Oxford Circus webcam
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- Oxford Street - Selfridges · Oxford Street
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The setting behind the frame
Oxford Circus keeps its familiar page and context, but its configured camera source is unavailable. No other image is presented as a view of this junction.
What happened here
11 dated events from this place and the surrounding neighbourhood. Each entry names where it happened and links to the supporting record.
Some sources establish only a year or a period; those dates are kept at that precision. Nearby events are not presented as events in the camera’s view.
- Public life
The Central London Railway opens at Oxford Circus
At this location · Oxford Circus Underground station, Central line
Oxford Circus became one of the original Central London Railway stations when the line opened between Shepherd’s Bush and Bank.
Source: Historic England, Oxford Circus Underground station at north-east corner
- Public life
The Bakerloo line adds a second Oxford Circus station
At this location · Oxford Circus Underground station, Bakerloo line
A separate Baker Street and Waterloo Railway station opened at Oxford Circus, later joined to the Central line station by a passage.
Source: Historic England, Oxford Circus Underground station at north-west corner
- Public life
Suffragettes target West End shop windows
Nearby · Oxford Street shops near Oxford Circus
The Women’s Social and Political Union’s coordinated window-smashing campaign struck Oxford Street and other West End streets, bringing arrests and public debate over votes for women.
Sources: The National Archives, Women’s suffrage research guide · UK Parliament, Parliamentary Franchise (Women) Bill, 28 March 1912
- Buildings and transport
The two Oxford Circus tube stations are merged
At this location · Oxford Circus Underground station
After the London Electric Railway acquired the Central London Railway, the two separately built Oxford Circus stations became one connected complex.
Source: Historic England, Oxford Circus Underground station at north-west corner
- Public life
Escalators are installed at Oxford Circus
At this location · Oxford Circus Underground station
Escalators were added to ease chronic overcrowding at the station, replacing some of its earlier lift-based circulation.
Source: Historic England, Oxford Circus Underground station at north-east corner
- Arts and culture
Oxford Street begins its Christmas illuminations
At this location · Oxford Street at Oxford Circus
Oxford Street’s first street-wide festive lights appeared in 1959, extending the shopping district’s seasonal draw through the Oxford Circus junction.
Source: Royal Institute of British Architects, Oxford Street lighting brief
- Buildings and transport
A new underground ticket hall is built
At this location · Oxford Circus Underground station
The station’s ticket hall was reconstructed below Oxford Circus as part of the Victoria line works, creating the present interchange layout.
Source: Historic England, Oxford Circus Underground station at north-east corner
- Buildings and transport
A steel ‘umbrella’ bridge keeps traffic moving
At this location · Oxford Circus road junction
Engineers erected a steel bridge over the Oxford Circus junction during a bank-holiday weekend so the Victoria line station could be built below.
Sources: TfL Corporate Archives, Top 20 Records: Opening of the Victoria Line · London Transport Museum Library, Victoria Line station construction files
- Royal occasions
The Victoria line opens through Oxford Circus
At this location · Oxford Circus Underground station, Victoria line
Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the Victoria line as its Warren Street–Victoria section, including Oxford Circus, came into operation.
Source: TfL Corporate Archives, Top 20 Records: Opening of the Victoria Line
- Public life
May Day demonstrators are held in a police cordon
At this location · Oxford Circus roadway and adjoining streets
Thousands gathered at Oxford Circus during a May Day protest; police contained the crowd in a cordon for several hours as they planned a controlled dispersal.
Source: UK Parliament, Austin v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
- Public life
Oxford Circus unveils its diagonal crossing
At this location · Oxford Circus road junction
A new crossing allowed pedestrians to cross Oxford Circus diagonally as well as straight ahead. The redesign also enlarged the pavements around the junction.
Source: Westminster City Council, Authority Monitoring Report 2008–09
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Location, source and frame limits
- Area
- Oxford Street
- Image and clip
- No configured image or clip source
- Capture time
- Not independently verified from a successful image or video load
- Provider
- Transport for London · source details
- Viewing direction
- Not verified from the source position alone
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Can the miniature show current conditions?
No. It is an illustrated model with invented scale and geometry. Its lighting controls change the model’s appearance, not the camera image or London’s weather.