Regent Street

Shopping street in London, England, running from Pall Mall to Langham Place, crossing Piccadilly Circus and Oxford Street. It was designed by John Nash between 1813 and 1820 for the Prince Regent, later George IV, to connect the Prince's residence (Carlton House) in the Mall with another residence (never built) in Regent's Park. Since then it has been completely rebuilt.

The curved area north of Piccadilly Circus, known as the Quadrant, was redesigned in 1925-26 by Reginald Blomfield (1856-1942).

The Café Royal in Regent Street was the haunt of many literary and artistic figures in the late 19th century and early 20th century; among them were Augustus John, Aubrey Beardsley, and Max Beerbohm. The Liberty shop, with its mock Tudor facade, was designed in 1924 by E T and E S Hall. On the Great Marlborough Street side of the building (north) is a public clock on which St George and the Dragon appear each hour.