Piccadilly Circus is an extremely busy traffic roundabout in central London, and its six traffic exits are connected to Regent Street, Piccadilly Road, Covent Street, Shaftesbury Avenue and Glasgow Street. Two of the traffic exits are connected Regent Street. Although there are six exits, they are five corresponding road names.

There are a lot of famous shops in every street and every road of these five roads. Or a well-known restaurant; Or a famous tourist attraction. Therefore, the busy degree of Piccadilly Circus, a big traffic turntable connecting these five roads, can be imagined, even if it is called the busiest traffic junction in downtown London, I am afraid it is not an exaggeration.

In Britain, people use: "It's like a Piccadilly Circus here! (It's like Piccadilly Circus! ), to compare a place where people are really too busy.

although the English word Circus means circus in Chinese, it was named here in Latin, and circus is equivalent to Circle, so it is still a circle in understanding; The meaning of turntable. Piccadilly Circus was built in 1819, and its name was completely derived from the fact that it linked the Piccadilly Road, which was still famous at that time. However, the Piccadilly Circus at that time was not as busy as it is today. It all started with the gradual expansion in 1886-connecting Shaftesbury Avenue in fortes.

with the expansion of Piccadilly Circus in 1886, on the one hand, the turntable has to handle the north-south traffic of Regent Street and the traffic from Piccadilly Road in the west; On the other hand, due to the newly expanded Shaftesbury Avenue in Sha fortes, there are several famous theaters at that time, such as Palace Theatre, etc. After the afternoon, this road is full of traffic, and the traffic pressure on Piccadilly Circus becomes even greater.

In March of p>1916, Piccadilly Circus opened the subway entrance of the brown Bakerloo Line; In February of the same year, the subway entrance of the dark blue Piccadilly Line was opened. Although the opening of the subway entrance has partly alleviated the traffic problem of the turntable, it has made the flow of people in this area even larger.

in p>1911, the first electronic billboard appeared at the intersection of the turntable, and today that position is still a huge electronic advertisement, which has become the symbol of the intersection.

on August 3rd, 1926, traffic lights were first set up at the junction of Piccadilly Circus.

in p>1928, the government decided to rebuild the subway entrance of Piccadilly Circus due to the surge of traffic and people flow.

During the Second World War from p>1939 to 1945, many clubs of American troops stationed in Britain appeared near Piccadilly Circus, and a large number of prostitutes wandered around this area. Even today, many years later, Soho, a few steps away from it, is still the most famous adult sex exchange area in London.

in the 1961s, the government at that time considered rebuilding the entire Piccadilly Circus due to the further surge of traffic flow and the possibility of greater traffic flow in the future.

In p>1962, Lord Holford put forward a reconstruction plan, which transformed the whole Piccadilly Circus into a double-deck one: the upper floor was built with overpass and other facilities to connect the buildings at the intersection, and only pedestrians could pass; On the other hand, the lower floor demolished most of the residential buildings at that time, expanded the width of the road and was completely open to traffic. The reconstruction plan was being revised until 1972.

in p>1972, the plan was revised for the last time, hoping to replace the original square and other surrounding buildings with three octagonal towers with a height of 72 meters. However, this scheme was finally rejected in the same year, on the grounds that the reconstruction scheme proposed by Lord Holford could only increase the traffic capacity of Piccadilly Circus by 21%, while the government needed to increase the traffic capacity by 51% at that time. It is hard to imagine what Piccadilly Circus would look like today if the scheme at that time had been implemented.

in the 1981s, there was a large-scale expansion of the pedestrian area to the south of Piccadilly Circus.

after that, there is no large-scale expansion plan for Piccadilly Circus, although there are very small-scale maintenance from time to time until today. The modes of transportation near Piccadilly Circus are also buses and subways:

Bus lines:

As shown in the above figure, there are about 13 bus lines passing Piccadilly Circus

3, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 23, 38. 453

Subway lines:

Subway lines passing through Piccadilly Circus are mainly dark blue Piccadilly Line and brown Bakerloo Line, and both lines can go directly.

Piccadilly Circus is very similar to Piccadilly Road, and there are not many scenic spots that deserve special attention.

first, the shaftesbury monument and the statue of eros.

Next is the most dazzling electronic billboard at this intersection. After it gets dark at eight or nine o'clock in the evening, it looks extra like e-commerce.

There is also a small interactive museum, Believe It Or Not. There are many strange things in it, but all of them are artificial and not real. It's probably interesting for children to visit, and most adults will find it a bit boring.

in addition to the above, I'm afraid the most famous one here is the Critique Theater, which was built on March 21th, 1874 and has 611 seats. After being closed and expanded twice in 1983 and 1989, it reopened in October of 1992 until today.

from Piccadilly Circus, walk eastward along Covent Street, and on the left is London China Town. Further eastward, Covent Garden is the gathering place of street performers in old London.

if you go north along Shaftesbury Avenue, you will find Soho, the most famous adult service trading area in London, with a lot of food visits and bars and clubs on your left.

If you go to the northwest, Regent Street has many well-known shops with high mid-range. In addition, there are Hamleys, the oldest and largest toy store in Britain, and Apple Direct Store. Further on, it is the famous Oxford Street. If you go south, walk along Regent Street, London Japan Town will be on your left, and you can see St. Jame's' Park, one of the three royal parks in London, after going forward for 11 minutes.

Piccadilly Road, which is in the southwest direction, goes to the southwest direction, and you can reach the Royal Academy in about five minutes. After two minutes, look to your right, and you will find New Bond Street. Go on, and on your left, you will find Green Park, and then Hyde Park Corner and Hyde Park. Due to the huge daily flow of people, it is interesting for local people to say that if a person stays in Piccadilly Circus for a long time, even if he doesn't do anything, he will become well known.

Maybe Piccadilly Circus is too famous. During World War II, Piccadilly Circus became the code of the Allied Normandy Landing and the English Channel Fleet.