Covent Garden
Covent Garden Piazza
Market hall, buskers and grand arches
- Nearest Station
- Covent GardenAbout 2 min walk
- Best Time
- Morning / Blue Hour / NightMornings are calm; on winter evenings the illuminations look great.
Best Shot
Great for vertical · 9:16Suggested composition at Covent Garden Piazza
- Where to stand
- Facing the west entrance of the market hall, or in the middle of the arcade walkway.
- Composition
- Set your subject centrally against the arches or ceiling decorations and shoot symmetrically.
Tips
- During seasonal displays, mornings are the time to go
- If you film street performers, tip and follow their etiquette
- It's a private commercial site — check the scale of your shoot in advance
Overview
Covent Garden Piazza is a popular area with a glass-roofed market hall and an open square. Seasonal decorations and street performers give you plenty of picturesque elements for travel vlogs and lifestyle shoots.
- Glass-roofed market hall
- Seasonal decorations
- Street performers in the piazza
Creator Information
- Area
- Covent Garden
- Nearest Station
- Covent GardenPiccadilly
- Walking Time
- About 2 min walk
- Best For
- Travel / Instagram / YouTube / Lifestyle
- Best Time
- Morning / Blue Hour / NightMornings are calm; on winter evenings the illuminations look great.
- Indoor / Outdoor
- Indoor & Outdoor
- Free / Paid
- FreeFree to enter the piazza and market.
- Rain Friendly
- Partly covered
- Filming Permission
- Check before shootingThe area is privately managed. Handheld personal shooting is common, but we recommend checking with the management before commercial shoots or using tripods or lighting.Read the filming permission guide
Nearest stations, prices, opening hours and filming rules may change. This information is currently being verified. Please check official sources before you go.
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