Earlham Street is a street inCovent Garden, in theLondon Borough of Camden that runs fromShaftesbury Avenue in the west toNeal Street in the east, crossingSeven Dials midway, where it intersects withMonmouth Street,Mercer Street, andShorts Gardens.Tower Street and Tower Court join it on its south side.
Earlham Street Market operates from the street.[1]
The street was originally two separate streets. The part east of Seven Dials was calledGreat Earl Street, and the part west of Seven DialsLittle Earl Street. In the 1930s the whole street was renamed Earlham Street.[2]
Seven Dials Jazz Club is at number 46, opposite theDonmar Warehouse. TheCambridge Theatre, a West End theatre, is on a corner site.
Syd Barrett once lived at number 2.[3]
In the 1970s,Adidas released a shoe that is named after the street.[4][5]
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