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Henrietta Street runs west from the south-western corner of Covent Garden piazza towards Bedford Street and the streets beyond. It is one of the original streets of the seventeenth-century Bedford estate development, laid out as part of the planned square around the market, and it retains a good deal of that early character in its scale and frontages. The street has a notable association with the publishing trade, having been home to publishers' offices over its long history, and this literary connection remains part of its identity. Today Henrietta Street carries a mixture of offices, hospitality and small businesses, with restaurants and cafes among its frontages that serve the constant flow of visitors between the piazza and the streets to the west. Its position gives immediate access to the market buildings, St Paul's church and the heart of Covent Garden, while the western end leads towards the quieter streets around Bedford Street and the Strand. The combination of its early planned origins, its publishing history and its present-day dining and commercial use gives Henrietta Street a settled and characterful place within the district.
