About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Magic roundabouts in England, Road junctions in London, Piccadilly Circus, Elephant and Castle, Five Ways, Birmingham, Angel, Islington, Parliament Square, Seven Sisters, London, Marble Arch, Swiss Cottage, St George's Circus, Catthorpe Interchange, Gravelly Hill Interchange, Gants Hill, Carfax, Oxford, Sloane Square, Polish War Memorial, Markham Moor, Hyde Park Corner, Caxton Gibbet, Scotch Corner, Handy Cross roundabout, Staples Corner, The Plain, Oxford, Chester Cross, Switch Island, Almondsbury Interchange, London Gateway services, Gallows Corner, Gillette Corner, The Egg, Oxford Circus, Cemetery Junction, Reading, Black Cat Roundabout, Ludgate Circus, Hammersmith Flyover, Brampton Hut interchange, Cambridge Circus, London, Denham Roundabout, Lincolnshire Gate, Caenby Corner, Hogarth Roundabout, Hanger Lane gyratory, Treacle Mine Roundabout, Holborn Circus, List of road junctions in the United Kingdom, Threekingham Bar, Concord Roundabout, Bakers Arms, Scilly Isles, Surrey, Camberwell Green, Spittals Interchange, High Dyke, Lincolnshire, Stonebridge Park, London, Lydiate Ash. Excerpt: Piccadilly Circus is a road junction 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. In this context, a circus, from the Latin word meaning "circle," is a round open space at a street junction. Piccadilly 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 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 si...
