Covent Garden and Strand

The streets of Covent Garden tell a fascinating history of London life over the centuries. One of the first examples of town planning, the earliest inhabitants were the social elite living in grand houses looking out on to a continental style piazza. Following the money came the street traders whose successors transformed Covent Garden into one of the world's largest fruit and vegetable markets. With the birth of the Market came an influx of writers, actors and artists whose bohemian lives