Abchurch Yard

Abchurch Yard is in City of London, Greater London, England. Abchurch Yard is situated nearby to the archaeological site London Stone, as well as near the public building Mansion House.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include London Bridge and London Stone.

London Bridge

Photo: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5.

The name "London Bridge" refers to several historical crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman times. London Bridge is situated 1,300 feet south of Abchurch Yard.

London Stone

Archaeological site

Photo: Lord Belbury, CC BY-SA 4.0.

London Stone is a historic landmark housed at 111 Cannon Street in the City of London. It is an irregular block of oolitic limestone measuring 53 × 43 × 30 cm, the remnant of a once much larger object that had stood for many centuries on the south side of the street.

Mansion House

Public building

Photo: Michael Gwyther-Jones, CC BY 2.0.

The Mansion House is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London. It is a Grade I listed building. Designed by George Dance in the Palladian style, it was built primarily in the 1740s. Mansion House is situated 580 feet northwest of Abchurch Yard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bankside and Aldgate.

Bankside

Quarter

Bankside is an area of London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. Bankside is located on the southern bank of the River Thames, 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross, running from a little west of Blackfriars Bridge to just a short distance before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock.

Aldgate

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Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Aldgate was a gate in the former defensive wall around the City of London. The gate gave its name to Aldgate High Street, the first stretch of the A11 road, that takes that name as it passes through the ancient, extramural Portsoken Ward of the City of London.

Abchurch Yard

Type: Pedestrian zone
Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.51154° or 51° 30′ 42″ north

Longitude

-0.08836° or 0° 5′ 18″ west

Elevation

105 feet (32 metres)

Named after

St Mary Abchurch

Open location code

9C3XGW66+JM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 230477993

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=pedestrian

GeoNames ID

6956820

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