Regent Street is one of the major shopping streets in London’s West End. Named after the Prince Regent (later George IV), John Nash is seen as the Architect behind the original Street but all his buildings with the exception of All Souls Church near the BBC were demolished. What you see today are buildings designed by Architects, in the “style of Nash”. Mistakenly thought to be as part of a ceremonial route from the Regent’s residence at Carlton House in St James’s to Regent’s Park, it was in fact the idea of John Fordyce, then Surveyor-General of the Dept of Woods and Forests (now The Crown Estate). Starting as Lower Regent Street at its intersection with Charles II Street and Waterloo Place, it runs north to Piccadilly Circus then becomes Regent Street by turning westward, and curves around in a quarter-circle until it is heading north once more. It then continues past Oxford Circus becoming Upper Regent Street and ends at its intersection with Langham Place, Cavendish Place and Mortimer Street.

A beautiful part of London which is a must of Shopperholics in London. Take the Oxford Circus tube station, which is on the Bakerloo, Victoria and Central line, and you will come out to the corner of Regent and Oxford. On this street you will find the famed Hamleys, once the biggest toy store in the world. A must go go Christmas shopping especially if you have little ones back home expecting a gift

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