About Soho If ever there was a pounding heartbeat to a city then Soho would have to be London’s. While it may be bounded by the loud and crowded thoroughfares of Oxford Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, Regent Street and Charing Cross Road, this square mile of narrow streets and alleyways has an atmosphere all of its own, one which feels intimate and welcoming. Coffee shops, smart restaurants, happening bars and chic nightspots characterise the rebirth of an area which has cleaned up its act and shaken off the sleazy trappings of yesteryear and is now a vibrant, contemporary and pulsating enclave.