London
City of London
The City of London is the historic core and financial district of London, governed separately from the surrounding boroughs by the City of London Corporation.
- Type
- municipality
- Status
- An official administrative unit with a defined boundary.
Also known as The City, The Square Mile.
The City of London is a distinct local authority with its own corporation and police force, not a London borough. It is the historic walled city and is roughly one square mile in extent.
What is recorded here
Counts describe this corpus, not the area as a whole.
- Architecture & design5
- Religious sites5
- Markets3
- Nightlife2
- Performing arts1
Places in City of London
Performing arts
Barbican
City of London
The Barbican is a residential and arts complex in the City of London, built between the 1960s and 1982 on a heavily bombed site, containing a concert hall, theatres, cinemas and a conservatory. The estate is Grade II listed.
Markets
Leadenhall Market
City of London
Leadenhall Market is a covered market in the City of London, rebuilt in 1881 by Horace Jones with painted ironwork and glass roofs, on a site used for trading since the fourteenth century.
Nightlife
The Black Friar
City of London
The Black Friar is a public house at Blackfriars in the City of London, Grade II* listed, remodelled from 1905 with an Arts and Crafts interior of marble, mosaic and bronze reliefs of friars.
Visit info checked Sept 2026
Nightlife
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
City of London
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese is a public house off Fleet Street in London, rebuilt in 1667 after the Great Fire, Grade II listed, with a warren of small unlit rooms on several levels.
Markets
Smithfield Poultry Market
City of London
Smithfield Poultry Market in the City of London is a Grade II listed market building of 1963 with an elliptical concrete shell roof, part of the wider Smithfield meat market complex.
Architecture & design
Midland Bank
City of London
Midland Bank is a listed building in City of London, London, on the National Heritage List for England at Grade I, the highest of the three grades and reserved for buildings of exceptional interest. It was first listed in 1972.
Architecture & design
Mansion House
City of London
Mansion House is a listed building in City of London, London, on the National Heritage List for England at Grade I, the highest of the three grades and reserved for buildings of exceptional interest.
Architecture & design
Middle Temple Hall
City of London
Middle Temple Hall is a listed building in City of London, London, on the National Heritage List for England at Grade I, the highest of the three grades and reserved for buildings of exceptional interest.
Architecture & design
Skinners Hall
City of London
Skinners Hall is a listed building in City of London, London, on the National Heritage List for England at Grade I, the highest of the three grades and reserved for buildings of exceptional interest.
Architecture & design
Stationers' Hall
City of London
Stationers' Hall is a listed building in City of London, London, on the National Heritage List for England at Grade I, the highest of the three grades and reserved for buildings of exceptional interest.
Religious sites
Church of St Mary at Hill
City of London
Church of St Mary at Hill is a listed building in City of London, London, on the National Heritage List for England at Grade I, the highest of the three grades and reserved for buildings of exceptional interest.
Religious sites
Church of St Magnus the Martyr
City of London
Church of St Magnus the Martyr is a listed building in City of London, London, on the National Heritage List for England at Grade I, the highest of the three grades and reserved for buildings of exceptional interest.
Religious sites
Church of St Mary Woolnoth
City of London
Church of St Mary Woolnoth is a listed building in City of London, London, on the National Heritage List for England at Grade I, the highest of the three grades and reserved for buildings of exceptional interest.
Religious sites
Church of St Katherine Cree
City of London
Church of St Katherine Cree is a listed building in City of London, London, on the National Heritage List for England at Grade I, the highest of the three grades and reserved for buildings of exceptional interest.
Religious sites
Church of St Edmund
City of London
Church of St Edmund is a listed building in City of London, London, on the National Heritage List for England at Grade I, the highest of the three grades and reserved for buildings of exceptional interest.
Markets
Royal Exchange
City of London
Royal Exchange is a listed building in City of London, London, on the National Heritage List for England at Grade I, the highest of the three grades and reserved for buildings of exceptional interest.
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