Bank Junction

Bank
Bank junction pictured in June 2011
Location
City of London, United Kingdom
Coordinates	51.513433°N 0.089045°W / 51.513433; -0.089045
Roads at junction	Threadneedle Street, Cornhill, Lombard Street, Walbrook, Mansion House Street, Poultry, Prince's Street
Construction
Type	Junction
Tolls	Within the London congestion charge zone

Bank junction is a complex road junction in the City of London, at which seven streets converge on an area where traffic is controlled by traffic lights and give-way lines.

The streets which originate at Bank junction are:

• Threadneedle Street (northeast towards Bishopsgate)
• Cornhill (east towards Leadenhall Street
• Lombard Street (southeast towards King William Street)
• Walbrook (south towards Cannon Street)
• Mansion House Street (southwest towards Queen Victoria Street)
• Poultry (west towards Cheapside)
• Prince's Street (north-northwest towards Moorgate)

Standing on the northeast corner of Bank junction is the Bank of England, headquarted on Threadneedle Street since 1734 and thus sometimes known by the metonym The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, or simply The Old Lady. Across Threadneedle Street and nestled in the gap between Cornhill is the commercial centre the Royal Exchange, founded in 1565 by Thomas Gresham, after whom the nearby Gresham Street is named.

On the south side of the junction is Mansion House. This has been the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London since its completion in 1752. Other notable buildings in the vicinity of Bank junction include the City of London Magistrates' Court, No 1 Poultry, the Worshipful Company of Grocers and the Worshipful Company of Mercers.

Bank junction is also the location of London's fourth-busiest tube station – named Bank, after the Bank of England. Built in 1900, the busy interchange station is served by the Central, Northern and Waterloo & City lines, as well as the Docklands Light Railway. The station is interconnected with Monument station, served by the Circle and District lines – together the two stations form one of the world's most complex underground train stations.

The closest mainline railway stations to Bank junction are Cannon Street, Fenchurch Street and Liverpool Street.

References

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