Hand and Shears

The Hand and Shears is a Grade II listed public house at 1 Middle Street, Smithfield, London. It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.

Photo: Ewan Munro, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Opening hours: Monday—Friday noon—11:00 PM
Type: Pub
Description: pub in Farringdon, London
Also known as: “Hand & Shears”, “Hand and Shears Public House”, and “The Hand & Shears”
Address: 1 Middle Street, London, EC1A 7JA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Barbican Arts Centre and St Paul’s Cathedral.

Barbican Arts Centre

Arts center

Photo: Nevilley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London, England. The centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions. Barbican Arts Centre is situated 1,100 feet east of Hand and Shears.

St Paul’s Cathedral

Church

Photo: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0.

St Paul's Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Paul in London, is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, the seat of the Bishop of London. St Paul’s Cathedral is situated 2,000 feet south of Hand and Shears.

St Bartholomew-the-Great

Church

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great, sometimes abbreviated to St-Barts-the-Great, is a medieval church in the Church of England's Diocese of London located in Smithfield within the City of London.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Farringdon and West Smithfield.

Farringdon

Neighborhood

Farringdon is an area in the London Borough of Islington, situated immediately north of its border with the City of London. The term is used to describe the area around Farringdon station.

West Smithfield

Neighborhood

Photo: Goodwillgames, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Smithfield, properly known as West Smithfield, is a district located in Central London, part of Farringdon Without, the most westerly ward of the City of London, England.

Golden Lane Estate

Neighborhood

Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Golden Lane Estate is a 1950s council housing complex in the City of London. It was built on the northern edge of the City, on a site devastated by bombing during the Second World War.

Hand and Shears

Categories: building and retail building
Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.51933° or 51° 31′ 10″ north

Longitude

-0.09878° or 0° 5′ 56″ west

Levels

Wheelchair access

Open location code

9C3XGW92+PF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 430448024

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=pub

OpenStreetMap feature

building=retail

Wikidata ID

Q17361851

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