Portal:London/DYK/Oxford Street

Did you know...


 * ...that Oxford Street has over 300 shops, making it the largest shopping street in Europe?
 * ...that over 200 million people visit the street each year, at a turnover of approximately £5 billion per annum?
 * ...that at 50,000 square feet, the HMV flagship store at 150 Oxford Street is Europe's largest music store?
 * ...that in 1995, the entire cast of Coronation Street, set in Manchester, turned on Oxford Street's Christmas lights?
 * ...that four different London Underground stations have exits on Oxford Street? Namely, (from west to east), Marble Arch, Bond Street, Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road.

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