Oxford Circus

Oxford Circus is a road junction connecting and Regent Street in the . It is also the entrance to .
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: intersection of Oxford Street and Regent Street in London
  • Also known as: “Regents Circus”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Leicester Square and London Palladium.

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The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Theater building
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The is a Grade II* West End theatre located on Argyll Street, in the district of London. The theatre was designed by Frank Matcham and opened in 1910.

Metro station
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Oxford Circus is a London Underground station in . It serves Oxford Circus and is located at the junction of Regent Street and , with entrances on all four corners of the intersection.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Soho and Mayfair-Marylebone.

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is a district of central , part of the West End, famous for jazz, its gay village, sex shops and alternative lifestyles.

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Mayfair and Marylebone are districts of central . Together they cover a large area of western central London, encompassing the whole of Mayfair and Piccadilly to the south and the area from Oxford Street through Marylebone to Regent's Park and the border with St John's Wood to the north.

Suburb
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is an ethnic enclave in the , London, bordering to its north and west and Theatreland to the south and east. The enclave currently occupies the area in and around Gerrard Street.

Oxford Circus

Latitude
51.51539° or 51° 30′ 55″ north
Longitude
-0.14145° or 0° 8′ 29″ west
Elevation
135 feet (41 metres)
Open location code
9C3XGV85+5C
Geo­Names ID
6691484
Wiki­data ID
Q1996213
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Oxford Circus” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Oxford Circus”
  • Basque: “Oxford Circus”
  • Chinese: “牛津圆环”
  • Chinese: “牛津圓環”
  • Danish: “Oxford Circus”
  • Dutch: “Oxford Circus”
  • French: “Oxford Circus”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר אוקספורד”
  • Icelandic: “Oxford Circus”
  • Italian: “Oxford Circus”
  • Japanese: “オックスフォード・サーカス”
  • Japanese: “オックスフォードサーカス”
  • Korean: “옥스퍼드 서커스”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oxford Circus”
  • Norwegian: “Oxford Circus”
  • Persian: “میدان آکسفورد”
  • Polish: “Oxford Circus”
  • Slovak: “Oxford Circus”
  • Slovenian: “Oxford Circus”
  • Spanish: “Oxford Circus”
  • Swedish: “Oxford Circus”
  • Vietnamese: “Oxford Circus”
  • Yue Chinese: “牛津圓環”

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