Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Back on Short's Gardens, Neal's Yard Dairy (at #17) sells a wide variety of cheeses
from the British Isles. This is the original shop of what is now a thriving chain. Everything
is well-described, and they'll slice off a sample if you ask nicely (Mon-Sat 10:00-19:00,
closed Sun).
Continue along Short's Gardens to the next intersection—called
Seven Dials
—where
seven sundials atop a pole mark the meeting of seven small streets. Continue more or less
straight ahead onto Earlham Street.
Then, bearing left, you'll spill out into
Cambridge Circus
—the busy intersection of
Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road—with its fine red-brick Victorian architec-
ture and classic theaters.
Charing Cross Road
is the traditional home of London's book-
stores. Turn right up Charing Cross and walk two blocks to reach one of the biggest,
Foyles Books,
which puts on free events several nights a week—from book signings to
jazz in their upstairs gallery and café (usually around 18:00, bookstore is on left at 113
Charing Cross Road,
www.foyles.co.uk
)
.
• A few steps up from Foyles, turn right onto...
