This History of Piccadilly Circus video is one of my History of London series. Be sure to also check out other London places videos I've made like:
- Charing Cross - [ Ссылка ]
- Hampstead - [ Ссылка ]
- Highgate - [ Ссылка ]

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About this video:

Ever wondered why Piccadilly Circus is called Piccadilly? Or why there's that Eros fountain there?

Whether you're a London Tourist doing some sightseeing in London, or whether you are a vetran Londoner, a fully fledged UK British Citizen or a history nerd / geek, you may find this London History video interesting as it takes you on a historic guided sightseeing tour of Piccadilly Circus and its surroundings, explaining some of the background about sights and places you can see in Piccadilly, United Kingdom / Great Britain.

Areas and places covered in this video include:
- Piccadilly Circus 's name; it's meaning and origins
- Eros Fountain (aka The Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain)
- Shaftesbury Avenue 's street name and its origins (the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper)
- Coventry Street and who it's named after
- A little on the Picadilly Adverts / Ads and lights
- The London Pavilion building (today Ripley's Believe it or Not)
- The Trocadero Buildings (and the history of why it's called Trocadero)
- Lillywhites sporting goods store's story which surprisingly relates to the history of the English sport of cricket.

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CREDITS:
Thank you to all the lovely people who provided the following resources to enhance this short London walk / walking tour film :)

Music:

Nice and Easy by Audionautix
1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky, Youtube Audio Library
Wanunobe March by Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com
Pluto by Topher Mohr & Alex Elena, youtube Audio Library
Hills Behind by Silent Partner, youtube Audio Library
Acoustic Meditation 2 by Audionautix
Festival by Topher Mohr & Alex Elena, youtube Audio Library
In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com
Bebop 25 by Audionautix
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart, youtube Audio Library

Many of the above are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence ([ Ссылка ])

Sound Effects:

Small Bell Ring from SoundJay
Magical Chime by the Youtube Audio Library
Record Scratch by Luffy & Halleck, Freesound
Blop pop up bloop by Mark DiAngelo, Soundbible

Images:
Courtesy of Wikipedia
Google Maps

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