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Leicester Square station

  • Zone1
  • Step-freeNot step-free
  • ToiletsNone listed
  • Nearby places43

Leicester Square is a Zone 1 station on the Northern and Piccadilly lines. Places within a short walk include London Hippodrome, Noël Coward Theatre and Cecil Court, as well as the statues of George IV, Henry Havelock and Charles James Napier.

Leicester Square platform with a roundel on the tiled wall, people on a bench and a train in the station
A train at Leicester Square. Photo: Mingyang LIU / Pexels
Street performers and a crowd on a paved square at night, with lit-up shopfronts behind
Leicester Square on a busy evening. Photo: George Morina / Pexels
A pedestrian street in Chinatown at dusk, with strings of lanterns overhead and people walking
Chinatown, a few minutes from Leicester Square. Photo: George Morina / Pexels

What's near Leicester Square

43 places within about 650 m, nearest first. Straight-line distances; est. walking times are our estimates. How we measure.

Sights and landmarks

  • Cecil Court90 m · est. 1 min walk · route
  • Chinatown Gate240 m · est. 4 min walk · route
  • St Martin-in-the-Fields310 m · est. 5 min walk · route
  • St Paul's Church330 m · est. 5 min walk · route
  • Trafalgar Square360 m · est. 6 min walk · route
  • Covent Garden Market400 m · est. 6 min walk · route
  • Piccadilly Circus440 m · est. 7 min walk · route
  • Royal Opera House440 m · est. 7 min walk · route

Museums and galleries

  • National Portrait Gallery230 m · est. 4 min walk · route
  • National Gallery free entry*280 m · est. 5 min walk · route
  • British Optical Association Museum440 m · est. 7 min walk · route
  • Benjamin Franklin House480 m · est. 8 min walk · route
  • London Transport Museum500 m · est. 8 min walk · route
  • Bow Street Police Museum520 m · est. 8 min walk · route
  • Museum of Freemasonry free entry*640 m · est. 10 min walk · route

Parks, gardens and squares

  • Leicester Squareedge 120 m · est. 2 min walk · route
  • St Anne's Churchyardedge 270 m · est. 4 min walk · route
  • Phoenix Gardenedge 330 m · est. 5 min walk · route
  • Soho Square Gardensedge 470 m · est. 8 min walk · route
  • Victoria Embankment Gardensedge 520 m · est. 8 min walk · route
  • Golden Squareedge 580 m · est. 9 min walk · route

Markets

  • Earlham Street Market250 m · est. 4 min walk · route
  • Seven Dials Market350 m · est. 6 min walk · route
  • Jubilee Market Hall430 m · est. 7 min walk · route
  • Berwick Street Market480 m · est. 8 min walk · route

Theatres and arts venues

  • Wyndham's40 m · est. 1 min walk · route
  • London Hippodrome40 m · est. 1 min walk · route
  • Noël Coward Theatre70 m · est. 1 min walk · route
  • Arts Theatre100 m · est. 2 min walk · route
  • Odeon Luxe Leicester Square110 m · est. 2 min walk · route
  • Leicester Square Theatre120 m · est. 2 min walk · route

Statues

  • Edith Cavell Memorial (statue)240 m · est. 4 min walk · route
  • Statue of James II320 m · est. 5 min walk · route
  • George IV (statue)340 m · est. 6 min walk · route
  • Henry Havelock (statue)390 m · est. 6 min walk · route
  • Charles James Napier (statue)400 m · est. 7 min walk · route

Memorials and monuments

  • Agatha Christie Memorial90 m · est. 1 min walk · route
  • Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross390 m · est. 6 min walk · route
  • Nelson's Column400 m · est. 7 min walk · route
  • Fruit Porters (bronze relief)410 m · est. 7 min walk · route
  • George III430 m · est. 7 min walk · route

Libraries

  • Charing Cross Library130 m · est. 2 min walk · route
  • Westminster Reference Library220 m · est. 4 min walk · route

*Free entry according to OpenStreetMap. Place data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Report or fix a place.

Map

Squares: 4 entrance points from TfL data (approximate). About the map. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Step-free access

Not step-free. This station is not listed in TfL's Step-free Tube guide (October 2026 edition), so expect stairs or escalators between the street and the trains.

Getting on and off the train

PlatformBoarding (TfL station data)
Piccadilly line · Westbound Platform 1Not listed in TfL data
Piccadilly line · Eastbound Platform 2Not listed in TfL data
Northern line · Southbound Platform 3Not listed in TfL data
Northern line · Northbound Platform 4Not listed in TfL data

Live lift status on TfL

Lifts can be out of service. How we read TfL's step-free data.

Changing trains here

  • Services here, from TfL's data: Northern line and Piccadilly line.
  • Short walk to Tottenham Court Road: 8 minutes (480 m) on TfL's walking map.
  • Short walk to Covent Garden: 4 minutes (320 m) on TfL's walking map.
  • Short walk to Piccadilly Circus: 6 minutes (480 m) on TfL's walking map.
  • Short walk to Charing Cross: 6 minutes (480 m) on TfL's walking map.

From TfL data. All interchange tips.

Toilets

TfL's station data (dated 20 October 2026) lists no toilets at this station.

Lines and next stops

TfL's data lists this station as served by the Night Tube on Friday and Saturday nights. Not every line through a station runs at night, so check TfL before you rely on a late train.

Facilities listed by TfL

Ticket Halls0
Lifts0
Escalators6
Car parkno
WiFiyes

TfL facility listing; may lag.

Walking to nearby stations

TfL walking times

From TfL's own West End walking map (May 2025). These are TfL's times, not our estimates, and TfL says the routes are step-free.

Walk toTimeDistanceNote
Tottenham Court Road8 min480 m
Covent Garden4 min320 m
Piccadilly Circus6 min480 m
Charing Cross6 min480 m

Nearest other Tube stations

est. = our estimate. How we measure · TfL walking times.

Official information

For live arrivals, lift status, opening hours and the full list of facilities, see TfL's page for Leicester Square. Plan journeys with TfL's journey planner.

Last checked 24 October 2026. Our data and method.