London walk from Green Park to Oxford Circus via Piccadilly, The Ritz, Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly Circus, Regent Street, Heddon Street, Carnaby Street, Liberty London, Maddox Street returning to Regent Street and Oxford Circus for a view of Oxford Street east and west.
Walk with me through the designer shops and cute streets between Piccadilly and Oxford Circus. Starting from Green Park I walk along Piccadilly past The Ritz and through Burlington Arcade to arrive at the gentlemen’s outfitters of Sackville Street and onto Piccadilly Circus from where I head along Regent Street, taking a couple of detours along Heddon Street to restaurant spot and then into Carnaby Street once the cool capital of the UK, quickly viewing Liberty London, spotting the Maddox Gallery florally festooned and then finally ending the walk at Oxford Circus. Phew…. is that everything covered?! Oh, and don’t forget Max the collie dog who mistook my gimbal for a stick and wanted to play, bless him; he had been out walking since 11am and I met him at 3pm just before he was heading home.
The area north of Piccadilly and west of Regent Street is, in my opinion, very rewarding if you want to just wander and see what the world brings you - restaurants, pubs, little shops, cute streets - there are bits of old London around most corners. The detours through the Burlington Arcade, along Heddon Street and then Carnaby Street weren’t planned and neither was the Maddox Street gallery all covered in flowers. I do like a bit of spontaneity😊
Route timestamps:
00:05 Green Park
00:27 Max the collie dog
00:33 Green Park Tube Station Coffee Shop
01:23 Piccadilly
01:37 The Ritz Hotel
02:47 Arlington Street/Dover Street junction with Piccadilly
04:09 St James’s Street/Albemarle Street junction with Piccadilly
04:53 Old Bond Street
05:51 Burlington Arcade - an unplanned detour; if you are looking for Fortnum and Mason you would continue along Piccadilly on the right hand side while to the left is the Royal Academy of Arts.
08:21 Cork Street
08:28 Old Bond Street/New Bond Street
08:41 Burlington Gardens
08:58 Pace Gallery
10:44 Sackville Street
13:00 Re-joining Piccadilly, view towards Fortnum and Mason
13:18 BAFTA
13:45 Malta House
14:50 Le Meridien Piccadilly
16:18 Lillywhites
16:22 View of Regent Street St James’s towards Waterloo Place
16:44 Piccadilly Circus plus underground station
18:05 Regent Street
20:55 Veeraswamy - the oldest surviving Indian restaurant in the United Kingdom
21:44 Vigo Street
23:07 Heddon Street - another unplanned detour as I decide on a quick trip to see all the little restaurants
24:49 Re-joining Regent Street
26:26 Tenison Court as I decide on yet another quick detour into Carnaby Street. If you are looking for Hamley’s you would continue up Regent Street where it is on the right hand side.
26:58 Kingly Street
27:30 Ganton Street
28:20 Carnaby Street
29:44 Foubert’s Place
31:26 Great Marlborough Street
31:33 Liberty London
33:16 Argyll Street and the London Palladium
34:47 Maddox Street plus Maddox Gallery all covered in flowers
36:02 Re-joining Regent Street
36:22 Hanover Street meets Regent Street
37:25 Princes Street meets Regent Street
38:12 Oxford Circus underground station
38:22 Oxford Street
39:04 Inside the KZfaq Space, London
My equipment:
Gimbal - Zhiyun Smooth.
Recorded on Samsung S6 mobile phone - I do the immersive first-person walks with these.
For vlogging to camera, I use a Canon G7X Mark ii.