10 Fascinating Facts About Covent Garden

Once an important working market and the backdrop for the
musical My Fair Lady, Covent Garden today is one of London’s
biggest tourist magnets, attracting over 44 million visitors
annually.
Here are 10 fascinating facts about this historic area of London.

00:00 10 Fascinating Facts About Covent Garden, London
00:27 Covent Garden was once the bustling center of an Anglo-Saxon trading town
00:47 Covent Garden derives its name from the French word couvent meaning Convent
01:25 Henry VIII seized the lands of Covent Garden and gave them to a friend
01:54 Covent Garden was designed by Royal Architect Inigo Jones
02:08 Covent Garden was the first piazza in London
02:47 Covent Garden has run a market since 1656
03:01 Covent Garden was an 18th-century red-light district
03:25 Both the Royal Opera House and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane are said to be haunted
03:51 Covent Garden has over 60 pubs and bars
04:22 Covent Garden street performers run shows every day of the year except Christmas Day

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[cooperfrominterstellar]

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[daxroach]

since 1656, that's quite the history whew

[dosti]

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[velocirapter]

60 pubs and bars! no liquid shortage there!

[jairdias]

aww it's raining in London, what a surprise 😮😁

[istvanwusching]

that's a fab pic you paint of that place! 🎵 💕

[Shadow-ciwi]

covent garden hides a lot of secrets I didn't know!

[typerider]

ah, once the red light district... good to know hehe

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[asifiwemediatv]

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[guaweylama]

isn't everything haunted in England? 😋

[chaselee]

Covent Garden now is too touristy, filled with souvenir shops and stalls. Overrated and boring place.