Leicester Square Tube Station

Leicester Square Station, London Tube

Leicester Square tube station is a busy station on the London Underground in central London. The station connects the Northern Line and the Piccadilly Line. It is close to Chinatown, London’s Theatre district, and also a short walk from Covent Garden. The station first opened in 1906.

A platform on the Northern Line

Piccadilly & Northern Lines

The station is on both the Piccadilly Line and the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line of the London Underground network. On the Northern Line, it is between Tottenham Court Road and Charing Cross stations. On the Piccadilly Line, the station is between Piccadilly Circus and Covent Garden. The distance between Covent Garden Station and Leicester Square is only 260 meters, the shortest on the network.

Nearby Leicester Square

The station is convenient for the restaurants and shops of Chinatown and Leicester Square itself with its statue of Shakespeare.

Foreign tourists tend to congregate here to buy tickets for the many theaters and cinemas in the area. These include Wyndham’s Theatre and the Noel Coward Theatre very close to the station. Also in the area are the Duke of York Theatre, the Garrick Theatre, and the London Coliseum. Cinemas include the Prince Charles Cinema, The Vue Cinema, the Odeon Luxe, and the Odeon Luxe Haymarket.

The Londoner right in the square is a five-star property with 6 restaurants and a swimming pool. The hotel has some incredible views over the capital from its top-floor rooms. The Assembly Covent Garden is a nearby three-star hotel.

See a listing of hotels close to Leicester Square.

The British Museum is a 15-minute walk away. Trafalgar Square is just 5 minutes south on foot.

The station connects the Northern and Piccadilly Lines in central London

Buses

The following London buses call at the Leicester Square stops on either side of Charing Cross Road.

These include the 24 (Grosvenor Road to Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead), 29 (Lordship Lane to Trafalgar Square), and 176. The following night buses also stop here: N5, N20, N29, N41, and N279.