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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Jonathan Prynn

Dingy and 'unwelcoming' Villiers Street in Charing Cross set for major makeover

A CGI image of the future Villiers Street - (Hopkins Architects)

One of central London’s busiest streets is to get a major glow-up after being condemned as dingy, overcrowded and unwelcoming by tourists and shoppers.

Largely pedestrianised Villiers Street, which runs uphill from Embankment Underground Station to the Strand, is a well known West End entry point for millions of visitors a year heading to Theatreland or Covent Garden.

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