Piccadilly Circus
Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space in London's West End in the City of Westminster.[1]
The Circus links Piccadilly with Regent Street, and the theatres on Shaftesbury Avenue, as well as the Haymarket, Coventry Street (onwards to Leicester Square), and Glasshouse Street.
The Circus is close to major shopping and entertainment areas in the West End. Its status as a major traffic intersection has made Piccadilly Circus a busy meeting place and a tourist attraction in its own right.
The Circus is particularly known for its video display and neon signs mounted on the corner building on the northern side, as well as the fountain and statue of an archer popularly known as Eros. Actually the statue is that of Anteros, who in legend was the brother of Eros. The fountain is a pedestrian area: it and the Circus there is surrounded by several noted buildings, the London Pavilion and the Criterion Theatre. Directly underneath the plaza is Piccadilly Circus tube station, part of the London Underground system.
Piccadilly Circus Media
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London's Piccadilly Circus in 1908. On the left is the old County Fire Office.
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Shaftesbury Avenue from Picadilly Circus, in the West End of London, in 1949. (Probably September or October based on the sign for a production in the background view)
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Piccadilly circus in London, 1962. The film 'Geronimo' at right was showing April 20-May 17th 1962
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Piccadilly Circus, London, Great Britain
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Panorama of Piccadilly Circus in 2015 from the southern side in front of Lillywhites
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Illuminated signs of Piccadilly Circus in 2014
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Piccadilly Circus during the COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020
Notes
Coordinates: 51°30′36″N 0°8′4″W / 51.51000°N 0.13444°W
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