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Bus stations near Shaftesbury Memorial in Soho

  • Regent Street / St James's (Y), St James',2 min walk,
  • Regent Street / St James's (Z), St James',2 min walk,

Bus lines to Shaftesbury Memorial in Soho

  • N3,Bromley North - Oxford Circus,
  • 12,Dulwich Library - Oxford Circus,
  • N15,Trafalgar Square - Romford Market,
  • 88,Clapham Common - Parliament Hill Fields,
  • 94,Piccadilly Circus - Acton Green,
  • 453,Marylebone - Deptford Bridge,
  • 9,Hammersmith - Aldwych,
  • N9,Heathrow Terminal 5 - Aldwych,
  • N18,Trafalgar Square - Harrow Weald, Bus Garage,
  • 23,Aldwych - Westbourne Park,
  • N97,Trafalgar Square - Hammersmith,
  • N109,Oxford Circus - Croydon Town Centre,
  • N113,Trafalgar Square - Edgware,
  • N136,Chislehurst, War Memorial - Oxford Circus,
  • 139,Waterloo - Golders Green,
  • 159,Oxford Circus - Streatham Station,
Questions & Answers

  • What are the nearest stations to Shaftesbury Memorial?

    The nearest stations to Shaftesbury Memorial are:

    • Regent Street / St James's (Y), St James' is 119 meters away, 2 min walk.
    • Regent Street / St James's (Z), St James' is 144 meters away, 2 min walk.

  • Which bus lines stop near Shaftesbury Memorial?

    These bus lines stop near Shaftesbury Memorial: 159, 19, 453.

  • Which train line stops near Shaftesbury Memorial?

    SOUTHEASTERN

  • Which Tube lines stop near Shaftesbury Memorial?

    These Tube lines stop near Shaftesbury Memorial: BAKERLOO, PICCADILLY.

  • What’s the nearest bus stop to Shaftesbury Memorial in Soho?

    The nearest bus stops to Shaftesbury Memorial in Soho are Regent Street / St James's (Y), St James' and Regent Street / St James's (Z), St James'. The closest one is a 2 min walk away.

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Shaftesbury Memorial, SohoThe Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain is located at the southeastern side of Piccadilly Circus in London, United Kingdom. Moved after World War II from its original position in the centre, it was erected in 1892–1893 to commemorate the philanthropic works of Lord Shaftesbury, who was a famous Victorian politician and philanthropist. The monument is surmounted by Alfred Gilbert's winged nude statue generally, though mistakenly, known as Eros. This has been called "London's most famous work of sculpture"; a graphical illustration of it is used as the symbol of the Evening Standard newspaper and appears on its masthead. It was the first sculpture in the world to be cast in aluminium and is set on a bronze fountain, which itself inspired the marine motifs that Gilbert carved on the statue. The use of a nude figure on a public monument was controversial at the time of its construction, but it was generally well received by the public. The Magazine of Art described it as "...a striking contrast to the dull ugliness of the generality of our street sculpture, ... a work which, while beautifying one of our hitherto desolate open spaces, should do much towards the elevation of public taste in the direction of decorative sculpture, and serve freedom for the metropolis from any further additions of the old order of monumental monstrosities." Although the statue is generally known as Eros, it was created as an image of his brother, Anteros. The sculptor Alfred Gilbert had already sculpted a statue of Anteros and, when commissioned for the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, chose to reproduce the same subject, who, as "The God of Selfless Love" was deemed to represent the philanthropic 7th Earl of Shaftesbury suitably. Gilbert described Anteros as portraying "reflective and mature love, as opposed to Eros or Cupid, the frivolous tyrant." The model for the sculpture was Gilbert's studio assistant, a 16-year-old Anglo-Italian, Angelo Colarossi (born 1875 in Shepherd's Bush). Fernando Meacci was involved in the moulding of the fountain and it was probably cast by George Broad & Son. The memorial was unveiled by the Duke of Westminster on 29 June 1893. Following the unveiling there were numerous complaints. Some felt it was sited in a vulgar part of town (the theatre district), and others felt that it was too sensual as a memorial for a famously sober and respectable Earl. Some of the objections were tempered by renaming the statue as The Angel of Christian Charity, which was the nearest approximation that could be invented in Christian terms for the role Anteros played in the Greek pantheon. However, the name never became widely known and the statue was thence referred to as Eros, the god of sensual love; inappropriate some said in relation to the Earl's commemoration, but hailed by others as an ironic representation of the more carnal side of the neighbourhood, into which Soho had developed. The whole memorial was removed twice from the circus in its history. In 1922 construction began on the new tube station directly beneath the memorial. The memorial was therefore taken away and put in Embankment Gardens. It returned to Piccadilly Circus in 1931; but when the Second World War broke out in 1939, the memorial was taken away again for safety and kept in Egham. It did not return to Piccadilly Circus again until 1948. The statue was removed for restoration in the 1980s and resited on its return in February 1985. During the restoration a set of plaster casts was unearthed in the V&A basements which revealed damage to the statue. The statue was also vandalised in 1990 and after radiography and restoration returned in 1994. In May 2012 the statue had a new bow string fitted after it was broken by a tourist. In the winter of 2013–2014 the statue was covered with a PVC 'snow globe' featuring internal fans blowing the 'snowflakes'. This also had the function of protecting the statue from vandalism and it was planned to return in subsequent years. However strong winds caused the globe to become damaged and deflate and it was not subsequently repaired. In winter 2014–2015 octagonal advertising hoardings forming a box for giant Christmas presents had a similar function.
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