Oxford Circus
Regent Street junction
Oxford Circus is a major intersection in central London where Oxford Street and Regent Street cross, marked by a distinctive circular arrangement and busy Underground station.
The name follows the British convention of calling round intersections "circuses," from the Latin word for ring or circle.
It serves as a landmark for shopping and navigation: We'll meet at Oxford Circus.
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- tubeHollow cylindrical passage
- stationFixed stopping point
- LondonEngland's capital city
- shoppingAcquiring goods at retailers
Regent Street · West End · crowds · busy · platform · commuters · escalators · tourists · rush hour · pedestrians · crossroads · traffic · buses · double decker · black cabs · red lights · neon · flagship stores
- Tube StationsBaker Street, Bank, Bond Street, Brixton, Camden Town
- Urban LandmarksTimes Square, Trafalgar Square, Red Square, Tiananmen Square, Union Square
urban centrality/activity
Oxford Circusremote village
Distant, small settlement
wilderness · rural hamlet · ghost town · end of the line · Land's End