Lime Street
Ward in City of London, England
| Coordinates: | 51.514, -0.082 |
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| OS grid ref: | TQ 33 81 |
| Dialling code: | 020 (London) |
The small ward of Lime Street sits in the eastern core of the City of London, within the historic Square Mile of England. It’s a compact patch of narrow medieval lanes and striking modern office towers, dominated visually by the high‑tech Lloyd's building and lying close to the atmospheric covered shopping arcade of Leadenhall Market.
Historically the name recalls lime burners and the area’s long connection with building trade and commerce; today the ward is firmly part of the City’s financial and insurance quarter, with a modest residential population but a large daytime workforce. Like other City wards it has its own aldermanic representation and the neighbourhood mixes surviving historic fabric with post‑war and contemporary architecture, illustrating the Square Mile’s continual reinvention.
Postcode districts covering Lime Street
Most populated places nearby
- Brent 8.4 miles13.5 km
- Islington 2.6 miles4.1 km
- City of Westminster 3.5 miles5.7 km
- Bexley 10.4 miles16.7 km
- Sutton 11.6 miles18.7 km
- Croydon 10.6 miles17.1 km
- Slough 22.5 miles36.2 km
- Harrow 12.2 miles19.7 km
- Basildon 23.6 miles38 km
- Watford 17.2 miles27.7 km
- Harlow 19.4 miles31.1 km
- Grays 18 miles29 km
Neighbouring places
- Aldgate Ward 0.1 miles0.2 km
- Cornhill Ward 0.1 miles0.2 km
- Langbourn Ward 0.2 miles0.3 km
- Broad Street Ward 0.2 miles0.4 km
- Bishopsgate Ward 0.3 miles0.4 km
- Portsoken Ward 0.3 miles0.4 km
- Tower Ward 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Billingsgate Ward 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Walbrook Ward 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Candlewick Ward 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Bridge Ward 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Coleman Street Ward 0.4 miles0.6 km
Example postcodes in Lime Street
EC2N 4AJ, EC3A 6AE, EC3A 8EE, EC3A 8AA, EC2N 4AH, EC3V 1PJ, EC3V 1LE, EC3A 8AH, EC3A 6AT … See all
Transport links
- London City Airport 5.9 miles9.5 km
- London Heathrow Airport 16.4 miles26.4 km
- Fenchurch Street Railway Station 0.2 miles0.3 km
- Liverpool Street Railway Station 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Waterloo Bus Depot 1.4 miles2.3 km
Hotels near Lime Street Ad
- Pan Pacific London 5 0.2 miles0.3 km
- Batty Langley's 5 0.5 miles0.8 km
- Vintry & Mercer Hotel - Small Luxury Hotels of the World 5 0.5 miles0.9 km
- Four Seasons Hotel London at Tower Bridge 5 0.3 miles0.5 km
- The Rookery 5 1 mile1.6 km
- One Aldwych 5 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Covent Garden Hotel 5 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Haymarket Hotel 5 2.2 miles3.5 km
- The Savoy 5 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Hotel 41 5 2.9 miles4.6 km
Local points of interest
- Pennsylvania Coffee House Historic site 0.2 miles0.4 km
- St Mildred Poultry Historic site 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Bedlam Historic site 0.4 miles0.6 km
- St Benet Sherehog (former) Historic site 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Guildhall Art Gallery Museum 0.4 miles0.7 km
- Guildhall Historic site 0.5 miles0.7 km
- Eastminster Abbey Historic site 0.5 miles0.8 km
- HMS Belfast Museum 0.5 miles0.9 km
- London Harbour 0.5 miles0.9 km
- Hayes Galleria Shopping centre 0.6 miles0.9 km
- St Olave's Church Historic site 0.6 miles1 km
- Museum of London Museum 0.7 miles1.1 km