BOW STREET
Bow Street is dominated by the former Magistrates Court and Royal Opera House with not much else of note. But, as it is part of Covent Garden, I’ve also highlighted some other places of interest around there. The Covent Garden area was originally the kitchen garden of Westminster Abbey convent. Stanfords Map Shop (1) Coffee at Stanfords brilliant map shop is a nice way to start the day. And I can also tick Denmark off my international food list. This famous shop recently moved to Langley Street. It’s just round the corner from the premises in Long Acre they had occupied since 1901. Stanfords have actually been trading in Covent Garden since 1853. Ordnance Survey has been the national mapping agency for Great Britain since 1790. Naturally, t here are OS maps galore in Stanfords. I may waffle more on this when we get to Marlb...