This panorama was taken just outside Great Portland Street Tube station. The lights had changed and for a few seconds all the traffic was still. At rush hour it is not possible to get a clear shot across the road like this. The building on the far side used to be a church, but now has been converted into a party venue.

Great Portland Street Tube - London visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'Great Portland Street Tube' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from Greater London.

Great Portland Street tube station is on Marylebone Road in London, close to Regents Park, the Melia Whitehouse Hotel and the Holiday Inn Regents Park Hotel.

Great Portland Street tube station is in Zone 1 of London's travel zones. It stands between Baker Street and Euston Square on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines. The station opened in 1863, then called 'Portland Road' as part of Metropolitan Railway, the first underground railway on earth. It was renamed 'Great Portland Street Station' in 1917.

Bus: Marylebone Road / Great Portland Street
Tube: Great Portland Street (Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan lines), Regents Park (Bakerloo), Warren Street (Northern, Victoria lines).
London Travel Zone 1