Fitzrovia

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Fitzrovia
Charlotte Place, near the border of Camden and Westminster, with the area's main landmark, the BT Tower, visible in the background
Fitzrovia Location within Greater London
Demonym	Fitzrovian
OS grid reference	TQ292821
London borough	Camden Westminster
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	W1 WC1
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Holborn and St Pancras Cities of London and Westminster
London Assembly	Barnet and Camden West Central
List of places UK England London 51°31′23″N 0°08′20″W / 51.523°N 0.139°W / 51.523; -0.139

Fitzrovia (/fɪtsˈroʊviə/^[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]