
Finsbury Pavement runs north continuing from Moorgate. Situated in between the Barbican and Broadgate areas, Finsbury Pavement hosts a mixture of shops and offices.
insbury Pavement connects Moorgate with City Road EC1 in the London Borough of Islington. Finsbury Pavement was first constructed as a dry footway across the marshy moorfields surroundings.
It has been noted that a lot of construction of new houses began in 1720.
An interesting historical anecdote which relates to Finsbury Pavement was the foundation of a condiments manufacturer called Battty and Co which started on the street. Batty and Co later moved to Peckham laying the roots for the famous company ‘Heinz.’
Finsbury Pavement is a typical dual carriage way street in the middle of this mainly commercial area. Building used as offices make up the majority of Finsbury Pavement.
Marks & Spencer as well as other high street shops have Finsbury Pavement branches.
The stylish chain, ‘All Bar One,’ has a bar on Finsbury Pavement which is popular with office workers at the end of the working day.
The Barbican Centre for Arts and Conferences is heralded as London’s equivalent to the Parisian Pompidou Centre. This centre is only minutes away from Finsbury Pavement via Chiswell Street. This cultural hub can be accessed from various points on Beech Street as well as Silk Street. It includes an art gallery with vast exhibition space, three cinemas and a concert hall with three curved tiers.
Moorgate running below Finsbury Pavement, is a street with much historical value adapted to the modern commercial surroundings of EC1.
On Moorgate there is a wide range of high street shops and eateries. Just off Finsbury Pavement on Finsbury Square there is a public bowling green which can be hired. This lies near a bowling club located in the middle of the nearby Finsbury Circus.
Broadgate circle is an interesting nearby attraction to Finsbury Pavement. It was built just off Sun Street and Wilson Street and is of architectural interest. Broadgate Circle is a modern circlular structure with units consisting of shops, restaurants and bars. During the winter, the centre of the circular building is transformed into an open air ice-rink. Broadgate Circle acts as a wonderful amenity for tourists and local office staff alike.
The closest tube stops to Finsbury Pavement are Old Street at City Road EC1 and Cranwood Street EC1; and Moorgate between Moorgate and Moorfields.
The following lines run through Moorgate in addition to National Express Trains: Metropolitan line, Circle line and Hammersmith and City line. Old Street is also a National Express station as well as being a Northern line tube stop.
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| HOTEL / APARTMENT | POSTCODE | MILES | STAR | 21 May | 22 May | 23 May | 24 May | 25 May | 26 May | 27 May | 28 May |
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| Threadneedles - The City's 5 Star Boutique Hotel | EC2R 8AY | 0.47 | 5 | £354.00 | Full | Full | £390.00 | £162.00 | £222.00 | £210.00 | £294.00 |
| Andaz London - Liverpool Street | EC2M 7QN | 0.64 | 5 | Full | Full | Full | Full | £198.00 | £198.00 | £372.00 | £372.00 |
| Malmaison London | EC1M 6AH | 0.82 | 4 | £270.00 | Full | Full | £294.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £234.00 | £294.00 |
| Citadines Barbican London | EC1M 7AH | 0.82 | 3 | £139.20 | Full | Full | £122.40 | £122.40 | £122.40 | £122.40 | £157.20 |
| Rookery Hotel | EC1M 6DS | 0.91 | 4 | £474.00 | £474.00 | Full | £306.00 | £198.00 | £306.00 | £325.00 | £210.00 |
| Novotel London Tower Bridge | EC3N 2NR | 1.11 | 4 | £254.00 | £344.00 | £274.00 | £244.00 | Full | £164.00 | £244.00 | £294.00 |
| The Zetter Hotel | EC1M 5RJ | 1.13 | 4 | Full | Full | Full | Full | £185.00 | £185.00 | £130.00 | £222.00 |
| Grange City Hotel | EC3N 2BQ | 1.15 | 5 | £334.00 | Full | Full | £215.00 | £155.00 | £191.00 | £215.00 | £215.00 |
| Chamberlain Hotel | EC3N 1NU | 1.16 | 4 | £205.00 | £285.00 | £265.00 | £160.00 | £145.00 | £150.00 | Full | £160.00 |
| All Seasons London Southwark Rose (soon ibis Styles) | SE1 9HH | 1.26 | 3 | £189.00 | £250.00 | £250.00 | £189.00 | £119.00 | Full | £139.00 | £189.00 |
| Atelier EC1 by BridgeStreet | EC1N 8AF | 1.26 | 4A | Full | Full | Full | £189.99 | Full | Full | Full | Full |
| Thistle City Barbican | EC1V 8DS | 1.28 | 3 | £118.80 | £130.80 | £154.80 | £142.80 | £90.00 | £90.00 | £88.20 | £126.00 |
| Novotel London City South | SE1 9HH | 1.29 | 4 | £235.00 | £255.00 | £255.00 | £235.00 | £140.00 | Full | £135.00 | £205.00 |
| Mercure London Bridge Hotel | SE1 0JA | 1.43 | 4 | £220.00 | Full | Full | £190.00 | £160.00 | £190.00 | £145.00 | Full |
| Mad Hatter Hotel | SE1 9NY | 1.52 | 3 | £160.00 | £210.00 | £210.00 | £185.00 | £155.00 | £165.00 | £75.00 | £185.00 |
| The Tower- A Guoman Hotel | E1W 1LD | 1.64 | 4 | £264.00 | £312.00 | £312.00 | £192.00 | £120.00 | £120.00 | £252.00 | £168.00 |
| Chancery Court Hotel, London | WC1V 7EN | 1.91 | 5 | £420.00 | £420.00 | Full | £300.00 | £216.00 | £216.00 | £216.00 | £300.00 |
| Citadines Prestige Holborn-Covent Garden | WC1V 6LF | 1.96 | 4A | £265.20 | £265.20 | £265.20 | £212.40 | £212.40 | £265.20 | £186.00 | £186.00 |
| The Wellington | SE1 8UD | 2.06 | 3G | £94.95 | Full | £94.95 | £94.95 | £94.95 | £94.95 | £60.00 | Full |
| SACO London - Holborn | WC1N 3LT | 2.06 | 4A | £250.00 | £192.00 | £250.00 | £194.00 | Full | Full | £170.00 | £170.00 |
| Strand Palace Hotel | WC2R 0JJ | 2.19 | 3 | £162.00 | Full | Full | £217.63 | £112.00 | £112.00 | £112.00 | £162.00 |
| Grange Holborn | WC1B 4AR | 2.20 | 5 | £299.00 | Full | £383.00 | £335.00 | £203.00 | £239.00 | £126.00 | £203.00 |
| Kingsway Hall | WC2B 5BX | 2.21 | 4 | £238.80 | Full | £358.80 | £214.80 | £130.80 | £130.80 | £130.80 | £190.80 |
| The Bridge Hotel | SE1 0AJ | 2.25 | 3 | Full | Full | Full | £105.00 | Full | Full | £49.00 | £65.00 |
| The Bermondsey Square Hotel - a Bespoke Hotel | SE1 3UN | 2.26 | 4 | £250.00 | Full | £286.00 | £214.00 | Full | Full | £118.00 | £190.00 |
| Mercure London Bloomsbury | WC1B 5AF | 2.31 | 4 | £279.00 | £0.00 | £279.00 | £189.00 | £159.00 | £159.00 | £99.00 | £139.00 |
| The Lancaster Hotel | WC1B 5JD | 2.33 | 3 | £162.00 | £150.00 | £150.00 | £162.00 | £162.00 | Full | £96.00 | £90.00 |
| The Kingsley - A Thistle Hotel | WC1A 2SD | 2.37 | 4 | £264.00 | Full | Full | £312.00 | £192.00 | £228.00 | £168.00 | £192.00 |
| The Portland Hotel | WC1B 5JH | 2.39 | 4 | Full | Full | Full | £323.00 | Full | Full | £126.00 | £227.00 |
| Beauchamp Hotel | WC1B 5JH | 2.43 | 4 | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | £126.00 | £131.00 |
| Montague on the Gardens - A Red Carnation Hotel | WC1B 5BJ | 2.46 | 4 | £198.00 | £318.00 | Full | £186.00 | £174.00 | £174.00 | £174.00 | £174.00 |
| Grange Blooms Town House Hotel | WC1B 5BP | 2.46 | 3 | £203.00 | Full | Full | £251.00 | Full | Full | £126.00 | £191.00 |
| Park Plaza County Hall | SE1 7RY | 2.46 | 4 | £238.80 | Full | £286.80 | £262.80 | £190.80 | £190.80 | £190.80 | £190.80 |
| Hotel Russell - London, Bloomsbury | WC1B 5BE | 2.50 | 4 | £274.80 | £286.80 | £358.80 | £226.80 | £166.80 | Full | £154.80 | £142.80 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Bloomsbury Street | WC1B 3QD | 2.56 | 4 | £282.00 | £282.00 | £282.00 | £210.00 | £270.00 | £210.00 | £162.00 | £190.80 |
| The RE Hotel London Shoreditch | E2 8PP | 2.57 | 4 | £139.00 | Full | £189.00 | £159.00 | £109.00 | £0.00 | £79.00 | £99.00 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Kenilworth | WC1B 3LB | 2.61 | 4 | £264.00 | £264.00 | £264.00 | £222.00 | Full | Full | £118.80 | £162.00 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Leicester Square | WC2H 7HL | 2.63 | 4 | £358.80 | £366.00 | £366.00 | £366.00 | £234.00 | £276.00 | £246.00 | £246.00 |
| Royal Horseguards | SW1A 2EJ | 2.63 | 5 | Full | Full | £396.00 | £276.00 | £252.00 | £252.00 | £240.00 | £312.00 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Hampshire | WC2H 7LH | 2.68 | 5 | £288.00 | £318.00 | £336.00 | £288.00 | £214.80 | £214.80 | £204.00 | £204.00 |
| Days Hotel Waterloo | SE1 7BJ | 2.69 | NC | £149.00 | Full | Full | £169.00 | £149.00 | £149.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 |
| Hotel Megaro | WC1H 8AB | 2.72 | 4 | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | £110.00 | £240.00 |
| Euro Hotel | WC1H 9EL | 2.74 | 3G | £150.00 | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | £110.00 | £63.00 |
| Avonmore Hotel | WC1H 9EL | 2.75 | 2G | £110.00 | £129.00 | £189.00 | £199.00 | £189.00 | £119.00 | £85.00 | £85.00 |
| St Giles Hotel and Leisure Club | WC1B 3AS | 2.77 | 3 | £129.00 | Full | £129.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £92.00 | £90.00 |
| The Bloomsbury Hotel - A member of The Doyle Collection | WC1B 3NN | 2.79 | 4 | £330.00 | £342.00 | £366.00 | £234.00 | £186.00 | £198.00 | £198.00 | £186.00 |
| Staunton Hotel | WC1E 6HE | 2.79 | 4G | £179.00 | Full | Full | £189.00 | £189.00 | £189.00 | £159.00 | £159.00 |
| The Academy, The Bloomsbury Town House | WC1E 6HG | 2.85 | 4 | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | £126.00 | £162.00 |
| myhotel Bloomsbury | WC1B3HD | 2.90 | 4 | £238.80 | £190.80 | Full | Full | £226.80 | £226.80 | £118.80 | £130.80 |
| The Royal Trafalgar - A Thistle Hotel | WC2H 7HG | 2.90 | 4 | £202.80 | £358.80 | £358.80 | £358.80 | £178.80 | £202.80 | £178.80 | £286.80 |
| Station | Zone | Line(s) | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moorgate Station | 1 | Metropolitan - Northern - Circle line - Hammersmith & City | 0.26 miles |
| Bank Station | 1 | Northern - Waterloo & City - Central - DLR (Bank branch) | 0.41 miles |
| St. Pauls Station | 1 | Central | 0.55 miles |
| Liverpool Street Station | 1 | Metropolitan - Central - Circle line - Hammersmith & City | 0.55 miles |
| Mansion House Station | 1 | District - Circle line | 0.60 miles |
| Station | Distance |
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| Moorgate Station | 0.19 miles |
| London Liverpool Street Station | 0.62 miles |
| Barbican Station | 0.64 miles |
| London Cannon Street Station | 0.66 miles |
| London City Thameslink Station | 0.93 miles |