Holborn Circus is a junction of six highways in the City of London on the boundary between Holborn and Smithfield. It was designed by the engineer William Haywood and opened in 1867. The term circus denotes a junction where several roads converge.Holborn Circus was described in Charles Dickens’ Dictionary of London (1879) as perhaps… the finest piece of street architecture in the City.
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London, United Kingdom
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High Holborn, Holborn Viaduct, Fetter Lane, Charterhouse Street
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