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Tavistock Street runs through the block on the southern side of the Piazza, one of the streets laid out on the Bedford estate and named for the Russell family's title of Marquess of Tavistock. It is a lively retail street, lined with independent shops, boutiques and cafes that draw the steady stream of visitors moving between the market and the Strand. The scale is domestic and human, with elegant older frontages giving the street an ordered, handsome character that suits its Piazza-side retail role. Pedestrian activity is high through the day and into the evening, fed by the shoppers, diners and theatre-goers who fill this corner of Covent Garden. The street forms part of the grid of routes that connect the central market to Wellington Street and the theatres beyond, and its shopfronts and pavement tables give it an animated, browsing atmosphere. Tavistock Street is defined by this mix of fashion and dining in a compact historic setting, a working shopping street that carries the footfall of one of London's most visited quarters while keeping the intimate proportions of the original estate layout.
