Editing Leicester Square (section)

==Geography==
The square lies within an area bound by Lisle Street, to the north; [[Charing Cross Road]], to the east; Orange Street, to the south; and Whitcomb Street, to the west. The park at the centre of the square is bound by [[Cranbourn Street]], to the north; Leicester Street, to the east; Irving Street, to the south; and a section of road designated simply as Leicester Square, to the west. It is within the [[City of Westminster]], north of [[Trafalgar Square]], east of [[Piccadilly Circus]], west of [[Covent Garden]], and south of [[Cambridge Circus, London|Cambridge Circus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Leicester+Square,+London+WC2H/@51.5097348,-0.1310721,17.5z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x487604d214307b8f:0xaad147d2ad11768b|title=Leicester Square|publisher=Google Maps|access-date=9 October 2015}}</ref>

The nearest [[London Underground]] station is {{lus|Leicester Square}}, which opened in 1906.<ref name="Follenfant1975">{{cite book|last=Follenfant|first=H. G.|title=Reconstructing London's underground|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bSBPAQAAIAAJ|year=1975|publisher=London Transport Executive|page=45|isbn=9780853290391|access-date=27 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725143443/http://books.google.com/books?id=bSBPAQAAIAAJ|archive-date=25 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> London bus routes [[London Buses route 24|24]], [[London Buses route 29|29]] and [[London Buses route 176|176]] run on nearby Charing Cross Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/bus-route-maps/central-london-bus-map.pdf|title=Central London Tube Map|publisher=Transport for London|access-date=2 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705012142/https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/bus-route-maps/central-london-bus-map.pdf|archive-date=5 July 2015}}</ref>

Leicester Square has also been used as the name for the immediate surrounding area, roughly corresponding with [[Coventry Street]], Cranbourn Street, Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Street.{{sfn|Weinreb et al|2008|p=480}} This includes Bear Street,{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=25}} [[Haymarket, London|Haymarket]],{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=156}} Hobhouse Court (named after Sir [[John Cam Hobhouse]]),<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/hobhouse-court-naming| title= Plaque: Hobhouse Court – naming| date= 8 July 2016| access-date= 7 October 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171008075827/http://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/hobhouse-court-naming| archive-date= 8 October 2017| url-status= live}}</ref> Hunt's Court (after Samuel Hunt, 17th century carpenter and leaseholder),{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=168}} Irving Street (after actor [[Henry Irving]]),{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=170}} Orange Street (named after [[William III of England|William III]], Prince of Orange),{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=235}} Oxendon Street (after [[Sir Henry Oxenden, 1st Baronet]]),{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=237}} Panton Street (after local property dealer [[Thomas Panton (gambler)|Thomas Panton]]),{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=239}} and [[Trafalgar Square]].{{sfn|Fairfield|1983|p=319}}