Lombard Street, London

Lombard Street

Lombard Street from Bank junction. The street continues to the left of St Mary Woolnoth church; to the right is King William Street.
Maintained by	City of London Corporation
Length	260 m (850 ft)[1]
Addresses	1 to 82
Location	London, United Kingdom
Postal code	EC3
Nearest train station	Bank
Northwest end	Bank junction
Major junctions	King William Street
Southeast end	Gracechurch Street
Other
Known for	Banking
Status	Unclassified

Lombard Street (/ˈlɒmbərd, -bɑːrd/) is a street notable for its connections with the City of London's merchant, banking and insurance industries, stretching back to medieval times.

From Bank junction, where nine streets converge by the Bank of England, Lombard Street runs southeast for a short distance before bearing left into a more easterly direction, and terminates at a junction with Gracechurch Street and Fenchurch Street. Its overall length is 260 metres (280 yd).

It has often been compared with Wall Street in New York City. In 1952, William L. Shirer wrote that in the 1920s "Wall Street was replacing Lombard Street as the financial capital of the world."^[2]