One of the most famous shopping streets in London, Regent Street is named after the Prince Regent, who later became King George IV, and is a wonderful, wide, sweeping street with outstanding architectural facades reaching from Piccadilly Circus to Wigmore Street, crossing Oxford Street.
Every building on Regent Street is under Grade 2 protected status to prevent them being torn down for redevelopment.
Piccadilly Circus is possibly the best internationally known area in central London, and about as close as Londoners get to having a City Center not centrally located within the Metropolitan area, but nevertheless, a central London landmark.
Piccadilly Circus dates from 1819 and features the world known aluminum EROS statue in the centre. Known in tourist folklore as the God of Love because of the Cupid like bow and arrow part of the statue, EROS is sometimes refered to as the Angel of Christian Charity, erected in tribute to the Earl of Shaftesbury, a Bible carrying reformer best known for his objections to child labour.
Piccadilly is another major London street popluar with the young and wealthy. Piccadilly runs from Hyde Park Cornern to Piccadilly Circus.
Piccadilly is just south of the Mayfair area and is within the City of Westminster. A section of Piccadilly overlooks Green Park. The name is derived from the name of the stiff collars for shirts, known as Piccadills.
