Monopoly: Here and Now

Monopoly has got a makeover, manufacturers Hasbro have brought out a contemporary version of the classic board game. The venues chosen for the new game reflect tourist and leisure purposes, such as the London Eye and the GMTV studios rather then The Strand and Pentonville Road. OK so Pentonville Road is not that famous these days, but perhaps they should have added Brick Lane or even Petticoat Lane (which is really Middlesex Street) or something.

Only Trafalgar Square and Regent Street have remained from the original (and Regent St has been demoted to Yellow from Green), even Oxford Street has gone (replaced by Soho) and Leicester Square is now Tottenham Court Road. The Dark Blues are now Canary Wharf and The City, and Mayfair and Park Lane have gone the way of everything else. Properties have had an increase with The City costing £4,000,000 and Portobello Market just £600,000.

The counters have also been replaced - with mobile phones, a plane, a burger skateboard.

Below table is based on one in The Telegraph and I have also added my own column, but can't work out how the fuck to keep them in line.


New prop New value Old value Old property Essexgirl's Property

Portobello Market £600,000 £60 Old Kent Road Portobello or Petticoat Lane
Camden Market £600,000 £60 Whitechapel Road Camden Market/Spitalfields
London City Airport £2,000,000 £200 King's Cross King's Cross
Hammersmith Apollo £1,000,000 £100 The Angel, Islington Brick Lane
Wembley Arena £1,000,000 £100 Euston Road Euston Road or Old Street
GMTV Studios £1,200,000 £120 Pentonville Rd Marylebone High St
Stansted Airport £2,000,000 £200 Marylebone Marylebone Station
The Oval £1,400,000 £140 Pall Mall Victoria Park
Wimbledon £1,400,000 £140 Whitehall Upper Street
Wembley Stadium £1,000,000 £160 Northumberland Ave White Hart Lane
Science Museum £1,800,000 £180 Bow St Russell Sq/Bloomsbury
Nat.History Museum £1,800,000 £180 Marlborough St Charing X Rd/Soho
Tate Modern £2,000,000 £200 Vine St Tottenham Court Road
London Eye £2,200,000 £220 Strand Victoria Embankment
Hyde Park £2,200,000 £220 Fleet St Riverside Walk/South Bank
Trafalgar Sq £2,400,000 £240 Trafalgar Sq Trafalgar Sq
Gatwick Airport £2,000,000 £200 Fenchurch St Station Fenchurch St
Tottenham Court Rd £2,600,000 £260 Leicester Sq Leicester Square
Covent Garden £2,600,000 £260 Coventry St Covent Garden
Regent St £2,800,000 £280 Piccadilly Piccadilly Circus
Notting Hill £3,000,000 £300 Regent St Regent Street
Soho £3,000,000 £300 Oxford St Oxford Street
Kings Rd £3,200,000 £320 Bond St Bond Street
Heathrow Airport £2,000,000 £200 Liverpool St Stn Liverpool Street
Canary Wharf £3,500,000 £350 Park Lane Docklands
The City £4,000,000 £400 Mayfair Knightsbridge


There are plenty of areas when you think about it - Hampstead Heath; Kensington High Street; Chelsea; Parliament Square; Greenwich etc. They would be just as well sorting them by area than street/tourist attraction. The value is also debateable. I didn't take the current house prices into account when I made my selection, I just chose various areas of interest. There are plenty of up and coming areas around Earls' Court and Hoxten which could be the next big growth area, and what happens to the East if the Olympic Bid is successful?