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  2. Oxford Street - Wikipedia

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    Oxford Street. /  51.51528°N 0.14194°W  / 51.51528; -0.14194. Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, running from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch via Oxford Circus. It marks the notional boundary between the areas of Fitzrovia and Marylebone to the north, with Soho and Mayfair to its ...

  3. Watling Street - Wikipedia

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    Watling Street. Watling Street is a historic route in England that crosses the River Thames at London and which was used in Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and throughout the Middle Ages. It was used by the ancient Britons and paved as one of the main Roman roads in Britannia (Roman-governed Great Britain during the Roman Empire ).

  4. Strand, London - Wikipedia

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    The Strand (commonly referred to with a leading "The", but formally without [a]) is a major street in the City of Westminster, Central London.The street, which is part of London's West End theatreland, runs just over 3 ⁄ 4 mile (1.2 km) from Trafalgar Square eastwards to Temple Bar, where it becomes Fleet Street in the City of London, and is part of the A4, a main road running west from ...

  5. Gracechurch Street - Wikipedia

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    Gracechurch Street is a main road in the City of London, the historic and financial centre of London, England, which is designated the A1213 . The Gracechurch Street exit of Leadenhall Market. It is home to a number of shops, restaurants, and offices and has an entrance to Leadenhall Market, a covered market dating from the 14th century.

  6. Regent Street - Wikipedia

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    Regent Street is a major shopping street in the West End of London. It is named after George, the Prince Regent (later George IV) and was laid out under the direction of the architect John Nash and James Burton. It runs from Waterloo Place in St James's at the southern end, through Piccadilly Circus and Oxford Circus, to All Souls Church.

  7. City of London - Wikipedia

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    The Bank of England, on Threadneedle Street, is the central bank of the United Kingdom. The City of London vies with New York City's Downtown Manhattan as the financial capital of the world. The London Stock Exchange ( shares and bonds ), Lloyd's of London (insurance) and the Bank of England are all based in the city. [ 81 ]

  8. Street names of the City of London - Wikipedia

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    London Street and New London Street – named after local 18th-century property owner John London, not the city; the 'New' section was a later extension [329] [345] London Wall – after the city wall which formerly ran along this route (though there are still some ruins visible) [346] [347] [345] Long Lane – a descriptive name [348] [345]

  9. Thames Street, London - Wikipedia

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    The street has clearly become a major thoroughfare in today's City of London. Thames Street, divided into Lower and Upper Thames Street, is a road in the City of London, the historic and financial centre of London. [1] It forms part of the busy A3211 route (prior to being rebuilt as a major thoroughfare in the late 1960s, it was the B132) from ...