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Few areas in London are more interesting and diverse than Soho. Home to a large number of Italian and Chinese immigrants, there is a mix of cultures available here which makes Soho a very popular, and consequently very crowded nightspot.
By day, take a walk around the many boutique clothes shops and eateries. Soho also houses many media companies, including Virgin Radio and the British Board of Film Classification. The whole area has a certain aura of cool about it that makes Soho the place to be seen out and about.
Some of Soho’s more famous establishments include Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, which has played host to many of the great jazz players of recent times, and continues to function despite the death of its eponymous founder in 1996. Another hugely fashionable place to be seen is Bar Italia, a twenty-four hour coffee bar that serves as the favoured location for Italians in London to congregate. Interestingly, the room directly above Bar Italia was the place where John Logie Baird first demonstrated his new invention, the television, in 1926.
Did You Know? One of the more unusual landmarks in Soho is a small water pump that was discovered by Dr. John Snow in 1854 to be the cause of Soho’s cholera outbreak.
From the North: Head down Camden High Street and take the right fork at Mornington Crescent tube station. Continue down Hampstead Road, past Warren Street and Goodge Street tube stations, into Tottenham Court Road and take a left into Soho.
For satellite navigation systems enter postcode W1.
Nearest NCP Pay and Display car park: London Welbeck Street, W1G 0BB
Any of these bus routes will take you towards Soho:
Day: 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 19, 23, 24, 25, 29, 38, 55, 88, 94, 98, 134, 139, 176, 242, 390
Night: N1, N5, 6, N7, N8, 10, 12, N13, 14, N18, N19, N20, 23, 24, 25, N29, N35, N38, N55, N68, N71, 94, N98, 134, N136, 139, 176, 242, N253, N279, 390
Nearest station: Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern Lines)
From Kings Cross/St. Pancras: Take the Piccadilly Line southbound to Holborn (2 stops). Change to the Central Line westbound to Tottenham Court Road (1 stop).
From Paddington: Take the southbound Circle or District Line to Notting Hill Gate (2 stops). Change to the eastbound Central Line to Tottenham Court Road (6 stops).
From Victoria: Take the Victoria Line northbound to Oxford Circus (2 stops). Change to the eastbound Central Line to Tottenham Court Road (1 stop).
Nearest overground rail station: Charing Cross is located just South of Soho and is walkable in 10-15 mins.
