Mount Pleasant Sorting Office

Post Office in/near Clerkenwell, existing between 1889 and now

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The Mount Pleasant Mail Centre is operated by the Royal Mail and previously was one of the largest sorting offices in the world.

Mount Pleasant Sorting Office was officially opened on 30 August 1889 and was built on the location of the former Coldbath Fields Prison that closed in 1885. The original prison gate was incorporated into the Post Office building but demolished in 1901.

In the 1970s, the centre pioneered the use of optical character recognition for sorting purposes with the installation of a machine in 1979.

Mount Pleasant hosts the British Postal Museum & Archive, located in Freeling House on the back of the sorting office. A Post Office branch forms part of the site, fronting on to Rosebery Avenue.

From 1927 until 2003, Mount Pleasant was connected to other major Royal Mail offices and railways stations in London via the London Post Office Railway.

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NEARBY STREETS
Abacus House, EC1R Abacus House can be found on Gloucester Way (Finsbury)
Acton Street, WC1X Acton Street is found on the east side of Gray’s Inn Road and connects it with King’s Cross Road (Finsbury)
Albert House, WC1X Albert House is a block on King’s Cross Road (Finsbury)
Ampton Place, WC1X Ampton Place was previously called Frederick Place (Finsbury)
Ampton Street, WC1X Ampton Street was named after its builder, the 3rd Lord Calthorpe who owned land at Ampton, Suffolk (Finsbury)
Attneave Street, EC1R Attneave Street is thought to be named after a local builder in the 1890s called Attneave (Finsbury)
Aylesbury Street, EC1V Aylesbury Street - after the earl of Aylesbury who owned a house near here in the 17th century (Clerkenwell)
Back Hill, EC1N Back Hill is simply named as it lies off (or to the ’back’) of a main road (Farringdon)
Bakers Yard, EC1R Baker’s Yard leads off Bakers Row (Clerkenwell)
Baker’s Row, EC1R Bakers Row was named after Richard Baker, a local 18th century carpenter (Clerkenwell)
Battle Bridge House, WC1X Battle Bridge House is sited on Gray’s Inn Road (Finsbury)
Beckett House, WC1 Beckett House is a block on Westking Place (Bloomsbury)
Benjamin Street, EC1M Benjamin Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Farringdon)
Bowling Green Lane, EC1R Bowling Green Lane connects Farringdon Road with Northampton Road (Clerkenwell)
Britton Street, EC1M Britton Street was named after Thomas Britten, a 17th century coalman. (Farringdon)
Brownlow Mews, WC1N Brownlow Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Finsbury)
Calthorpe Street, WC1X Calthorpe Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Catherine Griffiths Court, EC1R Catherine Griffiths Court is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Celtic House, WC1N Celtic House is a block on Johns Mews (Bloomsbury)
Centenary Building, EC1R Centenary Building is a block on Spencer Street (Finsbury)
Challoner House, EC1R Challoner House is a building on Clerkenwell Close (Clerkenwell)
Charles Rowan House, EC1R Charles Rowan House is a building on Amwell Street (Finsbury)
Charles Rowan House, WC1X Charles Rowan House can be found on Margery Street (Finsbury)
Charles Townsend House, EC1R Charles Townsend House is a block on Finsbury Estate (Finsbury)
Clerkenwell Close, EC1R Clerkenwell Close is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Clerkenwell Green, EC1M Clerkenwell Green is the street named after the historical green (Clerkenwell)
Clerkenwell House, EC1R Clerkenwell House is a block on Clerkenwell Green (Clerkenwell)
Clerkenwell Road, EC1R Clerkenwell Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Cockpit Yard, WC1X Cockpit Yard leads off Northington Street (Bloomsbury)
Coldbath Square, EC1R Coldbath Square was named after a well of cold water that stood here alone in surrounding fields. (Clerkenwell)
Cornwell House, EC1M Cornwell House is a block on Clerkenwell Green (Clerkenwell)
Corporation Row, EC1R Corporation Row is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Finsbury)
Crawford Passage, EC1R Crawford Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Farringdon)
Cubitt Street, WC1X Cubitt Street was formerly called Arthur Street (Finsbury)
Dombey Street, WC1N Dombey Street is a road in the WC1N postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Doughty Mews, WC1N Doughty Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Doughty Street, WC1N Doughty Street is a broad tree-lined street in the Holborn district (Bloomsbury)
Dunstan House, EC1N Dunstan House is a block on St Cross Street (Farringdon)
Easton Street, WC1X Easton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Elm Street, WC1X Elm Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Bloomsbury)
Emerald Street, WC1N Emerald Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Exmouth House, EC1 Exmouth House is a block on Exmouth Market (Finsbury)
Exmouth House, EC1R Exmouth House is a block on Pine Street (Finsbury)
Exmouth Market, EC1R Exmouth Market, formerly Exmouth Street, is semi-pedestrianised - the location of an outdoor street market (Finsbury)
Experis House, EC1R Experis House is a block on Ray Street (Farringdon)
Eyre Street Hill, EC1R Eyre Street Hill runs south from Warner Street (Clerkenwell)
Farringdon Lane, EC1R Farringdon Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Farringdon Road, EC1R Farringdon Road is a road in Clerkenwell and Finsbury (Clerkenwell)
Fernsbury Street, WC1X Fernsbury Street is a turning off of Margery Street (Finsbury)
Fleet House, EC1R Fleet House is sited on Clerkenwell Road (Farringdon)
Fleet Square, WC1X Fleet Square is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Frances Gardner House, WC1X Frances Gardner House is a block on Cubitt Street (Finsbury)
Frederick Street, WC1X Frederick Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Frewell Building, EC1N Frewell Building is a block on Frewell Building (Farringdon)
Gatesden House, WC1H Gatesden House is a block on Cromer Street (King’s Cross)
Gensurco House, EC1 Gensurco House is a building on Exmouth Market (Finsbury)
Gloucester Building, EC1R Gloucester Building is a block on Whiskin Street (Finsbury)
Gloucester Way, EC1R Gloucester Way is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Gough Street, WC1X Gough Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Granville Square, WC1X Granville Square is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Granville Street, WC1X Granville Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Grays Inn Road, WC1X Grays Inn Road is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Great James Street, WC1N Great James Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Greenwood House, EC1R Greenwood House is a block on Rosebery Avenue (Finsbury)
Griffin Building, WC1X Griffin Building is a block on Theobalds Road (Farringdon)
Griffin House, EC1N Griffin House can be found on Saffron Hill (Farringdon)
Guildhall North Wing, SE1 Guildhall North Wing is a location in London (Finsbury)
Gwynne House, WC1X Gwynne House is a block on Lloyd Baker Street (Finsbury)
Hardwick Street, EC1R Hardwick Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Harpur Mews, WC1R Harpur Mews was originally the stabling for houses in Harpur Street (Bloomsbury)
Hatton Place, EC1N Hatton Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Hatton Square, EC1N Hatton Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Hatton Wall, EC1N Hatton Wall is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Headland House, WC1X Headland House is a block on Gray’s Inn Road (Finsbury)
Heathcote Street, WC1N Heathcote Street is in the north-east corner of the Foundling Hospital estate, leading from St George’s Gardens to Gray’s Inn Road (Bloomsbury)
Herbal Hill, EC1N Herbal Hill leads north from Saffron Hill (Farringdon)
Herbal House, EC1R Herbal House is a block on Back Hill (Farringdon)
Holsworthy Square, WC1X This is a street in the WC1X postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Hooper House, EC1R Hooper House is a block on Clerkenwell Close (Clerkenwell)
Hydra Building, EC1R Hydra Building is a block on Hardwick Street (Finsbury)
Infinity House, EC1 Infinity House is located on Britton Street (Farringdon)
John Street, WC1N John Street was named for John Blagrave, carpenter to the Doughty family. (Bloomsbury)
Johns Mews, WC1N Johns Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Joseph Close, EC1R Joseph Close is a road in the N4 postcode area (Finsbury)
Joseph Trotter Close, EC1R Joseph Trotter Close is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Jubilee House, WC1X Jubilee House is sited on Gray’s Inn Road (Finsbury)
King’s Cross Road, WC1X This is a street in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Kings Mews, WC1X Kings Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Kingsway Place, EC1R Kingsway Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Kirk Street, WC1N Kirk Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Klamath House, EC1R Klamath House is a block on Clerkenwell Green (Clerkenwell)
Kovacs House, EC1N Kovacs House is a block on Hatton Garden (Farringdon)
Lamb’s Conduit Street, WC1N Lamb’s Conduit Street takes its name from Lambs Conduit - a dam across a tributary of the River Fleet (Bloomsbury)
Langdon House, EC1N Langdon House is a block on Leather Lane (Farringdon)
Langton Close, WC1X Langton Close was named after the Arthur Langton Nurses Home formerly located here (Finsbury)
Laystall House, EC1R Laystall House is a block on Rosebury Avenue (Clerkenwell)
Laystall Street, EC1R Laystall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Lever Building, EC1R Lever Building is a block on Clerkenwell Road (Farringdon)
Lins House, EC1R Lins House is located on Rosebery Avenue (Clerkenwell)
Lloyd Baker Street, WC1X Lloyd Baker Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Lloyd Square, WC1X Lloyd Square is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Lloyds Row, EC1R Lloyds Row is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Finsbury)
London House, WC1N London House can be found on Doughty Street (Bloomsbury)
Long Yard, WC1N Long Yard is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Makers Yard, E3 Makers Yard is a location in London (Clerkenwell)
Margery Street, WC1X Margery Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Matrix House, EC1R Matrix House is located on Baker’s Row (Farringdon)
Mecklenburgh Place, WC1N Mecklenburgh Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Mecklenburgh Square, WC1N Mecklenburgh Square was originally laid out by S P Cockerell (Finsbury)
Mecklenburgh Street, WC1X This is a street in the WC1N postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Meredith Street, EC1R Meredith Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Merlin Street, EC1R Merlin Street runs west off Amwell Street (Finsbury)
Michael Cliffe House, EC1R Michael Cliffe House is a block on Gloucester Way (Finsbury)
Millman Place, WC1N Millman Place is a road in the WC1N postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Millman Street, WC1N Millman Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Mount Pleasant, EC1R Mount Pleasant gained its ironic name in the 1730s after locals had begun to dump refuse there (Finsbury)
Mount Plesant, EC1R Mount Plesant is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Myddelton Street, EC1R Myddelton Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Naoroji Street, WC1X Naoroji Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
New House, EC1N New House is a block on Hatton Garden (Farringdon)
New North Street, WC1N New North Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Newington Close, EC1R This is a street in the EC1R postcode area (Finsbury)
North Mews, WC1N North Mews is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Northampton Road, EC1R Northampton Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Northington Street, WC1N Northington Street was named after Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington, Lord Chancellor in the 1760s. (Bloomsbury)
Orde Hall Street, WC1N Orde Hall Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Pakenham Street, WC1X Pakenham Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Patrick Coman House, EC1R Patrick Coman House is a block on Meredith Street (Finsbury)
Pear Tree Court, EC1R Pear Tree Court is simply named – thought to be from a local pear tree (Clerkenwell)
Petersham House, EC1N Petersham House is a building on Hatton Garden (Farringdon)
Phoenix Place, EC3N Phoenix Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Pine Street, EC1R Pine Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Pooles Buildings, WC1X Pooles Buildings is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Portpool Lane, EC1N Portpool Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
Priory House, EC1R Priory House is located on Sans Walk (Clerkenwell)
Ray Street, EC1R Ray Street is a corruption of ‘Rag’, after the former local rag trade here (Farringdon)
Regent Square, WC1N Regent Square is a road in the WC1N postcode area (Bloomsbury)
Riceyman House, WC1X Riceyman House is a block on Lloyd Baker Street (Finsbury)
Richbell Place, WC1N Richbell Place is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
River House, EC1R River House is a block on Farringdon Road (Farringdon)
Roger Street, WC1N Roger Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Rosebery Avenue, EC1R Rosebery Avenue was opened by the 5th Earl of Rosebery (Finsbury)
Rosebery Court, EC1R Rosebery Court is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Rosebery House, EC1R Residential block (Finsbury)
Rosebery Square, EC1R Rosebery Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Rosoman Place, EC1R Rosoman Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Rosoman Street, EC1R Rosoman Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Rugby Chambers, WC1N Rugby Chambers is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Rugby Street, WC1N Rugby Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1N postal area (Bloomsbury)
Sans Walk, EC1R Sans Walk was named after Edward Sans in 1893, who was then the oldest member of the local parish vestry (Clerkenwell)
Sans Works, EC1R Sans Works is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Scotswood Street, EC1R Scotswood Street is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Sekforde Court, EC1R Sekforde Court is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Sekforde Street, EC1R Sekforde Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Sidmouth Street, WC1H Sidmouth Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1H postal area (Bloomsbury)
Skinner Street, EC1R Skinner Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Social Sciences Building, EC1R Social Sciences Building is a block on Myddleton Street (Finsbury)
Spafield Street, EC1R Spafield Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Spring House, WC1X Spring House is a block on Margery Street (Finsbury)
St Cross Street, EC1N St Cross Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area (Farringdon)
St Helena House, WC1X St Helena House is a block on Margery Street (Finsbury)
St Helena Street, WC1X St Helena Street connects Naoroji Street and Fernsbury Street (Finsbury)
St Jamess Walk, EC1R St Jamess Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
St John Street, EC1V The northern section of St John Street was confusingly, before the 20th century, named Saint John Street Road (Finsbury)
St Johns House, EC1M Residential block (Clerkenwell)
St Johns Path, EC1M St Johns Path is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
St Philip House, WC1X St Philip House is a building on Lloyd Baker Street (Finsbury)
Students Residence William Goodenough House, WC1N Students Residence William Goodenough House can be found on Meck (Bloomsbury)
Summers Street, EC1N Summers Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Farringdon)
Telescope House, EC1M Telescope House is a block on Farringdon Road (Farringdon)
The Griffin Building, EC1R The Griffin Building is a block on Clerkenwell Road (Farringdon)
The Horseshoe Path, EC1R The Horseshoe Path runs around the back of the Horseshoe pub (Clerkenwell)
The Market Building, EC1R The Market Building is sited on Rosebery Avenue (Finsbury)
The Old Sessions House, EC1R The Old Sessions House is a block on Farringdon Lane (Clerkenwell)
The Red House, EC1V The Red House is a block on Clerkenwell Road (Clerkenwell)
Topham Street, EC1R Topham Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Tunbridge House, EC1R Tunbridge House is sited on St John Street (Finsbury)
Tunbridge House, EC1V Tunbridge House is a block on St John Street (Finsbury)
Turnmill Street, EC1 Turnmill Street appears in the works of Shakespeare (Farringdon)
Tysoe Street, EC1R Tysoe Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Vine Hill, EC1R Vine Hill now displays no evidence on the vines that once flourished in the grounds on which it stands. (Clerkenwell)
Warner Street, EC1R Warner Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Farringdon)
Warner Yard, EC1R Warner Yard was named after Robert Warner, local 18th century landowner (Clerkenwell)
Wee House, EC1R Wee House is a block on Laystall Street (Clerkenwell)
Wells House, EC1R Wells House is a block on Lloyds Row (Finsbury)
Wells Square, WC1X Wells Square is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Westking Place, WC1H Westking Place runs north from Heathcote Street to Sidmouth Street (Bloomsbury)
Wharton Street, WC1X Wharton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
White Bear Yard, EC1R White Bear Yard is location of London (Farringdon)
Wilmington Square, EC1R Wilmington Square was built on land belonging to the Marquis of Northampton and named from his second title of Baron Wilmington. (Finsbury)
Woodbridge Street, EC1R Woodbridge Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Wren Street, WC1X Wren Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1Xpostal area (Finsbury)
Wynyatt Street, EC1V Wynyatt Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Finsbury)
Yardley Street, EC1R Yardley Street was built on land which belonged to the Marquis of Northampton - born at Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire (Finsbury)
Ziggurat Building, EC1N Ziggurat Building can be found on Saffron Hill (Farringdon)


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