Piccadilly Circus
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GENERAL INFORMATION
There are no circus tents here. Piccadilly Circus is actually a major, circular intersection in London’s Westminster district with an electric, big city feel. In this case, “circus” comes from the Latin word meaning circle.
Insider Tip
If you take the Tube here and get off at the Piccadilly Circus stop, there are multiple exits from the underground, and each places you at a different point in the circle above and offers a unique few of the bright, colorful billboards and buildings that surround the space.
Piccadilly Circus is the busiest area of the busy city of London
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Piccadilly Circus has become a postcard for the city, buzzing with the liveliness that makes it exciting to be in London.
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Pride of place in the circus—a circular junction until the construction of Shaftesbury Avenue in 1886— belongs to the statue of Eros.
View full review from Fodor's
Address: Piccadilly Circus, London, UK
PHOTOS
Insider Tip
Insider Tip
If you take the Tube here and get off at the Piccadilly Circus stop, there are multiple exits from the underground, and each places you at a different point in the circle above and offers a unique few of the bright, colorful billboards and buildings that surround the space.
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