Carbuncle's Blog

I took this photograph whilst I was sitting on the top of a London red bus travelling along Oxford Street.

Oxford Street is a very important commercial street in Central London, busy for shopping all year ’round.

Lots of the big department stores, retailers and brands have flagship stores in Oxford Street including John Lewis, Primark, Selfridges, Top Shop, Benneton, Nike, H & M, Virgin, BHS (British Home Stores), HMV, Zara, Next, Gap, Adidas, Marks and Spencer to name just a few.

Oxford Street is closed to car traffic most of the time, buses and taxis only – this makes it no safer for pedestrians however, and great care negotiating the crowds of shoppers and the roads is needed. Oxford Street gets very, very busy.

The Oxford Street Christmas Lights are up now, not sure if they are switched on yet, but will be soon no doubt, and around the corner is, of course, Regent Street with its own famous Christmas Lights.

In this photograph of one of the underground station entrances at Oxford Circus you can see street direction signs for SOHO and the London Palladium theatre, both within walking distance from Oxford Circus.

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