Cheapside

Cheapside is a street in the <a href="/facts/City_of_London/Psl9khal">City of London</a>, the historic and modern financial centre of <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>, England, which forms part of the <a href="/facts/A40_road/256JNjqS">A40 London to Fishguard road</a>. It links <a href="/facts/St_Martin%2527s_Le_Grand/UA4s0nCQ">St Martin's Le Grand</a> with <a href="/facts/Poultry%2c_London/lhwbwStX">Poultry</a>. Near its eastern end at <a href="/facts/Bank_Junction/pWvDcr4x">Bank Junction</a>, where it becomes Poultry, is <a href="/facts/Mansion_House%2c_London/bm5QaTMX">Mansion House</a>, the <a href="/facts/Bank_of_England/9ITfYV3q">Bank of England</a>, and <a href="/facts/Bank%25E2%2580%2593Monument_station/fxcseuyw">Bank station</a>. To the west is <a href="/facts/St_Paul%2527s_Cathedral/e51m9gYD">St Paul's Cathedral</a>, <a href="/facts/St_Paul%2527s_tube_station/eR2dSEtJ">St Paul's tube station</a> and square.
In the <a href="/facts/Middle_Ages/RqzEKB9v">Middle Ages</a>, it was known as Westcheap, as opposed to <a href="/facts/Eastcheap/T79hudgn">Eastcheap</a>, another street in the City, near <a href="/facts/London_Bridge/CAv1ehzr">London Bridge</a>. The boundaries of the <a href="/facts/Wards_of_the_City_of_London/rJU1jCsv">wards</a> of <a href="/facts/Cheap_(ward)/9qDLvIMw">Cheap</a>, <a href="/facts/Cordwainer_(ward)/qFQRhBC3">Cordwainer</a> and <a href="/facts/Bread_Street/URuV2Wr1">Bread Street</a> run along Cheapside and Poultry; prior to boundary changes in 2003 the road was divided amongst <a href="/facts/Farringdon_Within/vuM8tgNr">Farringdon Within</a> and <a href="/facts/Cripplegate/Kbo8EGQI">Cripplegate</a> wards in addition to the current three.
The contemporary Cheapside is the location of a range of retail and food outlets and offices, as well as the City's only major shopping centre, <a href="/facts/One_New_Change/BskQ0Pps">One New Change</a>.

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