Leicester Square.

Turn away from the cinema lights.

Use the square as a gateway to Chinatown, bookshops and a walk towards Covent Garden.

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Explore Chinatown’s streets, then continue through Cecil Court towards Trafalgar Square.

Cecil Court is a short pedestrian street with specialist book and print shops.

Choose a Chinatown restaurant by its menu and your appetite; compare several rather than treating a queue as a quality guarantee.

The Salisbury on St Martin’s Lane is a nearby pub option.

Station → Chinatown → Leicester Square → Cecil Court → Trafalgar Square. Allow around an hour before a meal.

The square, street sculptures and window-shopping cost nothing.

The film-character sculptures around the square can make a short family spotting trail.

Leicester Square developed from a residential square into a centre of theatre and cinema entertainment.

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