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Soho (SOH-hoh)
Common clues: London district; London neighborhood; Arty Big Apple area
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Soho is an area of London's West End in the City of Westminster. It is roughly the area bounded by Oxford Street to the north, Regent Street to the west, Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square to the south, and Charing Cross Road in the east. The area to the west is known as Mayfair.
Piccadilly
Circus memorial fountain
Soho is named after a hunting cry, dating back to the time when Soho was a small village on the outskirts of a London surrounded by fields. Its name is deliberately imitated by the Soho district of Manhattan, New York, and by Soho, Hong Kong, one of the main tourist areas on Hong Kong Island.
A major event in the history of public health was the study of an outbreak of cholera in Soho by Dr. John Snow. He identified the cause of the outbreak as the public water pump in Broadwick Street, and disabled it, thus ending the outbreak. The water pump still exists today, with a memorial plaque.
On April 30 1999 at about 18:30, the Admiral Duncan pub on Old Compton Street was shook by a nail bomb, planted by neo-Nazi David Copeland, which left three killed and 30 injured.
Soho is a multicultural area which is home to industry, commerce, culture and entertainment, as well as a residential area for both rich and poor.
The area has many clubs, bars, and restaurants, as well as late night coffee shops that give the street an open all night feel at the weekends. There is also a wealth of record shops, specifically around Berwick Street, where shops such as Blackmarket Records and Vinyl Junkies, dish out the freshest grooves.
Notable places in Soho
Carnaby Street fashionable clothes shopping area.
Leicester Square is a major tourist landmark
Piccadilly Circus is another major tourist landmark
Golden Square is a small but attractive urban square
Soho Square is a tiny and beautiful park
Berwick Street Market is a small street market open from Monday to Saturday.
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