Central London on a Saturday night can't have looked this quiet since World War II.

Footage filmed last night (March 21st) showed some of London's most famous places, which are normally teeming with tourists and revellers, deserted by the coronavirus shutdown of pubs, clubs, restaurants and theatres.

The footage shows virtually empty Picadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square and Chinatown.

Boris Johnson announced the shutdown of all pubs, bars, clubs and restaurants to tackle the coronavirus outbreak in London. Footage show's the first Saturday night of what Piccadilly Circus looked like which would usually be a busy area of London, especially with tourists, at the time of recording.

Boris Johnson announced the shutdown of all pubs, bars, clubs and restaurants to tackle the coronavirus outbreak in London. Footage show's the first Saturday night of what Trafalgar Square and Whitehall looked like which would usually be a busy area of London at the time of recording.

Boris Johnson announced the shutdown of all pubs, bars, clubs and restaurants to tackle the coronavirus outbreak in London. Footage show's the first Saturday night of what parts of Leicester Square looked like which would usually be a busy area of London at the time of recording.

Boris Johnson announced the shutdown of all pubs, bars, clubs and restaurants to tackle the coronavirus outbreak in London. Footage show's the first Saturday night of what Chinatown looked like which would usually be a busy area of London at the time of recording.

Boris Johnson announced the shutdown of all pubs, bars, clubs and restaurants to tackle the coronavirus outbreak in London. Footage show's the first Saturday evening of what Tottenham Court Road looked like which would usually be a busy area of London at the time of recording (1930 hrs)