W & G Foyle Ltd. is a bookseller with a chain of seven stores in England. It is best known for its flagship store in Charing Cross Road, London. Foyles was once listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest bookshop in terms of shelf length, at 30 miles (48 km), and of number of titles on display. It was bought by Waterstones in 2018.
The flagship Foyles store at 107 Charing Cross Road, London
The former Foyles shop at 111–119 Charing Cross Road
A Foyles advertisement from the 1960s
Charing Cross Road is a street in central London running immediately north of St Martin-in-the-Fields to St Giles Circus, which then merges into Tottenham Court Road. It leads from the north in the direction of Charing Cross at the south side of Trafalgar Square. It connects via St Martin's Place and the motorised east side of the square.
Charing Cross Road, London, looking north from its junction with Cranbourn Street
The Foyles Building bookshop on the west side of Charing Cross Road in 2006 (closed 2014)