Langley Court in Covent Garden

Langley Court in Covent Garden

Langley Court is a small court off Langley Street on the northern side of Covent Garden, a short turning away from the busier shopping routes. It is one of the many courts and yards that thread through the district, remnants of the tight street pattern that grew up behind the main frontages. The court is quiet and enclosed, with buildings rising close on either side, and it carries little through traffic. Its scale is modest and its use mixed, with ground-floor premises and upper storeys given over to offices or flats. Places like this give Covent Garden much of its texture, offering pockets of calm just steps from the crowds around Neal Street and Long Acre. Langley Court sits within easy reach of the shops and eating places of the northern quarter, and its position keeps it tied to the everyday working life of the area rather than the visitor trade of the Piazza.