Piccadilly, London

Piccadilly is a street in London. Located within the City of Westminster, it runs from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east.

Piccadilly was originally known as Portugal Street until the 17th century. The present name came about when tailor Robert Baker, who made a fortune making and selling piccadills bought land in the area and built his mansion called Piccadilly Hall.

Today Piccadilly is one of the widest and straightest streets in central London. Although it has a number of famous shops and luxury hotels, it is not the main shopping street of the city.

How to reach Piccadilly

There are three tube stations of the London Underground along the length of Piccadilly. The Hyde Park Corner Tube Station is served by the Piccadilly Line; the Green Park Tube Station is served by the Jubilee Line, Piccadilly Line and Victoria Line; the Piccadilly Circus Tube Station is served by the Bakerloo Line and Piccadilly Line.

Location map of Piccadilly

Piccadilly, London
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piccadilly_-_DSC04249.JPG
Author: Benkid77

List of Streets in London

 Latest updates on Penang Travel Tips

About this website

Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.

While I try my best to provide you information as accurate as I can get it to be, I do apologize for any errors and for outdated information which I am unaware. Nevertheless, I hope that what I have described here will be useful to you.