![]() The Eagle pub on the City Road, mentioned in the nursery rhyme Pop Goes the Weasel.[1] | |
Maintained by | London Borough of Islington |
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Location | London, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51°31′48″N 0°05′57″W / 51.53000°N 0.09917°W |
City Road or The City Road is a road that runs through central London. The northwestern extremity of the road is at Angel where it forms a continuation of Pentonville Road. Pentonville Road itself is the modern name for the eastern part of London's first bypass, the New Road from Paddington to Islington, which was constructed in 1756. The City Road was built in 1761 as a continuation of that route to the City of London.[2]