Cambridge Circus
Cambridge Circus is the partly pedestrianised intersection where Shaftesbury Avenue crosses Charing Cross Road on the eastern edge of Soho, central London.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tom Morris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Bus stop
- Description: traffic junction (formerly a roundabout) in London, England
- Also known as: “Cambridge Circus, London”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Palace Theatre.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
Palace Theatre
Theater building
Photo: MrPanyGoff, CC BY 2.0.
The Palace Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster in London. Its red-brick facade dominates the west side of Cambridge Circus behind a small plaza near the intersection of Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road.
Royal Opera House
Arts center
Photo: Russ London, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Royal Opera House is a theatre in Covent Garden, central London. The building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. Royal Opera House is situated 1,500 feet east of Cambridge Circus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seven Dials and Chinatown.
Seven Dials
Neighborhood
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seven Dials is a road junction and neighborhood in the St Giles district of the London Borough of Camden, within the greater Covent Garden area in the West End of London.
Chinatown
Suburb
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the City of Westminster, London, bordering Soho to its north and west, Theatreland to the south and east. The enclave currently occupies the area in and around Gerrard Street.
St Giles
Neighborhood
Photo: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Giles is an area in London, England and is located in the London Borough of Camden. It is in Central London and part of the West End. The area gets its name from the parish church of St Giles in the Fields.
Cambridge Circus
- Categories: intersection, square, and transportation
- Location: Camden, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.51351° or 51° 30′ 49″ northLongitude
-0.12916° or 0° 7′ 45″ westElevation
115 feet (35 metres)Open location code
9C3XGV7C+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 469765157OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stopOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=platformGeoNames ID
6617995Wikidata ID
Q2934700
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Cambridge Circus” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “剑桥圆环”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سيرك كامبريدج”
- French: “Cambridge Circus”
- German: “Cambridge Circus”
- Italian: “Cambridge Circus”
- Japanese: “ケンブリッジ・サーカス”
- Malay: “Cambridge Circus, London”
- Slovak: “Cambridge Circus”
- Spanish: “Cambridge Circus, London”
- Spanish: “Cambridge Circus”
Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cambridge Circus”. Photo: Tom Morris, CC BY-SA 3.0.