Leicester Square ★☆☆

A lone busker entertains the passing crowds in Leicester Square

Leicester Square following its 2011â€“12 redevelopment, Leicester Square, London (Photo by Romazur)

The TKTS half-price ticket booth on Leicester Square sell cheap, same-day tickets to West End musicals and plays, Leicester Square, London (Photo by R Sones)

A busker performs on Leicester Square, Leicester Square, London (Photo by Garry Knight)

A Christmas carousel in 2015 in Leicester Square, Leicester Square, London (Photo by Charles D P Miller)

Typical nighttime throngs at Leicester Square, Leicester Square, London (Photo by Jai

Leicester Square as it appeared in 1754, Leicester Square, London (Photo adapted from a photo by Abi Skipp)

Leicester Square as it appeared in 1874, showing the Alhambra Theatre, Leicester Square, London (Photo from the Illustrated London News)

Leicester Square as it appeared circa 1880, looking northeast, Leicester Square, London (Photo by Unknown)

A bustling plaza of buskers, tourists, theatre-goers, and pub crawlers at the heart of London's West End

This leafy square lined by pubs, fast food joints, and movie multiplexes—and home to London's TKTS famed half-price kiosk for theatre tickets—teems at all hours with tourists and buskers, joined at night by club kids, theatre crowds, and pub crawlers.

Its movie palaces are where world premieres are held, its trees provides shade for buskers, street performers, and the weary tourists taking a break for a few minutes to watch, listen, and toss a few pound coins in their hats and guitar cases.

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