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Garrick Street is a stone’s throw from Covent Garden, close to the Royal
Opera House and a short stroll from many of London’s theatres. For those
who love to be near city night life - theatres, restaurants, the hustle and the
bustle of life at the end of the working day - then this part of London will be
perfect for you. Put on some comfortable shoes and explore, check out the
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side streets, many of which are traffic free, find the short cuts, and discover
for yourself where the buzz and the razzmatazz are to be found. Invest
a little time in really learning your way around, and everyday life will be
great.
There are plenty of restaurants on your doorstep, shops and art galleries
not far away, and the two closest underground stations are each just a few
minutes’ walk - it’s all there and you are in the centre of it!
For theatre lovers there is no better location. You will be able to see some
of the most celebrated plays and musicals. Leicester Square is home to the
large West End cinemas and most of the big blockbuster films have their UK
premiers here.
Garrick Street was named in honour of David Garrick, who was born
in Hereford in 1717 and grew up to become one of England’s most
celebrated and admired actors and an innovative theatre manager. As a
very young man he was for a time a pupil of Dr Samuel Johnson, writer of
the first-ever dictionary, ‘A Dictionary of the English Language’. The Garrick
Theatre nearby in Charing Cross Road was also named for him. It was
opened in 1889.
The Garrick Club is to be found at Number 15 Garrick Street. A private
gentlemen’s club founded in 1831, the Garrick is an exclusive establishment
and over the years many famous writers, actors and painters have been
members, men such as Charles Dickens, H. G. Wells, Sir Laurence Olivier
and John Everett Millais

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