What is Regent Street?
[[File:Regent Street 2011-04-25.jpg|thumb|right|350px|This is what Regent Street looked like on 25 April 2011. The [[Union Flag]]s are up to celebrate the wedding of [[Kate Middleton]] and [[Prince William]].]] '''Regent Street''' is a large [[High street|shopping street]] in [[London]]<nowiki>'s</nowiki> [[West end of London|west end]]. It is well known to people who live in London as well as [[tourist]]s. It is also famous for its [[Christmas]] decorations. Regent Street is named after [[George IV of the United Kingdom|Prince Regent]] (who became George IV). Regent Street was designed by [[architect]] [[John Nash (architect|John Nash]]. The street layout he made is still there, but the only building left in Regent Street that was there when it was first designed and built is [[All Souls Church, Langham Place|All Souls Church]].<ref name=regentstreethistory>{{Cite web |url=http://www.regentstreetonline.com/RegentStreet/HeritageChannel/History+and+Conservation.htm |title=Regent Street History and Construction |access-date=2011-11-20 |archive-date=2012-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212154000/http://www.regentstreetonline.com/RegentStreet/HeritageChannel/History+and+Conservation.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Every single [[building]] in Regent Street is protected as a [[Listed Building]]. Together, they make up the Regent Street Conservation Area.<ref>The Architecture of Regent Street</ref> The street can be bought in the [[United Kingdom]] version of the [[board game]] ''[[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Monopoly_board_on_white_bg.jpg |title=Wikimedia Commons upload |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |work= |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |accessdate=20 November 2011}}</ref> == Related pages == *[[Monopoly (game)]] *[[London]] == References == {{Reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.regentstreetonline.com/ Regent Street Online website] * [http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/ The Crown Estate website] <!--please lea