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A traditional place to meet beneath huge illuminated advertising billboards with the slim Statue of Eros made from aluminium in the middle, erected in 1892 to commemorate the life of Lord Shaftesbury. The angel with the arrow symbolises the Angel of Christian Charity.
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In the heart of the West End, this small crossroads plaza is known for its brightly-lit billboard (as pictured) and a statue of eros in a small fountain. A large outlet of Boots- The Chemist and a tube station of the same name is here.
Welcome to the center of the world! 'Piccadilly Circus' is a famous road junction and public space in London's West End. It was completed in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly.
I immediately had to think of New York's Times Square when visiting it
pedestrian zone, british shops and restaurants
The Picadilly name comes from pickadils, a kind of rigid collars used by the ladies of the 18th Century as a complement. Rober Baker got rich selling those pickadils and built a luxury house in the area known by Englishmen and Englishwomen as "picadilly hall" just as a joke.
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