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Locate the entrance, in the row of shops on the south side of Oxford Street, a few metres west of the junction with Charing Cross Road.
Going south, descend 9 steps, to a T-junction with a blank door in the wall in front of you. Turn right, to maintain the clockwise flow, and right again, (north) to descend 8 steps. Bear right to avoid a wall with blank doors in front of you, locate the passage and descend 13 steps, going north, use the left stairs. Turn right (east), descend 10 steps going east, continue down a slight slope; the passage curves to the right and back again to the left. Continue up the slope. The wall juts out before you enter the main concourse from the west.
Exit 1 leaves the main concourse from the southwest corner. Turn left (west) from the top of the escalator, go through the exit gates in front of you and continue forwards to locate the exit.
Follow the passage down a slight slope, the passage curves left, then right again, up a slope. Continue west, ascend 10 steps turn left (south) and ascend 13, then 8 going south. Turn right, then right again and ascend 9 steps, going north to reach the south side of Oxford Street a few metres west of the junction with Charing Cross Road.
Although apparently designated "exit only" we noticed people using this as an entrance too.
Locate the stairs in the middle of the pavement on the west side of Tottenham Court Road, a few metres north of the junction with Oxford Street. Going south, descend 19 then 16 steps into the northwest corner of the main concourse.
Exit 2 leaves from the northwest corner of the main concourse. Turn left (west) at the top of the escalator and go through the exit gates in front of you. Bear right, (about 2 o'clock) to locate the exit.
Going north, ascend 16 then 19 steps to reach the west side of Tottenham Court Road. You are a few metres north of the junction with Oxford Street.
From the Pelican crossing on the east side of Tottenham Court Road, follow the textured pavement about 5 metres forward before turning right and locate the stairs into exit 3. Descend 19 then 19 steps, going south into the main concourse. You enter approximately in the middle of the north side of the concourse.
Go straight forward from the top of the escalator and through the exit gates in front of you. Continue, straight to locate the exit. Ascend 19 then 19 steps, going north, to reach the east side of Tottenham Court Road, a few metres north of the junction with New Oxford Street.
From the south side of New Oxford Street, locate the stairs adjacent to those from Centre Point Tower and descend 10 then 10 steps, going south to reach the subway. Turn right (west) and descend 20 steps to the northeast corner of the concourse.
From Centre Point Plaza (east of Centre Point Tower) Descend 8, 14 then 6 steps, going west, to reach the subway. Note the lip before the top step and the trough after the bottom one. Turn right (north) and follow the subway round to the left (west) before descending 20 steps to the northeast corner of the concourse.
South of Centre Point, near the junction of Charing Cross Road and Andrew Borde Street, locate the steps and descend 13, then 13 steps going east to reach the subway. Follow the subway left (north) and left again (west) before descending 20 steps to the northeast corner of the concourse.
The subway, signed as "To Exits 4 and 5", is accessed from the northeast corner of the main concourse.
Go straight forward from the top of the escalator, through the exit gates in front of you and bear right (about 2 o'clock) to locate the foot of the stairs. Ascend 20 steps, going east into the subway - the stairway curves slightly to your right.
Continue along the passage, the first turning on your left is exit 4. Going north, ascend 10 then 10 steps to emerge on the south side of New Oxford Street a few metres east of the junction with Charing Cross Road. At the top, turn left 180 degrees to locate the stairs up to Centre Point Tower.
The subway turns right (south) beyond the foot of the stairs to exit 4. Beware an alcove in the east wall with a grid sticking out at head height.
Continue south to locate the steps to the Centre Point Plaza exit on your left. Ascend 6, 14 then 8 steps, going east. Note the lip on the top step and the trough before the bottom one. The steps occupy the whole width of the pavement, you are in a side street which curves round the east side of Centre Point to emerge on New Oxford Street.
Continuing south in the subway, past the door to the Centre Point Snooker Club on your right, past toilets (locked at the time of our survey). Ladies on your left (east), gents on your right.
The subway turns right, (west) ascend 13 then 13 steps, going west on to the east side of Charing Cross Road near the junction with Andrew Borde Street.
� 2003 Terry Robinson