At which London road junction is the Michael Faraday Memorial located?

The Michael Faraday Memorial is located at the Elephant and Castle road junction in south London.

More precisely, the memorial was built on what was the northern roundabout of the Elephant and Castle gyratory system, an unusually busy traffic arrangement in the London Borough of Southwark. The landmark is also associated with Elephant Square, the open space at the junction.

The location was chosen for its connection to Faraday’s life. Michael Faraday was born nearby at Newington Butts, so the memorial stands close to his birthplace rather than at a random civic site. Its placement also gives the monument a practical link to electrical engineering: the structure contains a London Underground substation serving the Northern and Bakerloo lines.

A common mix-up is to treat Elephant and Castle as merely the name of a tube station or neighbourhood. In this question, it identifies the major London road junction and gyratory where the memorial stands.