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The Royal Arcade, located in
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, is a Victorian era shopping arcade that runs from 12
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. Completed in 1880, it was designed by architects Archer & Green and is
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History

Development of an arcade in the area was originally proposed in 1864 as a longer link between Old Bond Street and Regent Street, but was rejected due to the scale of proposed demolition and restriction of access to existing properties. A subsequent redesigned proposal was submitted with its current layout, and the arcade as it appears today opening in 1880. With its saddled glass roof and decorated stucco arches, curved glass shop fronts with Ionic columns, the arcade has changed little in the intervening 138 years and retains all its original features, making it a rare original Victorian arcade. Originally called ''The Arcade'', it acquired its royal prefix when shirtmaker H. W. Brettell was patronised by Queen Victoria in the early 1880s. William Hodgson Brettell opened his shirtmakers in The Arcade in 1880 (aged 24) and occupied number 12. The Royal Arcade has been used as a location for TV and film, including The Parent Trap (1998), ''Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day'' (2008), ''Balletboyz'' (2013) for Channel 4 and in 2016 ''Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool''. Parts of Agatha Christie's Poirot episode ''The Theft of the Royal Ruby'' were also filmed there.


Shops in 2017

* Charbonnel et Walker, 1&2 *Simon Griffen Antiques, 3 *Watch Club, 4&5 *EB Meyrowitz Optician, 6 *Calleija Jewellery, 7 * Camper, 8-10 *Cartujano, 11 *Ormonde Jayne, 12 *George Cleverley, 13 *Beards Jewellers, 14 *Erskine, Hall & Coe, 15


See also

Burlington Arcade Burlington Arcade is a covered shopping arcade in London, England, United Kingdom. It is long, parallel to and east of Bond Street from Piccadilly to Burlington Gardens. It is a precursor to the mid-19th-century European shopping gallery and ...
– another nearby arcade in
Mayfair Mayfair is an area of Westminster, London, England, in the City of Westminster. It is in Central London and part of the West End. It is between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane and one of the most expensive districts ...


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Official website
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