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Queen Victoria Street, London

Street in the City of London

Summary

Street in the City of London

Field	Value
name	Queen Victoria Street
image	Blackfriars Station entrance geograph-3262754-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
caption	Queen Victoria Street in 1989
postal_code
length_mi	0.7
location	London, United Kingdom
metro_system	train
metro

direction_a	West
terminus_a	New Bridge Street/Victoria Embankment
direction_b	East
terminus_b	Mansion House Street/Bank Junction
inauguration_date

Victoria Street named in honour of the British monarch who reigned from 1837 to 1901, is a street in London that runs east by north from its junction with New Bridge Street and Victoria Embankment in the Castle Baynard ward of the City of London, along a section that divides the wards of Queenhithe and Bread Street, then lastly through the middle of Cordwainer ward, until it reaches Mansion House Street at Bank junction. Beyond Bank junction, the street continues north-east as Threadneedle Street which joins Bishopsgate. Other streets linked to Queen Victoria Street include Puddle Dock, Cannon Street, Walbrook and Poultry.

The road was commissioned in 1861 to streamline the approach to the central business district, and was provided for through the Metropolitan Improvement Act. Costing over £1,000,000, it remains a major street within the City. Its construction demolished New Pye Street, named after Sir Robert Pye.

The nearby London Underground stations are Blackfriars (at its western junction with New Bridge Street), Mansion House (where it crosses Cannon Street), and Bank (near its eastern end).

Queen Victoria Street formed part of the marathon course of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Notable buildings

Queen Victoria Street's eastern end pictured in 1955. The church of [[St Stephen Walbrook]] (right) is undergoing repair after damage in [[the Blitz]]. The [[Bank of New Zealand]]'s building at 1 Queen Victoria Street is centre left.

The [[Salvation Army]]'s headquarters on Queen Victoria Street

The Bank of New Zealand's triangular building at No. 1 was its London office from 1889 to 1988. It is now the offices of the City of London Magistrates' Court Committee.
Bloomberg London at No. 3
The Salvation Army's global headquarters at No. 101
City of London School at No. 107
A Monetary Authority of Singapore branch at No. 128
The College of Arms' headquarters at No. 130
Baynard House at No. 133
St Benet Paul's Wharf church at No. 135
The Faraday Building at No. 136-144. A blue plaque marks the previous site of the Doctors' Commons, demolished in 1867.
The British and Foreign Bible Society was located at No. 146 between 1868 and 1985. The address is now occupied by the Church of Scientology of London.
The church of St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe
The Bank of New York Mellon at No. 160, formerly the site of The Times newspaper offices

References

Harben, H. A. ''A Dictionary of London'', London: Herbert Jenkins, 1922
Porritt, E., "The Housing of the Working Classes in London" in ''Political Science Quarterly'', Vol. 10, No. 1 (March 1895)
Borer, M.I.C., ''The City of London: a history'', New York: D. McKay Co., 1978 {{ISBN. 0-09-461880-1
"Men's Marathon – Olympic Athletics Course Map | London 2012".
"Women's Marathon - Olympic Athletics Course Map | London 2012".

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