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joined the station with what is now part of the Northern Line in September 1908, with station entrance on the south east side of the circus. The main station ticket hall was later moved underground, built below the circus in the 1920s. The junction became known as St Giles Circus in 1921.
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until it was cleared in the mid-19th century with the creation of New Oxford Street parallel to St Giles High Street by clearances.
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Tower, located on the south-east corner on New Oxford Street and Charing Cross Road. Built between 1963 and 1966 by developer
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is close to the north-east corner, on Tottenham Court Road just above New Oxford Street. The
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in half a century. An auditorium/gallery is planned for the south-east corner.
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theatre was on the south west side. A new theatre to replace the Astoria,
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Railways Through The Clay; Croome & Jackson; London; 1993; p169
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St Giles Circus has been since 2009 the site of construction for
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A Visit to the Rookery of St Giles and its Neighbourhood
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The circus derives its name from the nearby church of
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Index


Centre Point
Crossrail
St Giles
West End of London
Oxford Street
New Oxford Street
Charing Cross Road
Tottenham Court Road
Tottenham Court Road Underground station
Soho
Covent Garden
Bloomsbury
Fitzrovia

St Giles-in-the-Fields
St Giles's Pound
rookery
Tottenham Court Road Underground station
Central London Railway
Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
Centre Point
Harry Hyams
brutalist
skyscraper
a Grade II listed building

Crossrail
Crossrail
Dominion Theatre

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