Silicon Roundabout

English Etymology From en silicon w:Old Street Roundabout (Old Street) Roundabout. Proper noun Silicon Roundabout en UK humorous East London Tech City, a technology cluster in Shoreditch, East London. w:Cory Doctorow The slow death of Silicon Roundabout 2014-03-10 https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/mar/10/slow-death-of-silicon-roundabout Before long, Silicon Roundabout had indeed been adopted by estate agents, local councillors and even No 10. Silicon Roundabout became the cornerstone of the government's new Tech City strategy, whose idea was to nurture our little homegrown tech district to see if it couldn't be fanned into full flame. https://web.archive.org/web/20261011043439/https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/mar/10/slow-death-of-silicon-roundabout 11 October 2026 en https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-06-24/the-pernicious-realities-of-artwashing The Pernicious Realities of 'Artwashing' Bloomberg 2014-06-24 Feargus O'Sullivan Even advocates of creative transition don't have long to enjoy its fruits. It’s almost forgotten now that, before it became Silicon Roundabout, the tech hub around London's Shoreditch was known briefly as an artists' stronghold. https://web.archive.org/web/20250618200813/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-06-24/the-pernicious-realities-of-artwashing 18 June 2025 en 2020 Chris McMillan Producing Cool The London Dream: Migration and the Mythology of the City John Hunt Publishing 9781789044218 https://books.google.com/books?id=Mm70DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT93&dq=%22Silicon+Roundabout%22&hl=&cd=4&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Silicon%20Roundabout%22&f=false Silicon Roundabout started as a very British joke. When the now-defunct travel social networking company Dopplr moved from above a pub in Hoxton to 100 City Road beside Old Street Roundabout in March 2008, they found not only more space but a burgeoning social scene. en https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2021/09/the-last-days-of-silicon-roundabout 2021-09-16 The New Statesman Oscar Williams The last days of Silicon Roundabout Less than a year earlier, Tech Hub, London’s first tech-focused co-working space, had also closed down, citing falling demand and rising rents. Insiders say London’s tech sector is now as strong as it has ever been, but is the closure of these spaces evidence that Cameron’s Silicon Roundabout vision failed, or that it succeeded? https://web.archive.org/web/20260416201137/https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2021/09/the-last-days-of-silicon-roundabout 16 April 2026 en London