Shaftesbury Avenue is a major road in the West End of London, named after The 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. It runs north-easterly from Piccadilly Circus to New Oxford Street, crossing Charing Cross Road at Cambridge Circus. From Piccadilly Circus to Cambridge Circus, it is in the City of Westminster, and from Cambridge Circus to New Oxford Street, it is in the London Borough of Camden.
Shaftesbury Avenue in 2016 with West End theatres pictured along the right side of the road
Shaftesbury Avenue from Piccadilly Circus in 1949
The Forbidden Planet comic store on the road
The West End of London is a district of Central London, London, England, west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, in which many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings and entertainment venues, including West End theatres, are concentrated.
Piccadilly Circus, the heart of the West End, in September 2012
Oxford Street, one of the main West End shopping areas
Dragon statue on the Temple Bar monument, which marks the boundary between the City of Westminster and City of London
Aldwych Theatre in London Theatreland