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Lime Street EC3 is situated within the centre of the City of London and connects Fenchurch Street at its southern end with Leadenhall Street EC3 at its northern point. Fenchurch Avenue EC3, Leadenhall Place EC3, Cullum Street EC3 and Whitington Avenue EC3 all have junctions with Lime Street. The name Lime Street is derived from the lime burners and sellers that once lived in this area of the City.
Lime Street is home to the Lloyds Building and the historic Leadenhall Market. The Lloyd's building, designed by Richard Rogers and completed in 1984, is a huge 12 story steel and glass structure. This building received a mixed reception when it was opened, due to its distinctive 'inside out' appearance, with facilities such as lifts and stairs positioned on the outside of the structure to create maximum office space. The Lloyds Tower remains a dominant feature of the London skyline.
Leadenhall Market, which dates back to the 14th century is located next to the Lloyd's building between Gracechurch Street and Lime Street. This traditional meat and fish market still provides fine quality food today and its worth visiting for its intricate decoration and iron and glass roof. Leadenhall Market is open from 7.00am-16.00pm Monday to Friday and there are a number of places to eat and drink here. This includes the Cotriani restaurant at 48-52 Leadenhall Market EC3, which serves fine Italian food for lunch and has pavement seating within the market. Another fine Italian restaurant located here is Hamiltons, at 28 Leadenhall Market EC3, which provides traditional Italian food and caters for vegetarian guests. The Lamb Tavern and New Moon public houses are situated within Leadenhall Market.
Lime Street is also home to the Balls Brothers bar and restaurant, at 52 Lime Street. The restaurant here serves traditional British food for lunch and dinner. The bar has a wine list with over 100 choices and wine tasting events are regularly held at this venue, which is available for hire at weekends.
Lime Street leads into St Mary Axe, at its northern junction with Leadenhall Street. St Mary Axe is home to St Andrew Undershaft Church, a medieval building that survived both world wars. The huge Swiss Re tower, often referred to as the Gherkin, is located at 30 St Mary Axe. This 40 floor building was designed by Sir Norman Foster and Partners and opened in May 2004. The Swiss Re building is designed to be environmentally friendly and recycled material was used in its construction wherever possible. This 178.8 meter high building has a public plaza and its Arcadian garden is open throughout the year.
Lime Street is 100m east of Gracechurch Street, a major road which leads into Bishopsgate EC3 and Liverpool Street Station. Tower 42, formerly the NatWest Tower, can be found in this area at 25 Old Broad Street EC3. The Monument is 350m from Lime Street along Monument Street EC3 and Fish Street Hill EC3. Amazing views of London can be experienced from the viewing platform here, of landmarks such as London Bridge, St Pauls Cathedral and the BT Tower.
Lime Street is close to a number of underground and mainline stations in the City of London including Liverpool Street Station (400m north) Fenchurch Street (400m east) and Monument Underground Station, 300m away on Gracechurch Street. Monument Station is linked to Bank, from where visitors can discover the Bank of England building, Royal Exchange and Mansion House, which is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London.
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The Tower Hotel is just a 15 minute walk to Lime Street. Located north east of Lime Street, this 4 star hotel offers great communication links around central London and of course London City Airport which is a short trip away from the adjacent Tower Gateway Station.
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