It used to be the home of the music industry and was nick-named Tin Pan Alley. It hasn't got any particular claim to fame anymore apart from the fact that everyone seems to know about it.
Shaftesbury Avenue.
There is no direct tube line between Shaftesbury Avenue and Victoria. You will have to change at Green Park.
Music shops
Shaftesbury Avenue was created in 1886.
Contact Forbidden Planet Comics @ 179 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8JR Telephone: 0207 420 3666
Shaftesbury Avenue W1. Originally seven were built, but only six survive today.
It's on Shaftesbury Avenue in London near Leicester Square tube stop.
Shaftesbury Avenue London is in Theatre land. The most popular and widely known name for London´s theater world is The West End.
In the middle of Piccadilly Circus is the Shaftesbury Monument Memoria Fountain. This was built in commemoration of Lord Shaftesbury. The statue on the top is commonly known as Eros, but was actually intended to be his twin, Anteros, the archer, who looks along Shaftesbury Avenue.
Theatres
158-168 located near leicster square side
The Apollo Theatre is in the West of London on Shaftesbury Avenue in Westminster. There is also a theatre called the Apollo Victoria Theatre which is the home of Wicked! the musical. That is located in Victoria on Wilton Road in London.