Seven Dials is the Pillar with Six Sundials and Also Refers to the Surrounding Neighbourhood: In the upper corner of Covent Garden is a junction where seven streets converge.  Seven Dials, a pillar with six sundials, marks the crossroads with the central spike supposedly representing the seventh dial. Seven Dials also informally refers to the immediate surrounding neighbourhood which is a shopping precinct. It describes itself as London's hidden shopping village which we stumbled upon when … [Read more...]