Piccadilly
A tailor from the
Strand invested in lands around what is now Piccadilly
Circus and he made his fortune from 'Picadils' - a form of
stiff collar. Piccadilly is one of the two ancient highways
going west out of London, although house building didn't
commence until the 1600's. The street extends from
Piccadilly Circus to Hyde Park with the court of St James and Green Park to the south and Mayfair to the north. It has
some very rand houses along it, notably Aspley House. The
Royal Academy of Arts is on the north side, about 150 yards from Piccadilly Circus and the Ritz Hotel is on the south
side by Green Park.
Piccadilly Circus
Piccadilly and Bakerloo lines-
Green Park
Piccadilly and Victoria lines
