12: Shaftesbury Avenue leading to Soho and Chinatown

Shaftesbury Avenue leads through London's Soho district. Chinatown is about 200 yards up on the right-hand side. Soho's red-light district doesn't amount to much these days — the area is better known for its cafes, theatres and restaurants — but there remains a cluster of sex shops and related entertainment at the top end of Rupert Street which is the third turning on the left by the Gielgud Theatre.

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