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The area around Elephant and Castle Roundabout, known locally as 'The Elephant' or even just 'Elephant'.

Curiously, there is a restaurant in New York named after it.

It is generally accepted (by some) that Elephant and Castle gets its name from a Spanish prince - El Infanto Castille. In fact this is a subject of much debate, for more see here, here, here and here.

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