Staples Corner

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Staples Corner is a major road junction in London, United Kingdom, with two linked roundabouts and flyovers, which connects the A406 North Circular Road with the A5 Edgware Road and the start of the M1 motorway. Also running through the Staples Corner, between the two roundabouts, are the Midland Main Line & Thameslink railway lines.

Staples Corner is named after the Staples Mattress Factory which was located on the road junction from 1926 to 1986.

On 11 April 1992. an IRA bomb went off underneath the A406 flyover, causing serious damage to roads and nearby buildings and causing the closure of the junction. Another bomb went off near the junction in 8 October 1993, causing damage but no injuries.

The B&Q DIY store damaged by the bomb was replaced by a branch of the appropriately named Staples office supplies.

There is a large retail park at Staples Corner, located between the A5 and the railway line. Close by is the Brent Cross Shopping Centre, named after the A406 and A41 road junction.

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