London Theatres: Getting a tube or train to see a West End show

Get a tube or train to your show, with our transport guide to London Theatres

You have a wide range of options for public transportation to get to the West End as its such a central and important hub for London. Since many of the stations in this area are close to one another and are frequently accessible by foot, keep in mind that a Tube map is not to scale… for example, Piccadilly Circus is a short walk from Green Park, and Leicester Square station is close to both Covent Garden and Piccadilly Circus – something you can’t really see from the tube map.

The main concentration of West End theatres can be easily reached from underground stations including Leicester Square, Covent Garden, Tottenham Court Road, Holborn, Bond Street, Oxford Circus, Embankment.

Whether you need to take the Central, Jubilee, Bakerloo, Victoria, Northern, Circle, District, or brand new Elizabeth line, the good news is that you’ll always be able to reach a Tube station near to the West End via a line that’s handy for you.

Other theatres, including the Apollo Victoria where Wicked is performed, the Victoria Palace, where Hamilton is performed, and The Other Palace, are still considered to be a part of the West End but are located a little further away. The Victoria Tube or Train stations are the ones nearest to these theatres.

If you’re arriving by train and intend to get to the West End, both Victoria and Charing Cross stations are useful stops; also Waterloo is closest for the Southbank including Shakespeare’s Globe and the National Theatre; and Blackfriars is a 10 minute walk from the Aldwych and Novello Theatres. Other handy stations include King’s Cross St Pancras and Euston (good for the Dominion Theatre).

@sohoplace London

Nearest tube or train station:

Tottenham Court Road, Leicester Square

1 America Square London

Nearest tube or train station:

Tower Hill, Tower Gateway, Fenchurch Street

56 Davies Street London

Nearest tube or train station:

Bond St (Central, Jubilee)

60 Short’s Gardens London

Nearest tube or train station:

Covent Garden, Tottenham Court Road, Leicester Square

ABBA Arena London

Nearest tube or train station:

Pudding Mill DLR

Actors Church Covent Garden London

Nearest tube or train station:

Covent Garden

Adelphi Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Covent Garden (Piccadilly line), Charing Cross (Northern line, Bakerloo line), Embankment (Northern line, Bakerloo line, District line, Circle line)

Aldwych Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Covent Garden (Piccadilly line)

Alexandra Palace Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Alexandra Palace

Almeida Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Highbury & Islington (Victoria / Overground), Angel (Northern)

Ambassadors Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Leicester Square (Northern line, Piccadilly line)

Apollo Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Piccadilly Circus (Bakerloo line, Piccadilly line)

Apollo Victoria Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Victoria (Victoria line, District line, Circle line)

Arches Lane Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Battersea Power Station (Underground), Battersea Park (rail station)

Arches London Bridge

Nearest tube or train station:

London Bridge

Arcola Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Dalston Kingslan, Dalston Junction

Arts Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Leicester Square (Northern line, Piccadilly line)

Barbican Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Barbican (Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith & City)

Battersea Park London

Nearest tube or train station:

Battersea Park Road, Queenstown Road, Battersea Power Station Underground, Clapham Junction, London Victoria

Belle Livingstone’s 58th Street Country Club London

Nearest tube or train station:

Peckham Rye

Bloomsbury Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Euston (Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & Fulham)

Bridge Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

London Bridge (National Rail, Northern and Jubilee lines)

British Airways Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Kensington (Olympia)

Brixton House London

Nearest tube or train station:

Brixton

Bush Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Shepherd’s Bush (Central Line); Shepherd’s Bush Market (Hammersmith & City Line)

Cadogan Hall London

Nearest tube or train station:

Sloane Square (Circle Line, District Line)

Cambridge Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Covent Garden (Piccadilly line)

Camden Garrison London

Nearest tube or train station:

Chalk Farm, Camden Town (Northern Line)

Capital Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Shepherd’s Bush, White City, Wood Lane

Charing Cross Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Charing Cross (Northern line, Bakerloo line)

Churchill Theatre Bromley London

Nearest tube or train station:

Bromley South, Bromley North

Coronet Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Notting Hill Gate

County Hall London

Nearest tube or train station:

Waterloo (Jubilee line, Northern line, Bakerloo line)

Criterion Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly line, Bakerloo line)

Deptford Storehouse London

Nearest tube or train station:

Deptford (15 min walk) via Southeastern or Thameslink services. New Cross (19 min walk), via Windrush Services. New Cross Gate (25 min walk) via Windrush Services. Deptford Bridge (25 min walk) via DLR. Surrey Quays (20 min walk) via Windrush Services.

Dock X London

Nearest tube or train station:

Canada Water

Dominion Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Tottenham Court Road (Central line, Northern line)

Donmar Warehouse London

Nearest tube or train station:

Leicester Square, Covent Garden

Doyle’s Opticians W12 Shopping London

Nearest tube or train station:

Shepherd's Bush

Duchess Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Covent Garden (Piccadilly line)

Emerald Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Embankment, Temple

Empress Museum London

Nearest tube or train station:

West Brompton, Earl's Court

Eventim Apollo Hammersmith London

Nearest tube or train station:

Hammersmith (District, Piccadilly, Circle, Hammersmith & City)

Evolution London

Nearest tube or train station:

Fortune Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Covent Garden (Piccadilly line)

Garrick Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Charing Cross (Northern line, Bakerloo line), Embankment (Northern line, Bakerloo line, District line, Circle line), Leicester Square (Northern line, Piccadilly line)

Gate Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Mornington Crescent, Camden, Euston

Gielgud Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly line, Bakerloo line)

Gillian Lynne Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Holborn (Central line, Piccadilly line), Covent Garden (Piccadilly line)

Greenwich Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Greenwich, Cutty Sark

Hackney Empire London

Nearest tube or train station:

Hackney Central (Train)

Hackney Town Hall London

Nearest tube or train station:

Hackney Central, Hackney Downs

Hallmark Building

Nearest tube or train station:

Aldgate, Aldgate East, Bank , Liverpool Street, Tower Hill, Tower Gateway (Underground), Fenchurch Street (Train)

Hampstead Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Swiss Cottage (Jubilee Line)

Harold Pinter Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly line, Bakerloo line)

HERE at Outernet

Nearest tube or train station:

Tottenham Court Road

Hippodrome Casino Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Leicester Square (Northern line, Piccadilly line)

His Majesty’s Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus, Charing Cross

House of Sisters Grimm London

Nearest tube or train station:

Oxford Circus

Immerse LDN London

Nearest tube or train station:

Custom House

Judi Dench Theatre (formerly Shaftesbury Theatre) London

Nearest tube or train station:

Holborn (Central line, Piccadilly line), Tottenham Court Road (Central line, Northern line), Covent Garden (Piccadilly line)

Kiln Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Kilburn (Jubilee line) / Brondesbury rail station

King’s Head Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Angel(Northern Line), Highbury & Islington (Victoria Line or Overground)

Labyrinth Waterloo London

Nearest tube or train station:

Waterloo Station (Bakerloo, Jubilee, Northern and Waterloo & City Lines)

Lafayette London

Nearest tube or train station:

King's Cross Underground, St Pancras International

Leake Street Arches London

Nearest tube or train station:

Waterloo

Leicester Square Spiegeltent

Nearest tube or train station:

Leicester Square (Northern line, Piccadilly line)

Leicester Square Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Leicester Square (Northern line, Piccadilly line)

Lightroom London

Nearest tube or train station:

King's Cross St Pancras

London Coliseum

Nearest tube or train station:

Leicester Square (Northern line, Piccadilly line), Charing Cross (Northern line, Bakerloo line), Embankment (Northern line, Bakerloo line, District line, Circle line)

London Palladium

Nearest tube or train station:

Oxford Circus (Victoria line, Central line, Bakerloo line)

Lyceum Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Charing Cross (Northern line, Bakerloo line), Covent Garden (Piccadilly line)

Lyric Hammersmith London

Nearest tube or train station:

Hammersmith (District, Piccadilly, Circle, Hammersmith & City)

Lyric Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly line, Bakerloo line)

Marylebone Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Baker Street (underground), London Marylebone (train)

Menier Chocolate Factory London

Nearest tube or train station:

London Bridge (Northern line, Jubilee line)

National Theatre – Dorfman Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Waterloo (Jubilee line, Northern line, Bakerloo line)

National Theatre – Lyttelton Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Waterloo (Jubilee line, Northern line, Bakerloo line)

National Theatre – Olivier Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Waterloo (Jubilee line, Northern line, Bakerloo line)

National Theatre, London

Nearest tube or train station:

Waterloo (Jubilee line, Northern line, Bakerloo line)

Neon 194 London

Nearest tube or train station:

Piccadilly Circus, Green Park

New Diorama Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Warren Street, Euston

New Wimbledon Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Wimbledon

Noël Coward Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Leicester Square (Northern line, Piccadilly line)

Novello Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Covent Garden (Piccadilly line)

O2 London

Nearest tube or train station:

North Greenwich (Jubilee Line)

Old Royal Naval College Greenwich

Nearest tube or train station:

Cutty Sark DLR Station, Greenwich and Maze Hill National Rail stations

Old Vic Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Waterloo (Jubilee line, Northern line, Bakerloo line)

One Cartridge Place London

Nearest tube or train station:

Woolwich

One NinetyFour London

Nearest tube or train station:

Piccadilly Circus, Green Park

Orange Tree Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Richmond

Ovo Arena Wembley London

Nearest tube or train station:

Wembley Park

Palace Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Leicester Square (Northern line, Piccadilly line)

Park Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Finsbury Park (National Rail, Victoria Line, Piccadilly Line)

Peacock Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Holborn (Central line, Piccadilly line), Temple (District line, Circle line)

Phantom Peak London

Nearest tube or train station:

Canada Water, Surrey Quays

Phoenix Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Leicester Square (Piccadilly line, Northern line), Tottenham Court Road (Central line, Northern line)

Piccadilly Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly line, Bakerloo line)

Playhouse Theatre London (Kit Kat Club)

Nearest tube or train station:

Charing Cross (Northern line, Bakerloo line), Embankment (Northern line, Bakerloo line, District line, Circle line)

Pleasance Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Caledonian Road

Polka Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Wimbledon

President Hotel London

Nearest tube or train station:

Russell Square

Prince Edward Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Leicester Square (Northern line, Piccadilly line)

Prince of Wales Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly line, Bakerloo line)

Queen Elizabeth Hall London

Nearest tube or train station:

Embankment Station (District Line, Circle Line); Waterloo Station (Jubilee Line, Northern Line)

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch London

Nearest tube or train station:

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Baker Street (Bakerloo line, Circle line, Hammersmith and City line, Jubilee line, Metropolitan line) or Regent's Park (Bakerloo line)

Richmond Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Richmond

Riverside Studios, London

Nearest tube or train station:

Hammersmith Broadway

Rose Theatre Kingston

Nearest tube or train station:

Kingston Station (Rail)

Round Chapel Hackney

Nearest tube or train station:

Hackney Central Station, Hackney Downs, Bethnal Green

Roundhouse London

Nearest tube or train station:

Camden (Northern Line)

Royal Albert Hall London

Nearest tube or train station:

South Kensington (District, Piccadilly, Circle)

Royal Court Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Sloane Square (Circle Line, District Line)

Royal Festival Hall London

Nearest tube or train station:

Embankment Station (District Line, Circle Line); Waterloo Station (Jubilee Line, Northern Line)

Royal Opera House London

Nearest tube or train station:

Covent Garden (Piccadilly line), Leicester Square (Piccadilly line, Northern line)

Sadler’s Wells East London

Nearest tube or train station:

Stratford

Sadler’s Wells Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Angel (Northern line)

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse London

Nearest tube or train station:

London Bridge (Jubilee line, Northern line)

Savoy Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Charing Cross (Northern line, Bakerloo line), Embankment (Northern line, Bakerloo line, District line, Circle line)

Secret Cinema Greenwich Peninsula London

Nearest tube or train station:

North Greenwich

Seven Dials Playhouse London

Nearest tube or train station:

Covent Garden, Leicester Square

Shakespeare’s Globe London

Nearest tube or train station:

London Bridge (Jubilee line, Northern line)

Shoreditch Town Hall London

Nearest tube or train station:

Old Street, Shoreditch High Street (overground station)

Soho Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Tottenham Court Road

Soho Theatre Walthamstow London

Nearest tube or train station:

Walthamstow Central

Sondheim Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly line, Bakerloo line)

Southwark Playhouse Borough London

Nearest tube or train station:

Elephant & Castle (Bakerloo line, Northern line)

Southwark Playhouse Elephant London

Nearest tube or train station:

Elephant & Castle

St Martin’s Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Leicester Square (Northern line, Piccadilly line)

Stage Door Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Covent Garden, Holborn

The Arts at Marble Arch London

Nearest tube or train station:

Marble Arch

The Comedy Store London

Nearest tube or train station:

Piccadilly Line

The Crown London

Nearest tube or train station:

Goodge Street, Tottenham Court Road, Warren Street

The Lost Estate London

Nearest tube or train station:

West Kensington

The Old Bauble Factory London

Nearest tube or train station:

Waterloo Station (Northern Live, Jubilee Line) - Leave Waterloo via Exit 2 onto Waterloo Road (there should be a Sainsbury's opposite). Turn right and walk towards the Old Vic. Turn right onto Bayliss Road. Take the second right on to Lower Marsh.

The Other Palace London

Nearest tube or train station:

Victoria (Victoria line, District line, Circle line)

The Tom Stoppard Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Leicester Square (Northern line, Piccadilly line), Charing Cross (Northern line, Bakerloo line), Embankment (Northern line, Bakerloo line, District line, Circle line)

The Truman Brewery London

Nearest tube or train station:

Shoreditch High Street, Liverpool Street

The Vaults Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Waterloo

The Yard Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Hackney Wick

Theatre on Kew London

Nearest tube or train station:

Kew Gardens (Overground / District Line)

Theatre Royal Drury Lane London

Nearest tube or train station:

Covent Garden (Piccadilly line)

Theatre Royal Haymarket London

Nearest tube or train station:

Piccadilly Circus (Bakerloo, Piccadilly), Leicester Square (Northern, Piccadilly)

Theatre Royal Stratford East London

Nearest tube or train station:

Stratford

Tower Bridge Quay London

Nearest tube or train station:

Tower Hill

Tower Vaults London

Nearest tube or train station:

Tower Hill

Trafalgar Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Charing Cross (Northern line, Bakerloo line)

Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Canary Wharf

Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Wembley Park (Underground), Wembley Stadium (Rail)

Tuff Nutt Jazz Club London

Nearest tube or train station:

Waterloo, Embankment

Turbine Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Battersea Power Station (Underground), Battersea Park (rail station)

Underbelly Boulevard London

Nearest tube or train station:

Piccadilly Circus, Tottenham Court Road, Leicester Square

Underbelly Festival Cavendish Square London

Nearest tube or train station:

Oxford Circus

Unicorn Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

London Bridge

Union Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Southwark, Waterloo, Borough

Upstairs at the Gatehouse London

Nearest tube or train station:

Highgate, Archway

Vaudeville Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Charing Cross (Northern line, Bakerloo line), Embankment (Northern line, Bakerloo line, District line, Circle line)

Victoria Palace Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Victoria (Victoria line, District line, Circle line)

Waterloo East Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Waterloo

Wilton’s Music Hall London

Nearest tube or train station:

Tower Hill, Shadwell, Aldgate East

Wonderville London

Nearest tube or train station:

Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly line, Bakerloo line)

Woolwich Works London

Nearest tube or train station:

Woolwich Arsenal Rail, Woolwich Arsenal DLR

Wyndham’s Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Leicester Square (Northern line, Piccadilly line)

Young Vic Theatre London

Nearest tube or train station:

Waterloo (Jubilee line, Northern line, Bakerloo line); Southwark (Jubilee line)

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