Bread Street

Bread Street is a compact, ancient electoral ward in the City of London, centred on the medieval thoroughfare after which it is named and bordering the busy shopping route of Cheapside and the precincts around St Paul's Cathedral. Its lanes and plots still hint at the old street pattern of the Square Mile, though the skyline is now dominated by modern office blocks and professional firms.

Historically the area grew up around a bread market and is famously the birthplace of the poet John Donne; it was reshaped by events such as the Great Fire and subsequent rebuilding. Today Bread Street is primarily commercial, with a small residential presence, and plays a civic role as one of the City wards electing representatives to the City of London Corporation.