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.

Nicola first became a trustee when she was the ward councillor for Bloomsbury ward (1986-1990). She chaired Camden’s Development Control Committee and has always had an interest in planning issues. She was brought up in Hanway Place, just north of Seven Dials, and so has known the area since childhood. She stayed on as a trustee, latterly in an honorary capacity, after she stood down as a councillor. Though she now lives south of the river, near Waterloo, she retains her love of and interest in the area.