Walking London (Pre-Lockdown) - Leicester Square to Oxford Circus

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  • Опубликовано: 20 янв 2025

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  • @WatchedWalker
    @WatchedWalker  4 года назад +1

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    *Turn on Closed-Captions (CC) for commentary subtitles 💬*
    FILMED: Early March 2020 (Weekday Noon, 8°C/46°F) with DJI Osmo Pocket in 4K 24FPS and Binaural Audio
    LOCATION MAP*: goo.gl/maps/cveRnXpv2rJRzZdq7
    ROUTE TIMESTAMPS:
    00:00 Charing Cross Road
    00:28 Cranbourn Street
    01:30 Leicester Square
    02:30 Swiss Court
    03:00 Coventry Street
    05:35 Piccadilly Circus
    07:52 Regent Street
    16:18 Maddox Street
    17:37 Regent Street
    19:26 Oxford Circus
    SIGHTS TIMESTAMPS:
    00:10 Leicester Square Underground Station - in fare zone 1, served by the Northern and Piccadilly lines
    01:49 Giant Panda offering hugs for tips
    02:29 Swiss Glockenspiel
    02:53 Chinatown Gate
    03:22 London Trocadero - former entertainment complex, under redevelopment to become a hotel
    04:36 The Horses of Helios water fountain - bronze sculpture of four horses by Rudy Weller
    05:03 The Daughters of Helios (or Three Graces) - depicts the three Charites: Aglaea, Euphrosyne, and Thalia
    05:52 Piccadilly Lights - advertising display
    05:59 Piccadilly Circus Underground Station - in fare zone 1, served by the Bakerloo and Piccadilly lines
    06:29 Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain - topped with the iconic winged sculpture, widely believed to be Eros
    06:58 The London Pavillion - currently hosting the Body Worlds exhibition
    14:37 Hamleys - world-renowned, multi-storey toy store
    16:50 Maddox Gallery - known for its impressive facade displays, such as the ‘I think you love me’ one
    19:24 Oxford Circus Underground Station - in fare zone 1, served by the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines
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    In this video I’ve hidden ONE (1) Watched Walker logos - they could be on buildings, vehicles or anything else, so keep an eye out for them!
    :)

  • @joelle2528
    @joelle2528 4 года назад +21

    I'm excited to watch this video!! It gets a bit boring staying home so at least I could use this as an escape:) Thank you and stay safe

    • @mohamedel5079
      @mohamedel5079 4 года назад +1

      I suggest to make videos by drone from home I get bored too

    • @LivingWalks
      @LivingWalks 4 года назад

      @@mohamedel5079 A drone from the window, now there's an idea!

  • @krissmgvlogs
    @krissmgvlogs 4 года назад +24

    These walking videos are so valuable now. Will things ever go back to how they once were?

    • @mbwheeler5641
      @mbwheeler5641 4 года назад

      kriss mg I think it will, but I can tell you for a while I’m gonna rethink touching anything in public lol.

    • @yuniyustikasari3567
      @yuniyustikasari3567 4 года назад +4

      Not *exactly* how it was before, but eventually things will get better. Because that's the nature of this world: always bouncing between good times and bad times. Only in paradise lies eternal happiness (no calamity, no sickness, no fatigue). Be patience with beautiful patience

    • @serengeti4023
      @serengeti4023 4 года назад +2

      @@yuniyustikasari3567 thank you for being hopeful and confident about the future like I am. So many people are at wits end and have no hope....I wish they would come out of the fog.

  • @berylperyl5649
    @berylperyl5649 4 года назад +5

    Never stop making these amazing videos!

  • @GeekStreetTravels
    @GeekStreetTravels 4 года назад +3

    Nice springtime walk. Do miss London 😪 . Take care and thanks for sharing this. We'll be back soon 👍

    • @WatchedWalker
      @WatchedWalker  4 года назад

      Thanks, I already miss going out as before. Take care GST

    • @GeekStreetTravels
      @GeekStreetTravels 4 года назад

      @@WatchedWalker thanks. Yes miss it very much!!!

  • @mbwheeler5641
    @mbwheeler5641 4 года назад +2

    I love the quality of your videos.

  • @geminichick61
    @geminichick61 4 года назад +2

    Thank you so much for these videos...the hubby and I were planning to return to London in August but alas, it is not meant to be, at least for now. I’m a “glass half full” kinda girl, so I truly believe with all my heart and soul that I will return to my beloved London soon. This nightmare will be over, and the planet can return to some semblance of normalcy. Most exciting of all, I will be walking these streets again myself. In the meantime, I have these wonderful videos to hold me over until then. Watched Walker...YOU ROCK!!!! Love from Philadelphia, Pa💜💜💜💜💜🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧

    • @WatchedWalker
      @WatchedWalker  4 года назад

      Thank you! Greetings to Philadelphia, and let's hope we can walk the streets again soon, stay safe 🙏

  • @TheNatasha66
    @TheNatasha66 4 года назад +3

    Oh goody! Some walking through the streets of London while we're in lockdown :)

  • @kalte271
    @kalte271 4 года назад +1

    i remember good old days in london while watching it.always good vibe in central london.love it

  • @biblehistoryscience3530
    @biblehistoryscience3530 4 года назад +2

    By the way, cheers for posting this. It’s just what I needed right now! Keep safe.

    • @WatchedWalker
      @WatchedWalker  4 года назад +1

      Thanks, you too!

    • @aboubasakiofire884
      @aboubasakiofire884 4 года назад

      Bible History Science+ How is it the good old days when it was only a few weeks back and its only 3 weeks lockdown I think.

  • @joeeliot6766
    @joeeliot6766 4 года назад

    Very happy to see your great channel. Ive done some of the walkings you did, they seems very nostalgic to me.... Im from São Paulo, Brazil and use to visit London A lot, when it was possible, great city. As a rock fan, I could sugest you a walk showing : Hammersmith Odeon, Earls Court, Wembley Arena, O2 Arenna, Brixton Academy. Thanks for the great memories of my trip to your great city.
    Your "narrated video" is even better than the unnarrated ones. Go on explainning the things you show....GREAT!!!

    • @WatchedWalker
      @WatchedWalker  4 года назад

      Thanks for your comments Joe, hopefully once things start returning to "normal" I can film some of the places you mentioned.

  • @VictoriaPichel
    @VictoriaPichel 4 года назад +1

    Thank you!! Hope you are safe. And got plenty of archive footage to keep us all entertained!

    • @WatchedWalker
      @WatchedWalker  4 года назад +1

      Thanks Victoria, I have enough footage from before all of this to keep going for a while at least. Take care and stay safe.

  • @mirellanor1497
    @mirellanor1497 4 года назад +3

    I don't know how many times I have walked this walk and still it looks new. Thanks. I m wondering when life will be back to normal, so I can visit the old country again. Stay safe.

    • @ds1868
      @ds1868 4 года назад +1

      All the buildings which are part of the Crown Estate have recently been cleaned and restored to as new condition. This was expensive as the hand carved stone is now almost 200 years old, but I think you'd agree it was worth it!

    • @firstal3799
      @firstal3799 4 года назад

      No let's things decay

  • @CityWalks
    @CityWalks 4 года назад +7

    👍Beautiful walk. Stay safe and hope you get to start walking again soon. -H

    • @WatchedWalker
      @WatchedWalker  4 года назад

      Thanks Henry, hope you’re well, stay safe.

  • @iratepirate3896
    @iratepirate3896 4 года назад +2

    I miss the Trocadero. I used to spend a lot of happy hours there as a kid playing in the arcade. :(

  • @shlomosikora515
    @shlomosikora515 4 года назад +1

    Watching with tears in my eye. But with hope that soon its wiil end. Thanks for the video mate. Be safe.

  • @dianejobe8089
    @dianejobe8089 4 года назад +11

    Yay! I’m out of the house....virtually.

  • @Jpkjr52
    @Jpkjr52 4 года назад +2

    Chicago on lockdown and enjoying the walk that I have taken myself. John in Chicago.

  • @RossRoams
    @RossRoams 4 года назад +3

    Fantastic video mate, great work..!! What you planning film wise during the lockdown?

    • @WatchedWalker
      @WatchedWalker  4 года назад +1

      Cheers Ross, I’m not sure if I’ll film anything until this is over, will see what happens.

  • @AnonieH
    @AnonieH 4 года назад +4

    It is nice to watch this video I have wanted to go to London for years but I don't have the money or a passport so now I don't think I will ever get to go. Thanks for the videos.

  • @bassomalbarasy2214
    @bassomalbarasy2214 4 года назад +1

    love your videos :)

  • @VeronicaMowery
    @VeronicaMowery 4 года назад +1

    Thank you so much, take care!

  • @dharmeshpanchal4864
    @dharmeshpanchal4864 4 года назад

    Fantastic amazing tour side thanx so much

  • @darling8718
    @darling8718 4 года назад

    Hello Watched Walker I was wondering what about you in this lockdown, but is good to see you all around the streets of the city so I hope this nightmare end and everyone of us start to enjoy our lives again, meanwhile take care, lots of love xx ❤️🍀🤗🤗🤗

  • @peterperryman2800
    @peterperryman2800 4 года назад

    My old stomping ground (60 years ago) dressing Menswear windows in Regent St., Oxford St.& Shaftsbury Ave. Like the subtitles too! Bit warmer down here in Oz. Cheers & thank you.

    • @WatchedWalker
      @WatchedWalker  4 года назад

      Thanks Peter, greetings to Oz - take care and stay safe 🙏

  • @Ofuku360Walk
    @Ofuku360Walk 4 года назад

    Valuable video! Thanks!

  • @selmoonneamt
    @selmoonneamt 4 года назад

    Ohhh how I miss London.Next year I will go there again 4 sure.

  • @Miss_Kate32
    @Miss_Kate32 4 года назад

    loved the video thank u so much for sharing .i cant wait for the next one ... hope your safe and healthy . pls take care :}

  • @Seamata
    @Seamata 4 года назад

    Oh wow! It’s good to watch people walking down the street rather than empty street. It’s depressing to go outside nowadays 😭 Hello from Jakarta 😍 I make video walking around the city too.

  • @AsmaAkter-bp4xg
    @AsmaAkter-bp4xg 4 года назад +1

    I love London.

  • @서울워크
    @서울워크 4 года назад

    Thanks! Great video!

  • @koshikkori7412
    @koshikkori7412 4 года назад +2

    Love from India 😘😘

  • @Andy1076
    @Andy1076 4 года назад +1

    Wow life sure has changed since this pandemic, everyone's enjoying the architecture and street performers are everywhere, though i'd definitely keep my belongings very close to me 😄

  • @stelsDM
    @stelsDM 4 года назад +1

    super....Love London. Take a walk along Fulham Road

  • @kc-9830
    @kc-9830 4 года назад

    Thank your video, please stay safe my friend

  • @AsmaAkter-bp4xg
    @AsmaAkter-bp4xg 4 года назад

    I love this

  • @kamalpreetsingh1686
    @kamalpreetsingh1686 3 года назад

    Technology made this possible that while living in a village of India , i can watch live street life of London..... Thanks for making these videos.....

  • @timkat649
    @timkat649 4 года назад +2

    WATCHING THIS FROM BAYTOWN,TEXAS ISOLATED DUE TO CORONAVIRIS 3_29_2020

  • @biblehistoryscience3530
    @biblehistoryscience3530 4 года назад +3

    Those buildings reminded me of “then and now” photo sets showing what these places looked like from 1860s-1930s vs now. It’s fascinating to see people wearing clothes that would now be considered quaint costumes walking past the same facades a century or century and a half earlier.

    • @ds1868
      @ds1868 4 года назад +2

      The buildings are restored but they follow the same layout and design as the architect John Nash who built them after 1815. So the effect is Regency not Victorian, as they were built on the order of the Prince Regent.

  • @alexandrevella4128
    @alexandrevella4128 4 года назад +1

    Merci pour la promenade.

  • @Arnel_A67
    @Arnel_A67 4 года назад +1

    I wonder how the street looks like during lockdown.

  • @gloriastroedecke2717
    @gloriastroedecke2717 4 года назад

    Thank you so much.

  • @howispov1937
    @howispov1937 4 года назад +2

    Ah nice to see some people I Must say..

  • @ncnc111
    @ncnc111 4 года назад

    Please do one in South Kensington, thanks.

    • @WatchedWalker
      @WatchedWalker  4 года назад

      I've done some videos in the South Kensington area.

  • @rohanbanerjee4958
    @rohanbanerjee4958 3 года назад

    London is best city

  • @AnonieH
    @AnonieH 4 года назад +1

    Was this before the quarantine period?

  • @dronetheworld4k67
    @dronetheworld4k67 4 года назад

    Is this really just 24 FPS video ? if so then i must say you can hardly distinguish it from a normal 30 FPS One, I usually shoot 30 FPS and sometimes 60 FPS with my different cameras, despite 60 FPS being really really smooth its not always necessary and can be really tough to edit ! thanks for sharing this amazing video :)

    • @WatchedWalker
      @WatchedWalker  4 года назад

      Sam, yes there’s not a huge difference between 24 and 30 fps, though as you say 60 fps is much smoother. There’s always trade offs, and my computer thanks me for fewer files when filming in 24 fps.

  • @forza223bowe5
    @forza223bowe5 4 года назад

    Once this lockdown is over, people will really appreciate the freedom

  • @kenastrov3515
    @kenastrov3515 4 года назад

    Thank you

  • @rosdi4471
    @rosdi4471 4 года назад

    Wow 🌍👍

  • @LAXMEPROD
    @LAXMEPROD 4 года назад

    White go pro is best

  • @rehabmohd4291
    @rehabmohd4291 4 года назад

    god plus london🙏🏼🇬🇧 hope be there soon

  • @aloiscamenzind6298
    @aloiscamenzind6298 3 года назад

    My London changed sinc 1968...

  • @rizadaniela476
    @rizadaniela476 4 года назад

    I❤LONDON! 😚Super! 👏💪🌎😷Mulțumesc! 👍

  • @Sh-cr2cc
    @Sh-cr2cc 4 года назад

    Very goooood walk 💛💙💚💜💛💙💚👣👌👌👌👀💋💋💋❤thank you 😇

  • @hotenhitonokoe2848
    @hotenhitonokoe2848 4 года назад

    I think that ignoring signals is dangerous. Pedestrians should also follow the traffic rules.

  • @ryanpoggioli8602
    @ryanpoggioli8602 4 года назад

    Regent Street is the Fifth Avenue of London it seems.

    • @ds1868
      @ds1868 4 года назад +1

      Not really. New York simply doesn't have anything remotely like London.

    • @ryanpoggioli8602
      @ryanpoggioli8602 4 года назад

      ds 1868 As in Regent Street having a high concentration of high-end department and luxury stores, obviously not in terms of architecture or vibe.

  • @mohamedel5079
    @mohamedel5079 4 года назад

    U can use drone 🛩️n make videos inside ur home I think it will be interesting

    • @WatchedWalker
      @WatchedWalker  4 года назад +1

      Fly a drone inside my home? (I don’t have a drone btw)

  • @popneo2007
    @popneo2007 4 года назад +3

    Why London would be able to host the Olympic Games? from Tokyo.

  • @royalbloodedledgend
    @royalbloodedledgend 4 года назад

    Watching this video imagining everything is normal

  • @anthonylondon3366
    @anthonylondon3366 4 года назад

    Dont see much social distancing going on here even though London is a viral epicentre. Hope the local hospitals can cope.

    • @ds1868
      @ds1868 4 года назад +2

      This was recorded in early March. Read the description.

  • @perambiancer3819
    @perambiancer3819 4 года назад +3

    And here's what those places looked like last week after companies started telling employees to work from home! (still pre-lockdown) ruclips.net/video/9M2051uIjIM/видео.html

  • @bro.samuelwesley6114
    @bro.samuelwesley6114 4 года назад

    All Prayer for me my dear brother s and sister s

  • @whynot4706
    @whynot4706 4 года назад

    I hope one day to visite california

  • @sunilrayzala4746
    @sunilrayzala4746 4 года назад

    can you visit countryside ? it will be new experience .

  • @AlanVByrnes
    @AlanVByrnes 4 года назад

    👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @justinkannan
    @justinkannan 4 года назад

    Italy also same like this initially they didn't take Corona seriously instead they hugged Chinese people now look at them.....

  • @ladyliberty417
    @ladyliberty417 4 года назад

    Bustling! Will we get to use that word again? I hope so😉
    So much here to see, a great city, no??🥰
    Thank you so much for those of us missing it all!!😢

  • @AnkitKumar-vl8lp
    @AnkitKumar-vl8lp 4 года назад

    No lock down 🙄🙄🙄🙄??

    • @WatchedWalker
      @WatchedWalker  4 года назад

      As the title says, this was before the lockdown.

  • @anhlequang1113
    @anhlequang1113 4 года назад

    "STAY AT HOME" PLEASE !!!

  • @ihtishambadar1953
    @ihtishambadar1953 4 года назад

    Show us Shops.Marts inner areas. Thanks..not just show us Roads..

    • @WatchedWalker
      @WatchedWalker  4 года назад

      Ihtisham, have you watched my store tours playlist yet? I've been inside a few shops - ruclips.net/p/PLplsp2_xJka93-Wie-yYib7nhAHZ97fWR

  • @niveditasen9792
    @niveditasen9792 4 года назад

    Roade khali gye ghu berachye ghanta adda marchye tarpor bari gyea dress pore mukha masks pore aber rode tar sange jana20 bandhu

  • @harshilvaghani9650
    @harshilvaghani9650 4 года назад

    But,plz mr walker, stay home

    • @WatchedWalker
      @WatchedWalker  4 года назад +1

      This was early March, I'm home now!

  • @tracybower7645
    @tracybower7645 4 года назад

    No one is wearing face masks nor gloves.wake up people

    • @ilikeboxing946
      @ilikeboxing946 4 года назад +1

      This was before the lockdown and you don't have to where mask nor gloves

  • @scathson
    @scathson 4 года назад

    Sadly, the entire video was recorded in the shade - a perfectly nice sunny side of the street was right over "there" - sigh

    • @ds1868
      @ds1868 4 года назад +1

      @scathson Very little scope for sunny views at Street level as this is early March and the sun is still low in the sky at this latitude. London is 51 degrees north of the equator, which is further north than Ottowa in Canada. If you can't appreciate the work involved in producing these videos and also using common sense then don't watch.