Fitzrovia

Fitzrovia
Charlotte Place, near the border of Camden and Westminster, with the area's main landmark, the BT Tower, visible in the background
Fitzrovia is located in Greater London
Fitzrovia
Fitzrovia
Location within Greater London
DemonymFitzrovian
OS grid referenceTQ292821
London borough
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLONDON
Postcode districtW1
WC1
Dialling code020
PoliceMetropolitan
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UK Parliament
London Assembly
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51°31′23″N 0°08′20″W / 51.523°N 0.139°W / 51.523; -0.139

Fitzrovia (/fɪtsˈrviə/[1]) is a district of central London, England, near the West End. The eastern part of the area is in the London Borough of Camden, and the western in the City of Westminster. It has its roots in the Manor of Tottenham Court, and was urbanised in the 18th century. Its name was coined in the late 1930s by Tom Driberg.[2]

It is characterised by its mixed-use of residential, business, retail, education and healthcare, with no single activity dominating.[3] The once bohemian area was home to writers such as Virginia Woolf, George Bernard Shaw and Arthur Rimbaud. In 2016, The Sunday Times named it the best place to live in London.[4]

  1. ^ "Fitzrovia". Collins Dictionary. n.d. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  2. ^ Simon W. Goulding, Fitzrovian Nights, Literary London: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Representation of London, Volume 4 Number 1 (March 2006)
  3. ^ Matthew Sturgis, "All the fun of Fitzrovia"[permanent dead link], Evening Standard, 14 November 2001. Accessed 26 February 2011.
  4. ^ "Metro". 20 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

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