84 Charing Cross Road Filming Locations

Bloomsbury’s collection of academic and medical institutions, bookshops and cafes makes for a busy crowd of locals, students and tourists. Elegant Georgian townhouses line leafy Russell and Bedford squares. The renowned British Museum is a treasure trove of antiquities, while the Charles Dickens Museum, in the author’s former home, shows connections between the writer's life and that of his characters.

London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom, is a 21st-century city with history stretching back to Roman times. At its centre stand the imposing Houses of Parliament, the iconic ‘Big Ben’ clock tower and Westminster Abbey, site of British monarch coronations. Across the Thames River, the London Eye observation wheel provides panoramic views of the South Bank cultural complex, and the entire city.

Manhattan is the most densely populated of New York City’s 5 boroughs. It's mostly made up of Manhattan Island, bounded by the Hudson, East and Harlem rivers. Among the world’s major commercial, financial and cultural centers, it’s the heart of “the Big Apple.” Its iconic sites include skyscrapers such as the Empire State Building, neon-lit Times Square and the theaters of Broadway.

New York City comprises 5 boroughs sitting where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean. At its core is Manhattan, a densely populated borough that’s among the world’s major commercial, financial and cultural centers. Its iconic sites include skyscrapers such as the Empire State Building and sprawling Central Park. Broadway theater is staged in neon-lit Times Square.

The energetic streets of Soho, in the West End, feature a variety of dining, nightlife, and shopping options. Dean, Frith, Beak, and Old Compton streets are the epicentre of activity day and night, and long-running Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club is also here. Theatre-goers head to Shaftesbury Avenue, while shoppers bustle around Carnaby, Oxford and Regent streets and the iconic Liberty's department store.

Tottenham is a sprawling, up-and-coming area known for the huge Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, opened in 2019 and home to the soccer team of the same name. Local shops, global eateries, fast-food joints, and cafes line the busy High Road, and Bruce Castle Museum has displays on local history in a 16th-century manor house set in parkland. Paths run alongside the River Lea and through the adjoining Tottenham Marshes.

Westminster is the bustling government area near Buckingham Palace. Tourists head to Trafalgar Square’s monuments and to see the changing of the guards at Horse Guards Parade while politicians mingle in Whitehall’s pubs. At the Houses of Parliament, by the River Thames, the Big Ben bell rings out from its iconic clock tower. Medieval Westminster Abbey contains the graves of historical figures such as Charles Darwin.