Elephant and Castle (South London)

This article is about the junction called Elephant and Castle in South London.
For for other junctions called Elephant and Castle, see Elephant and Castle.

The Elephant and Castle is a road junction in South London. For a long time, it was a large roundabout, however, in the mid 2010s it was converted into a series of signalised crossroads around the edge of the majority of the circulatory carriageway.

The junction was named after a coaching inn which was positioned in the middle of the road, with six roads converging around it. A series of subways were built in the 1940s.

By the 1960s, the large roundabout had been built. A large area was cleared to build this, including the coaching inn and the Trocadero Cinema.

Routes

Route	To	Notes
A3	Ring Road (W) (A4, A40), West End, Portsmouth, (A23, A24), Clapham Jct, Vauxhall, Camberwell Green
A201	Ring Road (E), (A2 (A20) A13), Peckham, Lewisham, Tower Bridge, Bermondsey
A3	The City, London Bridge	Congestion Charge applies
A201	Buses only	Congestion Charge applies. One way towards the junction for all traffic, buses only away from it.
A302	Westminster, Waterloo, Blackfriars	Congestion Charge applies

Links

• The Londonist: How London's Road Junctions Got Their Names  28.08.2014 (archive.org)