Oxford Circus

Oxford Circus
Oxford Circus
	Oxford Circus in November 2009
Location
	West End of London
Coordinates	51°30′55″N 00°08′31″W / 51.51528°N 0.14194°W
Roads at; junction	Oxford Street; Regent Street;
Construction
Type	Road junction
Opened	November 1819
Maintained by	Transport for London

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. After the original lease expired, it was redesigned around a series of four quadrant buildings by Henry Tanner between 1913 and 1928, the north-eastern of which has been used by Peter Robinson, Topshop, the BBC and the London Co-operative Society; these are now Grade II listed buildings.

Oxford Circus remains a busy junction for traffic, and a £5 million upgrade for pedestrians opened in 2009. It has also attracted attention as a place for demonstrations and protests, including several by Extinction Rebellion.