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Map of the West End and Piccadilly Circus, 51°30′36″N, 0°8′4″W

Piccadilly Circus is a famous traffic intersection and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster. Built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with the major shopping street of Piccadilly (the "circus" refers to "circular open space at a street junction"), it now links directly to 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 a central location at the heart of the West End. Its status as a major traffic intersection has made Piccadilly Circus a busy meeting point and a tourist attraction in its own right. Image File history File links Piccadilly_Circus. ... Image File history File links Piccadilly_Circus. ... In the field of road transport, a road junction is a place where two or more roads either meet or cross. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The interior of Covent Garden Market in the West End The West End of London is an area of central London, containing many of the citys major tourist attractions, businesses, and administrative headquarters. ... The City of Westminster is a London borough with city status, situated to the west of the City of London and north of the River Thames. ... The Quadrant at the bottom of Regent Street. ... Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. ... Shaftesbury Avenue is a major London street, named after Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, that runs in a north-easterly direction from Piccadilly Circus to New Oxford Street, crossing Charing Cross Road at Cambridge Circus. ... The Haymarket is a street in the St Jamess district of the City of Westminister in London, England. ... Coventry Street Coventry Street is a short London street, within the City of Westminster, running from Piccadilly Circus to Leicester Square. ... Leicester Square at night in 2005: a view towards the northeast corner. ... The interior of Covent Garden Market in the West End The West End of London is an area of central London, containing many of the citys major tourist attractions, businesses, and administrative headquarters. ...

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 Shaftesbury memorial fountain and statue known as 'Eros' (sometimes called 'The Angel of Christian Charity', which would be better translated as 'Agape', but formally 'Anteros' - see below). It is surrounded by several noted buildings, including the London Pavilion and Criterion Theatre. Directly underneath the plaza is the London Underground station Piccadilly Circus. Lighting neon lamp, two 220/230 volt and 110 V neon lamps and a screwdriver with neon lamp inside A neon lamp is a gas discharge lamp containing primarily neon gas at low pressure. ... Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801-1885) was an English philanthropist, the best-known of the Victorian era. ... The Criterion Theatre The Criterion Theatre is a theatre situated on Piccadilly Circus in the West End of London. ... The London Underground is an electric railway system that covers much of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ... Categories: Piccadilly Line stations | Bakerloo Line stations | London Underground stubs ...

History

Piccadilly Circus in 1896, with a view towards Leicester Square via Coventry Street. London Pavilion may be seen on the right, and the Shaftesbury memorial fountain on the left.

Piccadilly Circus in 1896, with a view towards Leicester Square via Coventry Street. London Pavilion can be seen on the left, and Criterion Theatre on the right.

Piccadilly Circus connects to Piccadilly, a thoroughfare whose name first appeared in 1626 as Pickadilly Hall, named after a house belonging to one Robert Baker, a tailor famous for selling piccadills or piccadillies, a term used for various kinds of collars. The street was known as Portugal Street in 1692 in honour of Catherine of Braganza, the queen consort of King Charles II of England, but was known as Piccadilly by 1743. Piccadilly Circus was created in 1819, at the junction with Regent Street, which was then being built under the planning of John Nash on the site of a house and garden belonging to a Lady Hutton. The circus lost its circular form in 1886 with the construction of Shaftesbury Avenue. The Queens London : a Pictorial and Descriptive Record of the Streets, Buildings, Parks and Scenery of the Great Metropolis, 1896 - Shaftesbury Avenue. ... The Queens London : a Pictorial and Descriptive Record of the Streets, Buildings, Parks and Scenery of the Great Metropolis, 1896 - Shaftesbury Avenue. ... Leicester Square at night in 2005: a view towards the northeast corner. ... Facade of the London Pavilion in 2002 The London Pavilion is a building located on the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Coventry Street in the northeast of Piccadilly Circus in London. ... Piccadilly Circus, 1896. ... Piccadilly Circus, 1896. ... Leicester Square at night in 2005: a view towards the northeast corner. ... Facade of the London Pavilion in 2002 The London Pavilion is a building located on the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Coventry Street in the northeast of Piccadilly Circus in London. ... The Criterion Theatre The Criterion Theatre is a theatre situated on Piccadilly Circus in the West End of London. ... Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. ... Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... The piccadill or pickadill was the large broad collar of cut-work lace that became fashionable in the seventeenth century. ... William Shakespeare in a sheer linen collar of the early 17th century, a direct ancestor of the modern shirt collar. ... Events February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. ... Catherine of Braganza (November 25, 1638 – November 30, 1705) (Catherine Henrietta, Portuguese: Catarina Henriqueta de Bragança), was the queen consort of King Charles II of England. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was the King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland from 30 January 1649 (de jure) or 29 May 1660 (de facto) until his death. ... // Events February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handels oratorio, Samson. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Quadrant at the bottom of Regent Street. ... John Nash For other people of the same name, see John Nash. ...

The junction has been a very busy traffic interchange since construction, as it lies at the centre of Theatreland and handles exit traffic from Piccadilly, which Charles C. B. Dickens, son of Charles Dickens, described as "the great thoroughfare leading from the Haymarket and Regent Street westward to Hyde Park-corner" and "the nearest approach to the Parisian boulevard of which London can boast." This is a list of entertainment venues in London. ... Dickens redirects here. ... Hyde Park Corner is a place in London, England, at the south-east corner of Hyde Park. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ...

The Piccadilly Circus tube station was opened 10 March 1906 on the Bakerloo Line, and on the Piccadilly Line in December of that year. In 1928, the station was extensively rebuilt to handle an increase in traffic. Categories: Piccadilly Line stations | Bakerloo Line stations | London Underground stubs ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (70th in leap years). ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Piccadilly Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ...

The intersection's first electric advertisements appeared in 1910, and from 1923 electric billboards were set up on the facade of the London Pavilion. Traffic lights were first installed in August 3, 1926 at the junction. 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Facade of the London Pavilion in 2002 The London Pavilion is a building located on the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Coventry Street in the northeast of Piccadilly Circus in London. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ...

At the start of the 1960s, it was determined that the Circus needed to be redeveloped to allow for greater traffic flow. In 1962, Lord Holford presented a plan which would have created a "double-decker" Piccadilly Circus, with a new pedestrian concourse above the ground-level traffic. This concept was kept alive throughout the rest of 1960s, before eventually being killed off by Sir Keith Joseph and Ernest Marples in 1972; the key reason given was that Holford's scheme only allowed for a 20% increase in traffic, and the Government required 50%. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... William Graham Holford, Baron Holford of Kemp Town (22 March 1907 – 17 October 1975) was a British architect and town planner. ... Keith Sinjohn Joseph, Baron Joseph (January 17, 1918 - December 10, 1994) was a lawyer, a British politician, and Conservative cabinet member under three different administrations. ... (Alfred) Ernest Marples, Baron Marples (9 December 1907 – 6 July 1978) was a British politician. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

The Holford plan is referenced in the short-form documentary film "Goodbye, Piccadilly", produced by the Rank Organisation in 1967. Piccadilly Circus has since escaped major redevelopment, apart from extensive ground-level pedestrianisation around its south side in the 1980s. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ...

The Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in Piccadilly Circus was erected in 1893, to commemorate the philanthropic works of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. During the Second World War, the statue atop the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, The Angel of Christian Charity, was removed, and was replaced by advertising hoardings. It was returned in 1948. When the Circus underwent reconstruction work in the late 1980s, the entire fountain was moved from the centre of the junction at the beginning of Shaftesbury Avenue to its present position at the south-western corner. Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801-1885) was an English philanthropist, the best-known of the Victorian era. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... For other uses, see Shaftesbury (disambiguation) Shaftesbury is a town in North Dorset, England, situated on the A30 road near the Wiltshire border 20 miles west of Salisbury. ...

Piccadilly Circus in 1896 The Queens London : a Pictorial and Descriptive Record of the Streets, Buildings, Parks and Scenery of the Great Metropolis, 1896 - Shaftesbury Avenue. ...

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Location and sights

Piccadilly Circus is surrounded by several major tourist attractions, including the Shaftesbury Memorial, Criterion Theatre, London Pavilion and several major retail stores. Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801-1885) was an English philanthropist, the best-known of the Victorian era. ... The Criterion Theatre The Criterion Theatre is a theatre situated on Piccadilly Circus in the West End of London. ... Facade of the London Pavilion in 2002 The London Pavilion is a building located on the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Coventry Street in the northeast of Piccadilly Circus in London. ...

Neon signs

Neon signs of Piccadilly Circus by day

Neon signs of Piccadilly Circus by night

Piccadilly Circus used to be surrounded by illuminated advertising hoardings on buildings since the early 1900s, but only one building now carries them, namely the one in the north-western corner, between Shaftesbury Avenue and Glasshouse Street. The site is unnamed (usually referred to as Monico after the Café Monico which used to be on the site); its addresses are 44/48 Regent Street, 1/6 Sherwood Street, 17/22 Denman Street and 1/17 Shaftesbury Avenue, and has been owned by property investor Land Securities Group since the 1970s. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1365x1024, 344 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Piccadilly Circus ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1365x1024, 344 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Piccadilly Circus ... Lighting neon lamp, two 220/230 volt and 110 V neon lamps and a screwdriver with neon lamp inside A neon lamp is a gas discharge lamp containing primarily neon gas at low pressure. ... The lights of Piccadilly Circus. ... The lights of Piccadilly Circus. ... Lighting neon lamp, two 220/230 volt and 110 V neon lamps and a screwdriver with neon lamp inside A neon lamp is a gas discharge lamp containing primarily neon gas at low pressure. ... Land Securities Group plc is the largest property company in Europe and the leading British property development and investment company headquartered in central London. ...

The earliest signs used incandescent light bulbs, these were replaced with neon lamps, as well as moving signs (there was a large Guinness clock at one time). Briefly digital projectors were used for the Coke sign, while the early 2000s have seen a gradual move to LED displays. The number of signs has reduced over the years as the rental costs have increased. An incandescent light bulb and its glowing filament. ... Lighting neon lamp, two 220/230 volt and 110 V neon lamps and a screwdriver with neon lamp inside A neon lamp is a gas discharge lamp containing primarily neon gas at low pressure. ... Guinness logo World War II era advert. ... A digital projector is an electro-optical machine which converts image data from a computer or video source to a bright image which is then imaged on a distant wall or screen using a lens system. ... Led is also the past tense of the verb to lead Blue, green and red LEDs. ...

As of 2005, the site has five illuminated advertising screens above three large retail units, facing Piccadilly Circus on the north side, occupied by Boots, Burger King and GAP and a mix of smaller retail, restaurant and office premises fronting the other streets. In September 2003, Coca Cola replaced its old illuminated board and the site formally occupied by Nescafé with a state-of-the-art LED video display that curves round with the building. Below the Coca Cola sign, are Sanyo and TDK, together with the squarish McDonald's LED. On the left is the Samsung board, being upgraded from neon to LED in 2005. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about a former British company which has now merged to form Alliance Boots, as a result, information on this page may be out of date. ... Burger King (often abbreviated to BK) is a large international chain of fast food restaurants, predominantly selling burgers, french fries, soft drinks, desserts, and various sandwiches. ... Gap, Incorporated (NYSE: GPS) is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco, California and founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher and Doris Fisher. ... Coca-Cola is a cola (a type of carbonated soft drink) sold in stores, restaurants and vending machines in more than 200 countries. ... This article is about the company. ... External links LEd Category: TeX ... Coca-Cola is a cola (a type of carbonated soft drink) sold in stores, restaurants and vending machines in more than 200 countries. ... Sanyo Electric Co. ... TDK Corporation (TDK株式会社), formerly Tokyo Denkikagaku Kogyo K.K. (東京電気化学工業株式会社), (TYO: 6762), NYSE: TDK, LSE: TDK is a Japanese company that manufactures electronic materials, electronic components, and recording and data-storage media. ... McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants, primarily selling hamburgers, chicken, french fries, milkshakes and soft drinks. ... Samsung Group is one of the largest South Korean business groupings. ...

The British mobile telephony company Vodafone used to have a neon sign installed on the roof of Coventry House, which diagonally faces Piccadilly Circus. In addition to the logo of the company, the sign displayed personal messages that could be submitted on a special website and displayed at a certain time and date. As of February 2007, this has been replaced by a new, larger LED video-advertising display for LGE, the British arm of South Korean electronics group LG. The new display also incorporates a scrolling ticker of Sky News headlines. Vodafone Group plc is a mobile network operator headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire, England. ... GoldStar logo, prominently used before the introduction of the LG logo LG Group is a large South Korean chaebol (conglomerate), which produces electronics (including domotics), mobile phones, and petrochemical products and operates subsidiaries like LG Electronics. ... A News Ticker is a small screen space on News television networks dedicated to headlines or minor pieces of news. ... Sky News is a British television news organisation, which was founded in February 1989 as part of the four channel Sky Television network. ...

Shaftesbury Memorial and Eros

Piccadilly Circus memorial fountain, atop The Angel of Christian Charity, popularly referred to as Eros, one of the first statues to be cast in aluminium

At the south-western side of the Circus, moved from its original position in the centre, stands the Shaftesbury Monument Memorial Fountain, erected in 1892-1893 to commemorate the philanthropic works of Lord Shaftesbury, who was a famous Victorian politician and philanthropist, and was initially called the 'Shaftesbury Monument.' Download high resolution version (1200x1570, 262 KB)Piccadilly Circus fountain, from http://chris. ... Download high resolution version (1200x1570, 262 KB)Piccadilly Circus fountain, from http://chris. ... General Name, Symbol, Number aluminium, Al, 13 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13, 3, p Appearance silvery Standard atomic weight 26. ... Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801-1885) was an English philanthropist, the best-known of the Victorian era. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, or reputation to a charitable cause. ...

It is topped by Alfred Gilbert's winged nude statue, sometimes known as The Angel of Christian Charity. It is popularly known as Eros after the mythical Greek God of Love, although he is intended to be Eros' twin Anteros. The statue has become a London icon, and a graphical illustration of the statue is used as the symbol of the Evening Standard newspaper and appears on its masthead Sir Alfred Gilbert (August 12, 1854 – November 4, 1934) was an English sculptor and goldsmith who enthusiastically experimented with metallurgical innovations. ... In Greek mythology, Eros was the god responsible for lust, love, and sex; he was also worshipped as a fertility deity. ... Anteros was pope for some weeks at the end of the year 235. ... Headlines of the Evening Standard on the day of London bombing on July 7, 2005, in Waterloo Station The Evening Standard is a British tabloid newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas of southeast England. ...

The use of a nude figure on a public monument was controversial at the time of its construction, but it was generally well-received by the public. The Magazine of Art described it as, "...a striking contrast to the dull ugliness of the generality of our street sculpture, ... a work which, while beautifying one of our hitherto desolate open spaces, should do much towards the elevation of public taste in the direction of decorative sculpture, and serve freedom for the metropolis from any further additions of the old order of monumental monstrosities."'

This statue was the first in the world to be cast in aluminium. The statue originally pointed its bow to the north, up Shaftesbury Avenue. However, during the Second World War the statue was removed for safe keeping, and when it was returned its bow was fixed pointing in to the south, towards Lower Regent Street. It is set atop a bronze fountain, which was the inspiration for the marine motifs Gilbert carved on the statue. General Name, Symbol, Number aluminium, Al, 13 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13, 3, p Appearance silvery Standard atomic weight 26. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Assorted ancient Bronze castings found as part of a cache, probably intended for recycling. ...

The winged figure on the fountain is generally called Eros, is often supposed to be The Angel of Christian Charity, but was intended to be Anteros, a brother of Eros, and is recorded as such in the records of Westminster City Council. The sculptor Alfred Gilbert had already sculpted a statue of Anteros, when commissioned for the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, and chose to reproduce the same subject, who as 'The God of Selfless Love' was deemed to suitably represent the philanthropic 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. Gilbert described Anteros as portraying 'reflective and mature love, as opposed to Eros or Cupid, the frivolous tyrant.' The model for the sculpture was a 16 year-old Italian, Angelo Colorossi. The fountain, when originally placed, was meant to have Anteros pointing his bow towards Wimborne St Giles in Dorset, which was the Earl's country seat. The Statue of Eros is the acquired title for a monument in Piccadilly Circus, London, England. ... Map of the West End and Piccadilly Circus, Piccadilly Circus is a famous traffic intersection and public space of Londons West End in the City of Westminster. ... Anteros was pope for some weeks at the end of the year 235. ... Sir Alfred Gilbert (August 12, 1854 – November 4, 1934) was an English sculptor and goldsmith who enthusiastically experimented with metallurgical innovations. ... Anteros was pope for some weeks at the end of the year 235. ... The Earl of Shaftesbury by Carlo Pellegrini, 1869 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801 – 1885), styled Lord Ashley from 1811 to 1851, was an English politician and philanthropist, one of the best-known of the Victorian era. ... Anteros was pope for some weeks at the end of the year 235. ... Wimborne St Giles is a village in east Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase seven miles north of Wimborne Minster, north of Poole. ...

When the memorial was unveiled, there were numerous complaints. Some felt it was sited in a vulgar part of town (the theatre district) and others felt that it was too sensual as a memorial for a famously sober and respectable Earl. Some of the objections were tempered by renaming the statue as The Angel of Christian Charity, which was the nearest approximation that could be invented in the Christian pantheon for the role of Anteros in the Greek. But the name never became widely known, and the original name came back, under the shortened form Eros, signifying the God of Sensual Love; quite inappropriate to commemorate the Earl, but just right to signify the carnal neighbourhood of London, into which Soho had developed.

The iconography deteriorated to the level where the memorial came to be seen as the lustful, half-naked Eros burying his shaft up Shaftesbury Avenue, absolutely typifying degenerate Soho. During his life-time Gilbert had already said of his sculpture 'There is more than £3,000 worth of copper. Take it down, melt it, and turn it into pence and give it to the unfortunate people who nightly find a resting place on the Thames Embankment, to the everlasting shame and disgrace of the greatest metropolis in the world'.

Criterion Theatre

Main article: Criterion Theatre

The Criterion Theatre, a Grade II* listed building, stands on the south side of Piccadilly Circus. Apart from the box office area, the entire theatre, with nearly 600 seats, is underground and is reached by descending a tiled stairway. Columns are used to support both the dress circle and the upper circle, restricting the views of many of the seats inside. The Criterion Theatre The Criterion Theatre is a theatre situated on Piccadilly Circus in the West End of London. ... The Criterion Theatre The Criterion Theatre is a theatre situated on Piccadilly Circus in the West End of London. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ... For other meanings of the term, see column (disambiguation). ...

The theatre was designed by Thomas Verity and opened as a theatre on March 21, 1874, although original plans were for it to become a concert hall. In 1883 it was forced to close to improve ventilation and to replace gaslights with electric lights, and was reopened the following year. The theatre closed in 1989 and was extensively refurbished, reopening in October 1992. March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (81st in leap years). ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

London Pavilion

Main article: London Pavilion

On the north-eastern side of the Piccadilly Circus, on the corner between Shaftesbury Avenue and Coventry Street, is the London Pavilion. The first building bearing the name was built in 1859, and was a music hall. In 1885, Shaftesbury Avenue was built through the site of the Pavilion. A new London Pavilion was constructed, which also served as a music hall. In 1923, electric billboards were erected on the side of the building. Facade of the London Pavilion in 2002 The London Pavilion is a building located on the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Coventry Street in the northeast of Piccadilly Circus in London. ... Facade of the London Pavilion in 2002 The London Pavilion is a building located on the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Coventry Street in the northeast of Piccadilly Circus in London. ... Music Hall is a form of British theatrical entertainment which reached its peak of popularity between 1850 and 1960. ...

Facade of the London Pavilion in 2002

In 1934, the building underwent significant structural alteration, and was converted into a cinema. In 1986, the building was rebuilt, preserving the 1885 facade, and converted into a shopping arcade. In 2000, the building was connected to the neighbouring Trocadero Centre, and signage on the building was altered in 2003 to read "London Trocadero." The basement of the building connects with Piccadilly Circus tube station. Facade of the London Pavilion. ... Facade of the London Pavilion. ... McArthur Glen Designer Outlet, Swindon, England, a shopping mall built within a disused railway engine works. ... In London the Trocadero Restaurant of J. Lyons and Co. ... A townhouse with basement windows showing A basement is one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor. ... Categories: Piccadilly Line stations | Bakerloo Line stations | London Underground stubs ...

Major shops

The former Tower Records flagship store, now acquired by Virgin Megastore, can be found at Number 1 Piccadilly, on the west side between Regent Street and Piccadilly, directly facing Piccadilly Circus. There is a direct exit to the Underground station on the basement level. Rival store HMV also has a branch inside the London Trocadero. Tower Records was a retail music chain based in Sacramento, California, USA. It currently exists as an international franchise and an online music store. ... Virgin Megastores is a chain of record shops scattered throughout the world, established by Richard Branson. ... The Quadrant at the bottom of Regent Street. ... Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. ... His Masters Voice, often abbreviated to HMV, is a famous trademark in the music business, and for many years was the name of a large record company. ...

Lillywhites is a major retailer of sporting goods located on the south side, next to the Shaftesbury fountain. It moved to its present site in 1925. Lillywhites in Piccadilly Circus. ... Sports equipment includes any object used for sport or exercise. ...

Underground station and the Piccadilly Line

Main article: Piccadilly Circus tube station

Inside Piccadilly Circus tube station.

The Piccadilly Circus station on the London Underground is located directly beneath Piccadilly Circus itself, with entrances at every corner. It is one of the few stations which have no associated buildings above ground and is fully underground. It is itself a Grade 2 listed building. Categories: Piccadilly Line stations | Bakerloo Line stations | London Underground stubs ... Download high resolution version (1280x960, 122 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1280x960, 122 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Categories: Piccadilly Line stations | Bakerloo Line stations | London Underground stubs ... The London Underground is an electric railway system that covers much of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...

The station is on the Piccadilly Line between Green Park and Leicester Square, and the Bakerloo Line between Charing Cross and Oxford Circus. The Piccadilly Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. ... Jubilee Line platform, with train arriving, at Green Park underground station Unique tilework at this station represents the many trees in nearby Green Park Green Park tube station is a London Underground station located on the north side of Green Park itself, on Piccadilly close to its intersection with the... Leicester Square tube station Leicester Square Tube Station is a station on the London Underground, located on Charing Cross Road, a short distance to the east of Leicester Square itself. ... The Bakerloo Line is a line of the London Underground and coloured brown on the Tube map. ... Charing Cross London Underground station serves both the Northern and Bakerloo lines and provides an interchange with the National Rail network at Charing Cross station. ... Oxford Circus, on the right you can see the tube-sign. ...

Metronet, one of the three private operators of the London Underground under a public-private partnership arrangement, is investing some £14 million to refurbish Piccadilly Circus station. Works are scheduled to begin in March 2005 and will be completed in spring 2007. Major improvements planned include new floor and wall finishes, a new CCTV system, new help points, a new public address system, new electronic information displays and clocks, improved platform seating, waterproofing measures, measures to assist visually impaired passengers and improved lighting. Escalators will also be replaced. Metronet is one of the three private operators of the London Underground under a public-private partnership arrangement. ... The London Underground is an electric railway system that covers much of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ... Public-private partnership (PPP) is a system in which a government service or private business venture is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies. ...

Piccadilly Circus in popular culture

The phrase "it's like Piccadilly Circus" is commonly used in the UK to refer to a place or situation which is extremely busy with people. It has been said that a person who stays long enough at Piccadilly Circus will eventually bump into everyone they know. Probably because of this connection, during World War II, "Piccadilly Circus" was the code name given the Allies' D-Day invasion fleet's assembly location in the English Channel^{[citation needed]}.

Piccadilly Circus has inspired artists and musicians. Piccadilly Circus (1912) is the name and subject of a painting by British artist Charles Ginner, part of the Tate Britain collection. Sculptor Paul McCarthy also has a 320-page two-volume edition of video stills by the name of Piccadilly Circus. Charles Ginner (1878-1952) was a Cannes born painter,who settled in London in 1910 and was a key member of the Camden Town Group. ... Tate Britain is a part of the Tate Gallery in Britain, along with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Piccadilly Circus is the name of Swedish singer Pernilla Wahlgren's hit song from 1985. Northern Irish punk band Stiff Little Fingers had a different song of the same name from their 1981 album Go For It, a true story about a friend of theirs migrating to London to escape The Troubles of Belfast only to be stabbed by strangers in Piccadilly Circus. A compilation album from the British pop/rock band Squeeze released in 1996 was titled Piccadilly Collection and showed a picture of Piccadilly Circus on its cover. Pernilla Wahlgren (born 24 December 1967) is a Swedish singer and musical artist. ... Northern Ireland is an administrative region and one of four parts of the United Kingdom. ... Stiff Little Fingers are a punk band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 1977. ... Go For It is a Punk album by the band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). ... For the UK post-rock band, see Troubles (band) The Troubles is a term used to describe the latest installment of periodic communal violence involving Republican and Loyalist paramilitary organisations, the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), the British Army and others in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s until the late... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Squeeze was a British rock music band that came to prominence in the New Wave period of the late 1970s. ...

The Dire Straits song "Wild West End" is about the area around Piccadilly. The Morrissey song Piccadilly Palare from the album "Bona Drag" recounts the life of male prostitutes by employing the use of "palare" (alternatively spelled 'polari'), argot used by this subculture and by gay men generally. A lost verse: "Around the centre of town/is where I belong/am I really doing wrong?" Jethro Tull mention Piccadilly Circus in Mother Goose on Aqualung album: "And a foreign student said to me/was it really true there are elephants and lions too/in Piccadilly Circus?" This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Steven Patrick Morrissey (born May 22, 1959) is an English singer and songwriter from Manchester, England. ... Polari (or alternatively Palare, from Italian parlare, to talk) was a form of cant slang used in the gay subculture in Britain. ... Argot (French for slang) is primarily slang used by various groups, including but not limited to thieves and other criminals, to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ...

Bob Marley makes mention of Piccadilly Circus in his song "Kinky Reggae" on the album Catch A Fire. The Sundays mention Piccadilly Circus in their song "Hideous Towns" on their 1990 album Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. Robert Nesta Marley OM (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... Catch a Fire is the major label debut album for Jamaican roots reggae band The Wailers, released on Island Records in 1973 (see 1973 in music). ... The Sundays were an English alternative rock group of the late 1980s and 1990s. ... Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic is an album by The Sundays. ...

Stormbreaker, the first novel in the bestselling Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz, featured many major landmarks in London, one of them Piccadilly Circus. The main characters race down the circus on horseback. Stormbreaker is the first novel in the Alex Rider series by author Anthony Horowitz. ... For the title character of the series, see Alex Rider (character). ... Anthony Horowitz (born April 5, 1955) is an English author and television scriptwriter. ...

In the film Wayne's World 2, Wayne and Garth made a trip to London and were disappointed to find out that Piccadilly Circus was not an actual circus. Waynes World 2 is a 1993 comedy film starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as hosts of a cable access television show from Aurora, Illinois. ... The Big Top of Billy Smarts Circus Cambridge 2004. ...

In the film Austin Powers, Piccadilly Circus is the location of Dr Evil's lair during "the swinging 60s". Austin Powers confronts Dr Evil at the "The Electric Pussycat" nightclub which hides a rocketship in the shape of a Big Boy statue on the rooftop a Piccadilly Circus building. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

A panoramic view of Piccadilly Circus from the southern side in front of Lillywhites.

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See also

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Piccadilly Circus

• Oxford Circus
• Cambridge Circus

Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... The Wikimedia Commons (also called Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ... Oxford Circus, looking westward Oxford Circus is the area of London at the busy intersection of Regent Street and Oxford Street. ... Cambridge Circus is a busy London traffic intersection (not actually a roundabout) at the intersection of Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road. ...

References

• Mills, A. D. Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-19-860957-4.
• Harris, C. M. What's in a name? The origins of the names of all stations in current use on the London Underground and Docklands Light rail with their opening dates. Midas Books and London Transport, fourth edition, 2001. ISBN 1-85414-241-0.
• Lange, D. The Queen's London: A Pictorial and Descriptive Record of the Streets, Buildings, Parks and Scenery of the Great Metropolis. Cassell and Company, London, 1896.
• Dickens, C. C. B. Dickens's Dictionary of London 1888: An Unconventional Handbook. 1888, re-printed in 1995 by Old House Books. ISBN 1-873590-04-0.
• Greater London Council, Piccadilly Circus: From Controversy to Reconstruction. 1980. ISBN 0-7168-1145-6.

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Articles

• Hadley, P. Piccadilly Circus, How a typical 1906 London tube station was built, Underground News 412, April 1996.
• Jacob, S. Review: Piccadilly Circus, Icon Magazine, November 2003.

Web sites

• Piccadilly Line. Homepage of the London Underground on the Piccadilly Line. Retrieved February 25, 2005.

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External links

• Theatre History
• Vodafone's neon sign at Piccadilly Circus.
• Panoramic view from urban75.org.
• Panoramic view from www.explore-london.co.uk.
• This is London theatre guide to Criterion Theatre.
• Metalurgical study of the statue of Eros following restoration in 1990.
• Open Guide to London entry on Piccadilly Circus tube station.
• Map from www.streetmap.co.uk.
• Aerial photo from maps.google.com.