Follow the Kinks through the dark alleyways and passages of

L O N D O N

Place of interest

Underground Tube Station/directions

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Denmark Street

Street in central London. London's "Tin Pan Alley". Home of music publishers. Kassner House is #25

Kinks link : Song title

Tottenham Court Road (Ce, N)

South on Charing Cross Road, left into Denmark Street.

denmark street

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Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Street and theatre in central London. Kinks link : Location of first major theatrical production : "Preservation" as part of celebrations of Britain's entry into European Economic Community

Covent Garden (P)

NE along Long Acre, right into Drury Lane.

drury lane theatre

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Soho

Area of central London. Sleazy Town - strip clubs (where you drink Champagne and it tastes just like Coca Cola), porn movies and hookers.

Kinks link : In lyrics of "Lola", "Denmark Street", and "Life On The Road"

Tottenham Court Road (Ce, N)

Go west along Oxford Street, left into Soho Street, on into Soho Square. The sleazy area stretches from here to Piccadilly Circus (so we are told!)

NightSoho

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112 Wardour Street

Kinks link : Formerly Henrit’s Drumstore, owned by Bob Henrit

Tottenham Court Road (Ce, N)

Go west along Oxford Street, left into Soho Street, on into Soho Square. Right into Carlisle Street, left into Dean Street. Right into St Anne’s Court, left into Wardour Street, 112 is on the left, now Printroom.

Henrits

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Tottenham Court Road

Shopping Street in Central London

Kinks Link : mentioned in "Denmark Street"

Tottenham Court Road (Ce, N)

TCR

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Charing Cross Road

Shopping Street in Central London

Kinks link : mentioned in "The Road"

Tottenham Court Road (Ce, N)

Charing Cross Road runs past the station, south towardsTrafalgar Square

montagu pyke

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Euston

Main line station (Midlands and north), Underground station and Area of central London.

Kinks link : mentioned in "Life on the Road"

Euston (N, V) (also a British Rail station)

Euston

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"I met her in a club down in old Soho...." - Ray Davies, Lola

Beatle Note: Paul McCartney has his corporation, "MPL", adjoining Soho Square.

Choose a map (each shows a small portion of London): Abbey Road, Archway, Berkeley Mews, Lavender Hill, Muswell Hill, Savile Row, Soho, Victoria and Waterloo.

Click here to learn about other Kinks places not shown on the maps (This is the "Other Kinks Places" page).

Note: each tube station *name* has a letter (or several letters) next to it. This indicates which tube line the stop is on.

B - Bakerloo (brown)	M - Metropolitan (purple)
Ce - Central (red)	N - Northern (black)
Ci - Circle (yellow)	P - Piccadilly (dark blue)
D - District (green)	V - Victoria (light blue)
J - Jubilee (grey)


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