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Drury Lane runs north to south through the eastern side of Covent Garden, one of the oldest and most storied streets in the district. It gives its name to the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, a major playhouse whose entrance stands on Catherine Street nearby and which has occupied a site in this area for centuries, staging large-scale productions and musicals. The street itself has a long history reaching back well before its theatrical associations, and it has carried a mixed character of housing, trade and entertainment through successive periods. Today Drury Lane is a working street of flats, shops, offices and eating places, running between the theatre district around the Piazza and the streets towards Holborn to the north. Its frontages are varied in age and style, from older buildings to twentieth-century blocks, reflecting the many changes the street has seen. The name remains strongly tied to theatreland, and the street forms one of the principal north-south routes through this part of Covent Garden. Drury Lane keeps its place as one of the defining streets of the West End, familiar far beyond London through its long association with the stage.
