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West Street is a short street in the western part of the district, running near the Seven Dials and Cambridge Circus area between Shaftesbury Avenue and the lanes around it. It is a compact street of modest scale, lined with older buildings and a mix of small premises, set within the animated fringe where Covent Garden meets the edge of Soho. The setting keeps the intimate proportions of the surrounding streets, with brick frontages and narrow pavements. West Street sits close to the theatres of Shaftesbury Avenue, and the immediate area has a long association with small playhouses and dining. Pedestrian activity is steady, drawn from theatre-goers, diners and those passing between Cambridge Circus, Seven Dials and the streets nearby. The street carries the lively character of this theatre and restaurant quarter while keeping the smaller scale of a side street. Its identity rests on this position among the western lanes, a connecting street within an animated corner of the district close to the playhouses and eating places of the area.
