent Garden served as a fruit and vegetable market - the largest in England - which covered the whole of the square and occupied many of the buildings.

The wholesale produce has now moved to New Covent Garden Market in south London and the original site has been transformed beyond all recognition.
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Royal Opera House    Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House, just off the north piazza, was built in 1809 on the site of a theatre dating back to 1732.

A fire destroyed that building in 1857 but it was replaced within a year by the present House which, after two year's renovation, reopened in 2000 to high acclaim.
 
 
Restaurants, Pubs and Bars

A string of restaurants and cafés stretch out around Covent Garden piazza and the streets beyond with a choice of cuisine from around the globe.

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We continually add new restaurants, pubs and bars to our listing. All our venues have been screened for value, service and cuisine.
  
Restaurants in Covent Garden
 
LOOK AROUND COVENT GARDEN
Experience Covent Garden Market from the Opera House balcony with our panoramic pictures.
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STREET ENTERTAINERS
Take a coffee and enjoy the outdoor street entertainment.
Street Entertainers
 
 
 
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