Cecil court london

Tucked away just beside London’s well known Leicester Square, Cecil Court is a magical little street lined with gorgeous victorian style bookshops. This street is said to have inspired Diagon Alley from Harry Potter and you can definitely see why – it’s a location that any book lover needs to visit

Cecil Court is an entire street of 17th-century Victorian secondhand, antiquarian booksellers hidden in the center of London and is a book lovers dream.

"Bookstore Alley", Cecil Court, Covent Gardens, Londen, England

"You see, bookshops are dreams built of wood and paper. They are time travel and escape and knowledge and power. They are, simply put, the best of places" - Jen Campbell 📚 Some of the gorgeous fronts of the bookshops on Cecil Court in London ✨ such a fun street to spend some time on, you can nip in and out of the shops, zigzagging your way down. My favourite was Marchpane, which has a collection of lots of old children's books ✨

This post celebrates 11 years of blogging full-time on the A Lady in London blog. It's been an adventure, and I've loved every minute.

Cecil Court, London' (2022) by Nick Grove

Cecil Court is an entire street of 17th-century Victorian secondhand, antiquarian booksellers hidden in the center of London and is a book lovers dream.

While today is it known as Booksellers’ Row, it has a long and varied history dating back to the 17th century.

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