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Oxford Circus is a road junction connecting Oxford Street and Regent Street in the West End of London. It is also the entrance to Oxford Circus tube station . The junction opened in 1819 as part of the Regent Street development under John Nash , and was originally known as Regent Circus North .
Piccadilly Circus was created in 1819, at the junction with Regent Street, which was then being built under the planning of John Nash on the site of a house and garden belonging to a Lady Hutton; the intersection was then known as Regent Circus South (just as Oxford Circus was known as Regent Circus North) and it did not begin to be known as ...
The former Peter Robinson / Topshop store adjoining Oxford Circus. Topshop was conceived in the 1960s as a youth brand for Peter Robinson, and a sizeable Topshop department was opened within the flagship store on Oxford Street (which had been rebuilt in the 1920s as part of the Oxford Circus improvements). [19]
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Oxford Circus is a London Underground station in Central London, serving Oxford Circus at the junction of Regent Street and Oxford Street, with entrances on all four corners of the intersection. The station is served by three lines: Bakerloo , Central and Victoria .
The flagship store at Oxford Circus, having suffered bomb damage in September 1940 Family grave of Peter Robinson in Highgate Cemetery (west) Peter Robinson was a chain of department stores with its flagship store being situated at Oxford Circus, London. Founded in 1833 as a drapery, Robinson bought up nearby shops on Oxford Street to create a ...