
IMPORTANT PAGES RELATED TO PEPYS STREET LONDON EC3: HOTELS NEAR PEPYS STREET LONDON EC3
LONDON EC3 INDEX
Pepys Street EC3 is located in the Square Mile of the City of London near Fenchurch Street EC3 and Tower Hill. Other major streets close to Pepys Street include the Minories (150m) and Byward Street, 100m south via Seething Lane EC3.
Pepys Street is in close proximity to Trinity Square and the award wining Trinity Square Gardens EC3, which provide city workers and tourists with a peaceful environment in which to relax withing the City of London. This green space is home to memorials for Merchant Seamen that lost their lives during both world wars and to a monument for the 125 of more people executed at nearby Tower Hill. Trinity House, headquarters of the Lighthouse Service of England and Wales, is also positioned next to Pepys Street, along Coopers Row EC3. This impressive townhouse contains a painted ceiling, grand entrance hall and has a large collection of maritime art on display. Trinity Square is another place of interest 50m south of Pepys Street. The former headquarters of the Port of London Authority are located here in an exclusive Edwardian building, designed by Sir Edwin Cooper. The Chez Gerard Trinity Square is situated here at 14 Trinity Square EC3. The Chez Gerard restaurant serves fine French food, in a warm and friendly environment.
Pepys Street is 200m from the Tower of London and All Hallows by the Tower church, situated on Byward Street EC3. Other places of interest in this area include Custom House (300m) and Old Billingsgate Market, 350m away on Lower Thames Street EC3.
Pepys Street is 100m west of one of the City campuses of the London Metropolitan University, which is located at the junction of Tower Hill and the Minories. Other places of interest close to Pepys Street include the London Underwriting Centre (100m) located within the vast Minster Court complex, between Mark Lane EC3, Great Tower Street EC3 and Mincing Lane. Mincing Lane is also the location of the huge Plantation Place, at 31-35 Fenchurch Street EC3. Plantation Place, which opened in 2004, is built on the site of a former Roman colony and has spacious roof gardens which provide excellent views many London landmarks including the Monument, Tower 42 and the BT Tower.
Pepys Street is 200m south of Fenchurch Street, which is home to many offices of finance and insurance companies and retail outlets, including a Bureau de Change at 135 Fenchurch Street EC3. Lime Street EC3, which can be reached from Fenchurch Street, is home to the historic Leadenhall meat and fish market and the controversial Lloyd's of London building. Other landmarks close to Pepys Street include the contemporary Swiss Re building, known as the Gherkin (400m) and Tower 42, formerly the NatWest Tower (600m) at 25 Old Broad Street EC3. Tower 42 is 50m from Bishopsgate EC3, which leads north to Liverpool Street Station.
Fenchurch Street mainline station is 50m from Pepys Street and 150m from Tower Hill Underground Station, on the Circle and District lines. Tower Gateway Station, which provides Docklands Light Railway (DLR) services, is 150m from Pepys Street. Passengers can reach Greenwich, London City Airport and Stratford from this station, in addition to many other stops in East and South London.
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