West Street, EC2M

West Street led into Finsbury Circus.

City of London
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It was assigned to the name Finsbury Circus just before the Second World War.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Moorgate Moorgate was one of the gates in the London Wall but was one of the later gates of London, dating from the early 15th century.

Moorgate

NEARBY STREETS

Addle Street, EC2V Addle Street, there from ancient times, was a victim of the bulldozer after the Second World War (City of London)

Addle Street, EC2V

Aldermanbury Square, EC2V At the centre of Saxon London, the aldermen (elder statesmen of City wards) met in a ’bury’ (house) in a time before the Guildhall was built (City of London)

Aldermanbury Square, EC2V

Aldermanbury, EC2V Aldermanbury is the Saxon name for ’Eldermen’ (elder statesmen) and ’bury’ (house) (City of London)

Aldermanbury, EC2V

Alderman’s Walk, EC2M Alderman’s Walk was formerly Dashwood’s Walk, for Francis Dashwood, who lived here in the 18th century (Liverpool Street)

Alderman’s Walk, EC2M

Andrewes Highwalk, EC2Y Andrewes Highwalk is named for Lancelot Andrewes, rector of the nearby St Giles-without-Cripplegate Church (Barbican)

Andrewes Highwalk, EC2Y

Andrewes House, EC2Y Andrewes House is a block on Fore Street (Barbican)

Andrewes House, EC2Y

Basinghall Avenue, EC2V Basinghall Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Basinghall Avenue, EC2V

Bastion Highwalk, EC2Y Bastion Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Bastion Highwalk, EC2Y

Bishopsgate Churchyard, EC2M Bishopsgate Churchyard is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (Liverpool Street)

Bishopsgate Churchyard, EC2M

Blomfield Street, EC2M Charles James Blomfield was an energetic churchman who became Bishop of London in 1828 (City of London)

Blomfield Street, EC2M

Boston House, EC2M Boston House is a building on New Broad Street (City of London)

Boston House, EC2M

Brandon Mews, EC2Y Brandon Mews is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Brandon Mews, EC2Y

Britannic House, EC2M Britannic House is a block on Finsbury Circus (City of London)

Britannic House, EC2M

Broad Street House, EC2M Broad Street House is a block on Old Broad Street (Liverpool Street)

Broad Street House, EC2M

Broad Street Place, EC2M Broad Street Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

Broad Street Place, EC2M

Broadgate Circle, EC2M Broadgate Circle is situated at the centre of the Broadgate development (City of London)

Broadgate Circle, EC2M

Chapel Street, EC2Y In 1939, Chapel Street briefly became Chapel Lane (Barbican)

Chapel Street, EC2Y

City Gate House, EC2A City Gate House is a block on Finsbury Square (Clerkenwell)

City Gate House, EC2A

City Greenyard, EC2Y City Greenyard - or simply Green Yard - was swept away to build the Barbican area (Barbican)

City Greenyard, EC2Y

City Place House, EC2V City Place House is a block on Basinghall Street (City of London)

City Place House, EC2V

City Tower, EC2V City Tower is a block on Unnamed Road (City of London)

City Tower, EC2V

Cross Key Court, EC2R After 1939, the new name for Sun Court, Great Swan Alley was Cross Key Court, EC2 (City of London)

Cross Key Court, EC2R

Cutlers Gardens Arcade, EC2M Cutlers Gardens Arcade is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (Liverpool Street)

Cutlers Gardens Arcade, EC2M

Dashwood House, EC2M Dashwood House is a block on Old Broad Street (Liverpool Street)

Dashwood House, EC2M

Dominion Street, EC2M Dominion Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

Dominion Street, EC2M

East Street, EC2M East Street was the name of the road leading out of Finsbury Circus (City of London)

East Street, EC2M

Eldon Street, EC2M Eldon Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

Eldon Street, EC2M

Elephant Yard, EC2Y Elephant Yard was the coaching yard which used to belong to the Elephant Inn, demolished in the 1840s (Barbican)

Elephant Yard, EC2Y

Exchange Place, EC2M Exchange Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (Liverpool Street)

Exchange Place, EC2M

Finsbury Avenue, EC2M Finsbury Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

Finsbury Avenue, EC2M

Finsbury Circus Gardens, EC2M Finsbury Circus Gardens is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

Finsbury Circus Gardens, EC2M

Finsbury Circus House, EC2M Finsbury Circus House is a block on Eldon Street (City of London)

Finsbury Circus House, EC2M

Finsbury Circus, EC2M Finsbury Circus replaced the last of the open Moorfields in 1812 (City of London)

Finsbury Circus, EC2M

Finsbury Pavement, EC2M Finsbury Pavement was the first pavement of firm ground north of the marshy Moorfields (Moorgate)

Finsbury Pavement, EC2M

Finsbury Street, EC2A Finsbury Street is a road in the EC2Y postcode area (Clerkenwell)

Finsbury Street, EC2A

Fore Street Avenue, EC2Y Fore Street Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Fore Street Avenue, EC2Y

Fore Street, EC2Y Located near the Barbican Centre in the City of London, Fore Street stretches from Wood Street to Fore Street Avenue, with Moor Lane joining its northern side. (Barbican)

Fore Street, EC2Y

Gilbert Bridge, EC2Y Gilbert Bridge is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Gilbert Bridge, EC2Y

Gilbert House, EC2Y Gilbert House is a block on Gilbert Bridge (Barbican)

Gilbert House, EC2Y

Great Swan Alley, EC2R Great Swan Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area (City of London)

Great Swan Alley, EC2R

Habib House, EC2R Habib House is a block on Moorgate (City of London)

Habib House, EC2R

Lackington Street, EC2M Lackington Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area (City of London)

Lackington Street, EC2M

Langthorn Court, EC2N Langthorn Court is an historic courtyard in the City of London (City of London)

Langthorn Court, EC2N

Little Winchester Street, EC2N Little Winchester Street used to run south off London Wall (City of London)

Little Winchester Street, EC2N

Liverpool Street, EC2M Liverpool Street commemorates Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (Liverpool Street)

Liverpool Street, EC2M

London Wall Buildings, EC2M London Wall Buildings are a commercial development (Liverpool Street)

London Wall Buildings, EC2M

London Wall, EC2M London Wall is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

London Wall, EC2M

London Wall, EC2Y London Wall is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (City of London)

London Wall, EC2Y

Love Lane, EC2V Love Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Love Lane, EC2V

Milton Court, EC2Y Milton Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Milton Court, EC2Y

Milton Street, EC2Y Milton Street was formerly known as Grub Street (Barbican)

Milton Street, EC2Y

Moor House, EC2Y Moor House is a block on Fore Street Avenue (City of London)

Moor House, EC2Y

Moor Place, EC2M Moor Place is the successor street to Short Street (City of London)

Moor Place, EC2M

Moorfields Highwalk, EC2Y Moorfields Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Moorfields Highwalk, EC2Y

Moorfields, EC2M Moorfields is the successor street to Little Moorfields which dated from the mid eighteenth century (City of London)

Moorfields, EC2M

Moorgate Hall, EC2M Moorgate Hall is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

Moorgate Hall, EC2M

Moorgate Place, EC2R Moorgate Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area (City of London)

Moorgate Place, EC2R

New Broad Street House, EC2M New Broad Street House is a block on Old Broad Street (City of London)

New Broad Street House, EC2M

New Broad Street, EC2M New Broad Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

New Broad Street, EC2M

New Liverpool House, EC2M New Liverpool House can be found on Eldon Street (City of London)

New Liverpool House, EC2M

New Union Street, EC2Y New Union Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (City of London)

New Union Street, EC2Y

Octagon Arcade, EC2M Octagon Arcade is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (Liverpool Street)

Octagon Arcade, EC2M

Old Broad Street, EC2M Old Broad Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

Old Broad Street, EC2M

One Ropemaker Street, EC2Y One Ropemaker Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (City of London)

One Ropemaker Street, EC2Y

Park House, EC2M Park House is a block on Finsbury Circus (City of London)

Park House, EC2M

River Plate House, EC2M River Plate House is a block on Finsbury Circus (City of London)

River Plate House, EC2M

Roman House, EC2Y Roman House is a building on St Alphage Garden (Barbican)

Roman House, EC2Y

Ropemaker Street, EC2M Ropemaker Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Moorgate)

Ropemaker Street, EC2M

Salisbury House, EC2M Salisbury House can be found on London Wall (City of London)

Salisbury House, EC2M

Seddon Highwalk, EC2Y Seddon Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Seddon Highwalk, EC2Y

Silk Street, EC2Y Silk Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Silk Street, EC2Y

South Place, EC2M South Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (Moorgate)

South Place, EC2M

Speed House, EC2Y Speed House is a block on Speed Highwalk (Barbican)

Speed House, EC2Y

St Alphage Garden, EC2Y St Alphage Garden is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (City of London)

St Alphage Garden, EC2Y

St Alphage Highwalk, EC2V St Alphage Highwalk is part of the Barbican (City of London)

St Alphage Highwalk, EC2V

Sun Street Passage, EC2M Sun Street Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (Liverpool Street)

Sun Street Passage, EC2M

Sun Street, EC2M Sun Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

Sun Street, EC2M

Swedbank House, EC2M Swedbank House is a block on New Broad Street (City of London)

Swedbank House, EC2M

The Postern, EC2Y The Postern is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

The Postern, EC2Y

Thomas More Highwalk, EC2Y Thomas More Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Thomas More Highwalk, EC2Y

Throgmorton Avenue, EC2N Throgmorton Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area (City of London)

Throgmorton Avenue, EC2N

Wallside, EC2Y Wallside is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Wallside, EC2Y

West Street, EC2M West Street led into Finsbury Circus (City of London)

West Street, EC2M

Whitecross Place, EC2M Whitecross Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

Whitecross Place, EC2M

Willoughby Highwalk, EC2Y Willoughby Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Willoughby Highwalk, EC2Y

Willoughby House, EC2Y Willoughby House is a building on Willoughby Highwalk (Barbican)

Willoughby House, EC2Y

Wilson Street, EC2M Wilson Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

Wilson Street, EC2M

Wood Street, EC2Y The northern section Wood Street lies between London Wall and the Barbican (Barbican)

Wood Street, EC2Y

Wormwood Street, EC2N Wormwood Street refers to the wormwood plant which used to grow on the London Wall and in other areas of wasteland in the City (Liverpool Street)

Wormwood Street, EC2N

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