Long Acre as it passes Covent Garden tube station

Long Acre is a street in central London, England. Starting from St. Martin's Lane it runs from east to west just north of Covent Garden piazza, one block north of Floral Street. The street was completed in the early 17th century. It was once known for its coach-makers, and later for its car dealers. On the corner of Mercer Street it is still possible to read the inscription "Armstrong Siddeley Connaught Coachworks". Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2304 × 3456 pixel, file size: 3. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2304 × 3456 pixel, file size: 3. ... Signage on the platforms Covent Garden is a London Underground station in Covent Garden. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... St. ... Covent Garden is a district in London, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest corner of the London Borough of Camden. ... For other uses, see Coach. ... The Armstrong-Siddeley automobiles (and later aircraft engines) were an English marque manufactured from 1919 (after the company was formed in 1917 by a merger between two Coventry_based companies, Armstrong-Whitworth and Siddeley-Deasy) to 1960. ...

Long Acre is numbered 1 to 77 on the south side and 78 to 144 on the north side. At number 10-12 is Stanford's, one of the oldest and most extensive map shops in the UK. At the junction with James Street is Covent Garden tube station. Almost directly opposite is Neal Street. The whole area on the north side from Neal Street to Arne Street was occupied by Odhams Press from about 1890 to 1970. They published John Bull, which was the most popular magazine in Britain from 1916 to 1934. Odhams also published The Daily Herald, Women's Own, Debrett's and The Sporting Life (founded 1859). Odhams was bought by IPC (Robert Maxwell) in 1961, and the site was closed down in 1969. Prior to Odhams, the site was occupied by the Queen's Theatre (1867-1878), the second largest theatre in London at the time, after Drury Lane. It was here that Ellen Terry made her name in Shakespearean roles. There is a plaque to commemorate the theatre, but it has been placed on the wrong block. The theatre was to the east of Endell Street, not the west. On "Acre House" (number 69 to 75) is a green plaque commemorating Denis Johnson's workshop. He lived c 1760 to 1833 and had a workshop here in 1819, selling "hobby horse" bicycles, the first to be sold in the UK. Signage on the platforms Covent Garden is a London Underground station in Covent Garden. ... Odhams Press was a British publishing firm. ... Debrett’s history as a specialist publisher began in 1769, with the publication of the first edition of The New Peerage. ... The Sporting Life is a defunct British newspaper that existed from 1859 to 1998, when it was merged with the Racing Post. ... For other persons named Robert Maxwell, see Robert Maxwell (disambiguation). ... The musical Les Misérables transferred to the Queens Theatre in March 2004 after its run at the Palace Theatre The Queens Theatre is a theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue in the West End of London, next to the Gielgud Theatre, as whose twin it was designed by W. G... Currently home to Lord Of The Rings, the musical. ... Ellen Alice Terry (February 27, 1847 – July 21, 1928) was an English stage actress. ...

The coach manufacturers which dominated the street in the nineteenth century were replaced by sports car showrooms in the early twentieth century. The Mercedes showroom was at number 127 to 130, close to Daimler and Fiat. At number 132 in 1929, John Logie Baird made the first British television broadcast. Just off Long Acre is Langley Street, home of the famous Pineapple Dance Studios. Just opposite, until 2000, was Paxman, one of the best English manufacturers of French horns. It is said that the poet Richard Lovelace spent his final years in Long Acre, in great poverty. As a young man Thomas Paine worked as a corset maker in Long Acre. In 1896 "The Freemason's Arms" was built, and still stands on Long Acre. Masonic symbols adorn the façade. Bust of John Logie Baird in Helensburgh. ... The horn is a brass instrument consisting of tubing wrapped into a coiled form. ... Richard Lovelace (1618 - 1657) was an English poet and nobleman, born in Woolwich, today part of south-east London. ... For other persons of the same name, see Thomas Paine (disambiguation). ...

It ends at a junction with Drury Lane. Overlooking this junction is the monumental headquarters of the British Freemasons on Great Queen Street. American Square & Compasses Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternal organization. ... Great Queen Street is a street in central London, England. ...