<Dl> <Dt> List of places </Dt> <Dd> UK </Dd> <Dd> England </Dd> <Dd> London </Dd> </Dl> <Dt> List of places </Dt> <P> The Elephant and Castle is an area around a major road junction in South London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark . Although the name also informally refers to the areas of Walworth and Newington, the proximity of the London Underground station of the same name has led to the area being more commonly known as "Elephant and Castle". The name is derived from a local coaching inn . </P> <P> "The Elephant", as locally abbreviated, consists of major traffic junctions connected by a short road called Elephant and Castle, part of the A3 . Between these junctions, on the eastern side, is the Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre, with the Hannibal House office block above . To the north of this, bounded by Newington Causeway and New Kent Road is the Metro Central Heights . The Strata residential block lies just south of the shopping centre on Walworth Road . </P>

Where did the name elephant and castle come from