On the list tonight: escorts in Piccadilly Circus, the Haymarket to Regent Street
Five streets arrive at Piccadilly Circus and none of them apologises for it. Regent Street comes down from the north, Piccadilly runs west towards the park, Shaftesbury Avenue carries the theatre traffic east, the Haymarket drops south towards Pall Mall and Coventry Street leads to the cinemas. The screens light the northern corner, the fountain steps hold whoever is waiting for whoever is late, and the whole junction changes population three times in an evening.
It is a crossing rather than a neighbourhood, which makes it the most convenient place in W1 to be staying. Nothing on this page is more than five minutes from the fountain: the hotels, the stations, the tables and the terms. Figures are published on the rates page, and the message template sits on the booking page.
Stations, on foot
- Piccadilly CircusBakerloo, Piccadilly1′walk
- Leicester SquareNorthern, Piccadilly3′walk
- Green ParkJubilee, Piccadilly, Victoria7′walk
Walking times run from the station exit into Piccadilly Circus. She comes straight to your door, whatever the hour.
Hotel doors
- W1B 4DYRegent Street · outcall to your room
- W1D 7DTSoho · outcall to your room
- SW1Y 4ANSt James's · outcall to your room
- SW1Y 6JFSt James's · outcall to your room
- WC2H 7DXLeicester Square · outcall to your room
Listed as landmarks, never as partners. She visits guests staying at them; your room number waits until the host has confirmed.
Closest to Piccadilly Circus
The 8 ladies below live closest to Piccadilly Circus. Every other name on the ladies can come here too, travel in Zones 1 and 2 included.
Molly
Tiffany
Jasmin
Samanta
Angelika
Luna
Nancy
Tina
The crossing, read properly
The Circus is at its best from a first floor window. Below, the buses turn through in a slow curve, the Lillywhites corner keeps its permanent sale, and the illuminated panels throw colour onto wet tarmac in a way that has been photographed continuously for a century. Behind the lights, Glasshouse Street and Sherwood Street run back into Soho within a few paces, and Swallow Street, barely wide enough for two, hides an oyster bar that has been there since long before the screens.
West, the mile of Piccadilly begins with Fortnum and Mason and ends at the park. North, the Quadrant curves away in Portland stone towards Oxford Circus. South, the Haymarket keeps two theatres and a slope down to Pall Mall. For a guest it means every kind of evening is walking distance, and for the house it means one message covers every door in sight.
Four lobbies within five minutes
W1B 4DY stands on the Quadrant a minute from the fountain, its gilded room downstairs still the most theatrical place in W1 to begin an evening. The long stone house on the south side of Piccadilly keeps the largest and busiest lobby of the four, which is useful when you would rather not be noticed. W1D 7DT is three minutes north through Sherwood Street, in a courtyard that feels a very long way from the traffic. SW1Y 4AN is four minutes down Regent Street St James's, quiet and formal behind its old bank facade, and SW1Y 6JF on Jermyn Street is five minutes south for guests who like a smaller house.
Landmarks, not partners: no hotel here has any arrangement with the house. She walks in as your visitor, greets nobody at the desk and takes the lift. Apartments on Glasshouse Street and around Golden Square are visited the same way.
A minute underground
Piccadilly Circus station opens onto all four corners of the junction and is about 1 minute from any of them, with the Bakerloo and Piccadilly lines. The Piccadilly line matters most to visitors here: it runs direct to the Heathrow terminals in a little under an hour. Leicester Square is roughly 3 minutes east along Coventry Street.
For half an hour after the theatres empty both stations are crowded and the roads around the Circus barely move. Ladies booked for that window usually come on foot from Soho or step out of a cab on Glasshouse Street, which is thirty seconds from most of the lobbies above and considerably calmer.
What the door needs from you
One message carries it: a name from the list or the shape of the evening, the hour, its length, and the hotel. A host answers within 10 to 15 minutes at any time, day or night, and the reply names the lady and the figure with no negotiation in either direction.
Then the quiet part. Your full name, the hotel and the room number go to the host once over WhatsApp or Telegram, so both sides know the evening is real. A hotel or residence booking is confirmed by the host's reply in the same thread, while an overnight, an event or a journey is planned a little further ahead. Her fee goes to her by hand when she arrives under the screens, and the trip across Zones 1 and 2 costs nothing extra.
After confirmation, allow about an hour before she reaches the Circus, longer when the Haymarket is at a standstill, and the chat will carry her exact time. If you are running late, the door holds fifteen minutes; if you cancel with three hours notice there is nothing to pay, inside two hours half the booking stands, and a no show is charged in full.
An evening that starts under the lights
18:30, a dozen oysters and a glass of something cold on Swallow Street, two minutes from the fountain and half a century away from it in atmosphere. 19:45, a walk up the Quadrant for the gilded room at the Café Royal and one drink taken slowly. 21:15, a table in Soho, five minutes north, wherever the host has managed to find you a corner. 23:00, back down Sherwood Street to the hotel, with the screens still throwing colour over the crossing.
That is the four hour dinner date, £900, complete. Shorter versions work just as well here: ninety minutes at £400 after a show, two hours at £500 with a drink first, or an hour from £250 when the day has already been long enough.
Who knows the Circus after dark
Soho starts one street north, and the three ladies who live there treat the Circus as their front step. Jasmin likes a start after nine and knows every late door between here and Gerrard Street. Molly considers the small hours the good part of the evening. Tiffany likes to begin in the courtyard at W1D 7DT, a short walk up Sherwood Street.
From Mayfair, over the road and west, Angelika, Luna and Samanta suit a theatre night or a formal dinner. Every other name on the guest list comes to W1J on the same terms.
Where the five streets lead
North through Sherwood Street lies Soho, and west of Regent Street the courtyards of Carnaby. East along Coventry Street is Leicester Square, with Chinatown a minute beyond it. South, the Haymarket runs down towards Charing Cross and Trafalgar Square. The full quarter is on the West End page.
Before you go, class="kw">read
Two notes from the door that fit an evening around Piccadilly Circus.
- 01 · 5 min readPiccadilly Circus, and Where the Night Goes NextLondon's traffic funnels through Piccadilly Circus more than almost anywhere else, and so does an evening out. A short guide to the routes leading on from here.Step inside
- 02 · 5 min readThe Regent Street Edge: the Quadrant and the CornerOne building has hosted a hundred years of London's louder evenings, the other announces itself with glass and colour. Two very different hotels, ninety seconds apart on foot.Step inside
Piccadilly Circus, asked at the door
Short, plain answers. Anything else, the host takes by message at any hour.
Yes. Send the hotel, the hour and the length of the evening, and the host replies within 10 to 15 minutes. After written confirmation she is usually at the door about an hour later, whatever the time on the clock, and later still if the West End traffic has locked solid.
W1B 4DY, the long stone house on Piccadilly, W1D 7DT, SW1Y 4AN and SW1Y 6JF on Jermyn Street, along with apartments around Golden Square. We name the street, not the house, and these are places we arrive at rather than partners.
Busy helps. The lobbies here are large and constantly moving, and a visitor at ten in the evening is the least interesting thing happening on the street. Most ladies walk the last stretch rather than take a cab to the entrance.
Yes. Book the four hour dinner date at £900, name the theatre and the curtain time, and she will be in the bar beside it beforehand. The booking begins at the hour you agree to meet.
The Piccadilly line runs from the station on the corner to the terminals in a little under an hour, which is why guests with an early flight often book the evening before rather than the morning after.
The doors next door
The neighbourhoods that share a street, a station or a short walk with Piccadilly Circus. The full map sits on the neighbourhoods page.
West End hotels
Arrivals at W1B 4DY and WC2H 7DX, and private addresses close by.
escorts in Leicester Square
Arrivals at WC2H 7DX and W1D 7DT, and private addresses close by.
Piccadilly Circus, after dark
Tell the host where you are staying in Piccadilly Circus and when. The rest is arranged quietly.