Seven Dials, London WC2 150000 4 London shopping historic 476 sevendials@threepipe.co.uk false 306103 51.5139106097 -0.1270079613 Seven Dials +442076324800 [Picadilly] at Covent Garden 2009-06-18T16:45:57+02:00 false Monmouth Street 2009-07-07T14:00:48+02:00 http://www.sevendials.co.uk/ WC2 In "Iolanthe," Gilbert and Sullivan wrote the verse "Hearts just as brave and fair/ May beat in Belgrave Square/ As in the lowly air of Seven Dials," referring to this famous seven-street intersection in West London. The area that surrounds the intersection sprawls along Earlham Street, Monmouth Street, Neal Street, Neals Yard, Shorts Gardens, Shelton Street and Mercer Street and is nothing like the one described by Gilbert and Sullivan. Ironically, it is instead one of London's most famous shopping districts. Though it is referred to as "Covent Garden's Hidden Village," the spiffed-up Seven Dials—containing commercial staple stores like American Apparel, Diesel and Miss Sixty—is clearly no secret. /system/photos/0049/5811/Shorts_Gardens_thumb.jpg 2009-07-07T14:00:48+02:00 London Shop 495811 Courtesy of Seven Dials /system/photos/0049/5811/Shorts_Gardens.jpg 495821 Courtesy of Seven Dials /system/photos/0049/5821/sevendials.jpg 489593 Courtesy of "RachelH_" via flickr /system/photos/0048/9593/3278330127_32f95445b2.jpg