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Dean Street - Oxford Street to Shaftesbury Avenue

Soho, London, W1D 3NE

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Summary

  • The start point for this guide is Oxford Street.
  • The end point for this guide is Shaftesbury Avenue.
  • The average walking time between the start and end points is 6 minutes.
  • This guide covers Dean Street.
  • Points of interest in this area include: Soho Theatre, Tesco Dean Street Metro, St Anne's Church Soho.
  • Public transport facilities near the start point include: a bus stop and an underground/overground station.
  • Public transport facilities near the end point include: a bus stop.

About the Start Point

Streets and Roads

  • Some of the streets and roads have streetlighting at regular intervals, but some are unlit.
  • The footpaths include the following surfaces: concrete, block paving and paving slabs.
  • Some of the streets and roads contain uneven surfaces.
  • These are located throughout Dean Street.
  • There are directional signposts of the following type: Legible London.
  • Some of the footpaths are at least 180cm wide.
  • Street furniture in this area includes: traffic signs, bicycle racks, phone boxes, street lamps, bollards with high colour contrast or visual band, litter bins and a tree.
  • The following create narrow parts of the footpath which are under 120cm wide: street lamps, a bicycle rack and bollards.
  • Other obstructions on the footpath include: café tables and chairs, scaffolding and queuing system barriers.
  • There is not a taxi rank available.
  • There are no public toilet facilities in this area.

Crossing Points (East)

  • The following types of crossing points are used in this area: unmarked crossing (without controls or markings).
  • The crossing points at 6 Dean Street (access road), Soho Theatre (vehicle access), Royalty Mews, Bateman Street and Romilly Street have a dropped kerb which does not have tactile paving.
  • The crossing point at Carlisle Street does not have a dropped kerb.

Crossing Points (West)

  • The following types of crossing points are used in this area: unmarked crossing (without controls or markings).
  • The crossing points at Richmond Buildings, Meard Street, Bourchier Street and Old Compton Street have a dropped kerb which does not have tactile paving.
  • The crossing point at Carlisle Street does not have a dropped kerb.

About the End Point

Nightlife

  • There were no noticeable differences at the start point except for lighting levels and neon advertising signs.
    It was also slightly busier with pedestrians.
  • There were no enforcement officers/volunteers/police present at the time of the survey.
  • There is standard street lighting in this area, but lighting levels vary.
  • There are some neon and bright advertising lights in this area at night.
  • There are additional obstructions along pavements at night due to queuing systems, smoking areas, tables and chairs, serving shelves and bags of rubbish.
  • There are some venues which are more likely to be open and busier during the night, such as theatres and bars.
  • The following parts of this area are pedestrianised at night: The section of Dean Street between Carlisle Street and Fareham Street, between 4pm and 10am, 7 days per week.
  • The area was busier with both pedestrians and traffic at night time.
  • Noise levels did not appear to be significantly higher at night time.
  • There was nothing different about the end point.