Seven Dials Covent Garden is a unique quarter of London whose star-shaped layout remains as constructed in the early 1690s. It was brought back to life largely through the dedication of the Seven Dials Trust, working in partnership with the local authorities and landowners for nearly forty years.

The previous works were carried out in 1984 at the end of the Seven Dials Housing Action Area (1977-1984) the precursor of the Trust, before publication of the Trust’s ‘Renaissance Study’ which sets out a template for streets and footways, now adopted in these improvements. The entrance to the Dials is now denoted by a new lamp column with the Golden Hind symbol. Many thanks to Shaftesbury Plc for funding this project and to Bill Nash, Camden’s lighting manager. PIC TO FOLLOW… as the ones in file are too small.