The Open Guide to London: the free London guide

• Nearest Tube station: Tottenham Court Road

The Astoria, as most people call it (or the "London Astoria" as it's been branded), is a music venue situated on the Charing Cross Road, next to the junction of Tottenham Court Road with Oxford Street/[New Oxford Street]?. Having been at various times a music hall and theatre, it now plays host to a variety of gigs, as well as regular club events such as G-A-Y. Capacity is something like two and a half thousand people, and the venue has been operated by Mean Fiddler since 2000.

Construction of Crossrail involves the demolition of the Astoria to provide a new surface building for Tottenham Court Road station.