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TAXI IN PICCADILLY CIRCUS
RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!
1 Piccadilly Circus Piccadilly Circus 020 3238 0022,
www.ripleyslondon.com
.Daily
10am-midnight.£27.
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Housed in what was once the London Pavilion music hall, right on Piccadilly Circus next to
the Trocadero centre, you'll find the world's largest branch of Ripley's Believe It or Not!,
which bills itself as an odditorium. It's half waxworks, half old-fashioned Victorian freak
show, with a mirror maze thrown in for good measure.
Delights on display include shrunken heads and dinosaur eggs, a chewing gum sculpture of
the Fab Four, and Tower Bridge rendered in 264,345 matchsticks.
Booking online will save you a few pounds off the stratospheric admission charge.
REGENT STREET
Piccadilly Circus or Oxford Circus.
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Drawn up by John Nash in 1812 as both a luxury shopping street and a new, wide triumphal
approach to Regent's Park, Regent Street was the city's first real attempt at dealing with
traffic congestion. At the same time, it helped clear away a large area of slums, and create a
tangible borderline to shore up fashionable Mayfair against the chaotic maze of Soho. Even
today, it's still possible to admire the stately intentions of Nash's plan, particularly evident
in the
Quadrant
, the street's partially arcaded section which curves westwards from Picca-
dilly Circus. During the course of the nineteenth century, however, the increased purchasing
