Piccadilly and St James’s

Starting from the steps of the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain (Eros to his friends), this circular walk goes on to discover: some of London’s finest gentlemen’s clubs; a famous food store founded on the profits from second-hand candles; Sir Christopher Wren’s only West End church; the addresses of three royal mistresses; a great art gallery in a splendid mansion; and a fashionable shopping arcade where you are not allowed to run, whistle, sing, open an umbrella, wheel a pushchair or carry a parcel!