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Endell Street runs north from the corner of Long Acre up towards the edge of Bloomsbury, forming one of the longer thoroughfares on the northern side of Covent Garden. The street was laid out in the nineteenth century as an improvement scheme, cutting a clearer route through what had been a denser network of older lanes. Today it carries a steady mix of independent shops, cafes and small offices at ground level, with residential and studio space above. The width of the street and its Victorian and later frontages give it a calmer, more workaday feel than the busier market streets to the south. Endell Street is known locally for a run of hospitality and food businesses, including bakeries, coffee shops and casual restaurants that serve the surrounding working population as much as visitors. The northern reach connects towards the theatre district around Shaftesbury Avenue, while the southern end feeds directly into the retail concentration of Long Acre and Seven Dials. Its position between the tourist core of Covent Garden and the quieter squares of Bloomsbury makes it a practical connecting route on foot. The street remains a mixed-use address where daily trade, dining and small-scale commerce sit alongside residential occupation.
