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unusual facts about Piccadilly Circus


Zaibunnisa Street

Before the population and pollution explosions in Karachi, it was called Karachi's Piccadilly Circus by foreigners, as it is lined with historic colonial buildings from the British Raj era.


A585 road

Broadwater Roundabout is surmounted by a statue of Eros, a copy of that standing in Piccadilly Circus, London.

Berwick Street Market

The nearest London Underground stations are Piccadilly Circus, Oxford Circus, Tottenham Court Road and Leicester Square.

Felix William Spiers

In 1874 they had built, and owned, the Criterion Theatre and Restaurant in London's Piccadilly Circus.

Japanese community of London

Sogo once operated an outlet on Piccadilly Circus but it closed in the wake of the recession in the Japanese business community and the Japanese economy.

Metropolitan Board of Works

The essence of the scandal arose from the purchase by the MBW of the old Pavilion music hall in Piccadilly Circus in 1879, when the site was thought necessary for the construction of Shaftesbury Avenue.

The Ballet of Change: Piccadilly Circus

The Ballet of Change: Piccadilly Circus, the final film in the progressive series, was the first film to be broadcast through the famous Coca-Cola Billboard on Land Securities' Piccadilly Circus Lights in London.

There Is No Authority But Yourself

There is No Authority But Yourself premiered at the Raindance Film Festival at the Piccadilly Circus, London Trocadero in October 2006 and was part of the Official Selection film programme at the Flipside film festival in May 2008


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Extracts from the Film A Hard Day's Night

A Hard Day's Night, which also stars Wilfrid Brambell in the role of Paul's (mythical) grandfather, was premiered on Monday, 6th July, 1964, at the London Pavilion, Piccadilly Circus.

Piccadilly Circus in popular culture

Its starting point was Roth's encounter with the collection of postcards of Piccadilly Circus owned by Richard Hamilton and his wife Rita Donagh.

The cover of Björk's album Post features Björk photographed at Piccadilly Circus.

In Wayne's World 2, Paramount flies Wayne and Garth (or their body doubles) to London and they visit Piccadilly Circus; Garth comments, "Wow, what a s***ty circus," to which Wayne replies, "Good call. There's no animals or clowns! What a ripoff!"