London's theatres sit on one-way and pedestrianised streets, so where a car can actually pull in matters. Here are the real drop-off points by cluster — and how a pre-booked driver gets you closest.
Covent Garden
The Royal Opera House sets down on Bow Street; Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Catherine Street; the Lyceum on Wellington Street; the Donmar and Cambridge around Earlham Street and Seven Dials. Many lanes are pedestrian-priority, so drivers use the nearest safe kerb.
The Strand & Aldwych
The Adelphi and Savoy set down on the Strand (the Savoy via the right-hand-drive Savoy Court), while the Aldwych and Novello use the Aldwych crescent — a smoother flow than the lanes to the north.
Shaftesbury Avenue, Haymarket & the South Bank
The Sondheim, Lyric, Apollo and Gielgud set down along Shaftesbury Avenue; the Palace at Cambridge Circus; His Majesty's on the Haymarket and the Harold Pinter on Panton Street. Across the river the National uses Upper Ground and the Old Vic and Young Vic The Cut.
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