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Bank Junction
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<h2 id="street-network">Street network</h2> <p>The streets which originate at Bank Junction are:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Threadneedle_Street/KIRccBtk">Threadneedle Street</a> (northeast, towards <a href="/facts/Bishopsgate/RNr2fXKN">Bishopsgate</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cornhill%2c_London/hemgs9Wd">Cornhill</a> (east, towards <a href="/facts/Leadenhall_Street/vrE4eL5S">Leadenhall Street</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lombard_Street%2c_London/AqcA90gI">Lombard Street</a> (southeast, towards <a href="/facts/Gracechurch_Street/g6DepG0D">Gracechurch Street</a>)</li> <li>Mansion House Place (south, runs to the east of <a href="/facts/Mansion_House%2c_London/bm5QaTMX">Mansion House</a>)</li> <li>Walbrook (south, towards <a href="/facts/Cannon_Street/5F6TH6j1">Cannon Street</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Queen_Victoria_Street%2c_London/VaIoLld1">Queen Victoria Street</a> (southwest, towards Blackfriars)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Poultry%2c_London/lhwbwStX">Poultry</a> (west, towards <a href="/facts/Cheapside/mHumQxKU">Cheapside</a>)</li> <li>Mansion House Street (west, effectively part of the junction, leading to Poultry and Queen Victoria Street)</li> <li>Princes Street (northwest, towards <a href="/facts/Moorgate/znQkTSgk">Moorgate</a>)</li></ul> <p><a href="/facts/King_William_Street%2c_London/n4gHmkok">King William Street</a>, a major thoroughfare, begins just south of the junction, leading off Lombard Street. </p><p>Since May 2017, the junction has been closed to all vehicles except buses and pedal cycles from 7am to 7pm, Monday to Friday, on an experimental basis.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="notable-sites">Notable sites</h2> <p>Standing on the northeast corner of this junction is the <a href="/facts/Bank_of_England/9ITfYV3q">Bank of England</a>, headquartered on <a href="/facts/Threadneedle_Street/KIRccBtk">Threadneedle Street</a> since 1734 and thus sometimes known by the <a href="/facts/Metonym/EdwzPEyE">metonym</a> <i>The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street</i>, or simply <i>The Old Lady</i>. Across that street and nestled in the gap between Cornhill is the commercial centre the <a href="/facts/Royal_Exchange%2c_London/fotTH690">Royal Exchange</a>, founded in 1565 by <a href="/facts/Thomas_Gresham/X3lPnLtH">Thomas Gresham</a>, after whom the nearby <a href="/facts/Gresham_Street/4N7AEbnM">Gresham Street</a> is named. </p><p>Outside the main entrance to the Royal Exchange is an <a href="/facts/Equestrian_statue_of_the_Duke_of_Wellington%2c_City_of_London/pWDww9QL">equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington</a> overlooking Bank Junction; it was inaugurated in June 1844. Also in front of the Royal Exchange is the <a href="/facts/London_Troops_War_Memorial/0UB82xnX">London Troops War Memorial</a>, commemorating those Londoners who served and died in <a href="/facts/World_War_I/vITTUanQ">World War I</a> and <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>. There is also a statue of <a href="/facts/James_Henry_Greathead/QkJ2IR2j">James Henry Greathead</a>, responsible for an improved <a href="/facts/Tunnelling_shield/0QFlUVNo">tunnelling shield</a> which enabled construction of London's <a href="/facts/London_Underground_infrastructure/fVnUNTxA">deep-level Underground lines</a>. </p> <p>To the south of the junction is <a href="/facts/Mansion_House%2c_London/bm5QaTMX">Mansion House</a>. This has been the official residence of the <a href="/facts/Lord_Mayor_of_London/28CFLNke">Lord Mayor of London</a> since its completion in 1752. Other notable buildings close to Bank Junction include the City of London Magistrates' Court on Walbrook, <a href="/facts/No_1_Poultry/LcGUAJxG">No 1 Poultry</a>, the <a href="/facts/Worshipful_Company_of_Grocers/IhgQnth5">Worshipful Company of Grocers</a>, off Princes Street, and the <a href="/facts/Worshipful_Company_of_Mercers/Nl9K3ssF">Worshipful Company of Mercers</a>, on Threadneedle Street. </p> <h2 id="railway-links">Railway links</h2> <p>The surrounding pavements host the access steps and ramps to one of <a href="/facts/List_of_busiest_London_Underground_stations/DL6P3XRr">London's busiest Underground stations</a>, <a href="/facts/Bank%25E2%2580%2593Monument_station/fxcseuyw">Bank</a>. Built in 1900, the interchange station is served by the <a href="/facts/Central_line_(London_Underground)/5FCYkIyJ">Central</a>, <a href="/facts/Northern_line/98h4gHBY">Northern</a> and <a href="/facts/Waterloo_%2526_City_line/1vR2ERWk">Waterloo & City lines</a>, as well as the <a href="/facts/Docklands_Light_Railway/orT3gAp1">Docklands Light Railway</a>. The station is connected with <a href="/facts/Bank%25E2%2580%2593Monument_station/fxcseuyw">Monument</a>, a station served by the <a href="/facts/Circle_line_(London_Underground)/pd1B7Dk8">Circle</a> and <a href="/facts/District_line/IrlsjgFl">District lines</a> – together the two stations form one of the world's most complex underground train stations.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>The closest mainline railway stations are <a href="/facts/Cannon_Street_station/MgRulKG9">Cannon Street</a>, <a href="/facts/Fenchurch_Street_railway_station/0edjN6Ls">Fenchurch Street</a> and <a href="/facts/Liverpool_Street_station/Tzx6XRYH">Liverpool Street</a>. </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul> <li>London portal</li></ul> <ul><li> Media related to Bank junction at Wikimedia Commons</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Ordnance Survey mapping <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey" target="_blank">/wiki/Ordnance_Survey</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Bank on Safety scheme". City of London. Retrieved 11 February 2021. <a href="https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/streets/bank-on-safety" target="_blank">https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/streets/bank-on-safety</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Bank". Transport for London. Retrieved 9 February 2012. <a href="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/15605.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/15605.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>