Names of streets, roads, squares and parks

Names of streets (a), roads (b), parks (c), squares (d), stadiums and malls (e) tend to be used without any article:

a) Oxford Street, Southampton Row, Pall Mall, Piccadilly, Fleet Street, Whitehall, Wall Street.

But names of some streets are traditionally used with the definite article, e.g. the Strand, the High Street, the Mall and some others.

Note. Names of streets in foreign countries are sometimes used with the definite article, e.g. the Rue de Rivoli (in Paris), the Via Manzoni (in Milan).

b) Charing Cross Road, Park Lane, Broadway, Pennsylvania Avenue.

Certain roads can have the definite article or no article: (the) Edgware Road, (the) Old Kent Road.

Highways and motorways tend to have definite article: the A1, the M1, the New Jersey Turnpike.

c) Hyde Park, Central Park, Memorial Park, Regent's Park.

But: the Snowdonia National Park, the Botanical Gardens.

Note. Names of parks in foreign countries are often used with the definite article: the Gorki Park (in Moscow), the Tiergarten (in Berlin).

d) Trafalgar Square, Russel Square, Hyde Park Corner, Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square.

Note 1. Names of squares in foreign countries may have the definite article: the Red Square (in Moscow).

Note 2. When streets names are parts of addresses, the definite article sometimes can and sometimes must be left out: “24 (the) High Street”, “104 Edgware Road”. The definite article is not used in streets signs.

e) Wambley Stadium, Fiesta Mall.

Names of zoos, gardens are used with the definite article: the San Diego Zoo, the Desert Botanical Gardens.