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The City or 'Square Mile' is the very heart of London's thriving business district, the largest financial district in Europe. Parts of The City are among the oldest, dating back to Roman times. This part of town stretches out to the east and includes the new financial hub in the Docklands area, with Canary Wharf being the largest complex there. The City has its own governance and boundaries making it the only completely autonomous local authority in London. City slickers and those working for the big banks have the luxury of flying into City airport which convenient drops them almost to their desk - it also offers the most spectacular entrance to the country as you fly in over the water.Location map of The City
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London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel Double Rooms: 85% off from £56
1 Seething Lane, EC3N | 2 minutes from The City
With Tower of London, London Bridge and St. Paul's just a step away, this hotel has a great location for both business and leisure travellers. It's ...More
London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel Double Rooms: 80% off from £100
7 Pepys Street, EC3N | 5 minutes from The City
The brand new purpose built Doubletree Hotel Tower of London is a few minutes walk from Tower Hill and Fenchurch Street stations. With iMac entertainment systems ...More
London > Hotels > Luxury Chain Hotel Double Rooms: 73% off from £90
8-14 Cooper's Row, EC3N | 5 minutes from The City
The Grange City Hotel is a 5 star hotel that's luxury is matched by the superb panoramic views over the city of London. A stone's throw ...More
London > Attractions > Other Attractions
Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London E1 | 18 minutes from The City
London's own "Curry Mile", Brick Lane is home to so much more than first-rate spiced food, it also plays host to Jewish bagel shops, Indian sari ...More
London > Attractions > Other Attractions
Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | 23 minutes from The City
Huge, multifaceted arts and entertainment centre. Described by the Queen as “one of the wonders of the modern world”, this multifaceted performance and arts venue forms one ...More
London > Attractions > Other Attractions
Gallery Floor (Level 3), Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | 23 minutes from The City
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Sights and Attractions near The City
London > Attractions > Boats and Bridges
Morgan's Lane, Tooley Street, Bankside, London SE1 | 4 minutes from The City
HMS Belfast, moored at Morgan's Lane off Tooley Street, is a World War Two cruiser with nine decks. As you explore this floating museum, pop into ...More
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Tower Hill, City, London EC3N | 4 minutes from The City
With close to 1,000 years of royal history lurking within its highly fortified walls, a trip to the Tower of London is like traveling back to ...More
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Lower Thames Street, City, London EC3R | 6 minutes from The City
St Magnus' was built by Sir Christopher Wren between 1671-76, and boasts a steeple dating from 1705. Henry Yevele, Richard II's master mason, is buried here. ...More
London > Events > Clubbing and Nightlife Dates: Saturday 11th February 2012 - 10pm-5am
Cable, 33A Bermondsey Street, SE1 | 8 minutes from The City
Kozo, Cezar, Georgio Oniani, J Nelson, Pete Glasspool and Leroy Roberts spin house and electro....More
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 8th February - 11th February 2012
Wilton's Music Hall, Graces Alley, Off Ensign Street, Tower Hamlets, London E1 | 14 minutes from The City
Frustration (Frustra-Azioni) is a one-man play about a schizophrenic butcher who is obsessed by cows, and even pursues bizarre bovine erotic fantasies. Written and performed by ...More
London > Events > Exhibitions Dates: 9th February and 11th February 2012 at 11am-6pm & 10th February 2012 at 11am-8pm
Menier Chocolate Factory, 51/53 Southwark Street, SE1 | 16 minutes from The City
Contemporary paintings responding to the myriad pressures of everyday domestic life....More
London > Entertainment > Theatres
Shipwright Yard, Bankside, London SE1 | 7 minutes from The City
This theatre was founded in 1993 and is housed under the vaults of London Bridge in a soaring and dramatic setting. Each season, the Southwark Playhouse ...More
London > Entertainment > Theatres
20 Stainer Street, Bankside, London SE1 | 8 minutes from The City
The madcap Shunt Theatre company has created London's most unpredictable nightspot in the railway arches beneath London Bridge. Each week's entertainment at Shunt Vaults is curated ...More
London > Entertainment > Live Music
Glaziers Hall, 9 Montague Close, London Bridge, Bankside, London SE1 | 9 minutes from The City
100 people in a room, all armed with a large African drum, banging in unison, until reaching a deafening crescendo - that's the premise of Drum ...More
London > Shopping > Markets
Whittington Avenue, off Gracechurch Street, City, London EC3V | 7 minutes from The City
Leadenhall Market is a restored Victorian covered market that sells traditional game, poultry, fish and meat. Although there has been a forum (market place) on where ...More
London > Shopping > Food and Drink Shops
4-5 Leadenhall Market, City, London EC3V | 7 minutes from The City
Dedicated fromageries are rare in London, but with around 100 different British and continental cheeses on offer, they don't come much more dedicated than Cheese at ...More
London > Restaurants > South East Asian restaurants
Tower Place, Tower Hill, City, London EC3N | 2 minutes from The City
Taking inspiration from Japanese ramman-noodle bars, Wagamama is the ultimate in high-quality, fast food. Huge bowls of steaming, soupy noodles, chicken dumplings with a chilli-soy dipping ...More
London > Restaurants > French restaurants
14 Trinity Square, City, London EC3N | 3 minutes from The City
French cuisine ...More
London > Restaurants > Cafes and Delis
1 Great Tower Street, City, London EC3R | 3 minutes from The City
Pret sells up market fast food, hand made from natural ingredients, to take away or eat on site, in its trademark no nonsense chrome interiors. The ...More
London > Education > Evening Classes
4 Luke Street, Shoreditch, London EC2A | 25 minutes from The City
National charity for adult learning which also runs an excellent selection of theatre, literature, history and politics evening classes....More
London > Education > Professional Training
106 Bunhill Row, City, London EC1Y | 28 minutes from The City
City’s Print Journalism course is recognised as the best in London. Although places like Goldsmith’s are trendier, City is respected in the industry thanks to a ...More
London > Education > Evening Classes
10 Sunbury Workshops, Swanfield Street, Shoreditch, London E2 | 30 minutes from The City
Learn some crafty manouveurs at Making Space where classes on mask making, glass engraving, pyrography (burning patterns into wood or leather), chainmail knitting, and book hollowing ...More
London > Leisure > Parks and Gardens
City Hall, 110 The Queens Walk, Bankside, London SE1 | 6 minutes from The City
Potters Fields Park occupies a prime spot between City Hall (from where the Mayor runs London) and Tower Bridge. The pedestrianised, grassy area on the south ...More
London > Leisure > Health and Beauty
41 Snowsfields, SE1 | 11 minutes from The City
It's a relief to step into Snowsfields Wellness, with its shelves of carefully selected healthy and organic products. Unlike plenty of other places, each of the ...More
London > Leisure > Activities
95 Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London E1 | 22 minutes from The City
The third of these increasingly popular 1950s retro-America style bowling alleys opened in late 2008 to much critical acclaim. Located in the Old Truman Brewery on ...More
London > Nightlife > Pubs
77 Borough High Street, Southwark, Bankside, London SE1 | 12 minutes from The City
Dating back to 1676 this is the only original galleried inn left in London. Borough High Street was once crammed full of old coaching inns, providing accommodation ...More
London > Restaurants > Gastropub
99 - 101 Bermondsey Street, SE1 | 13 minutes from The City
Oh how we wish we lived in Bermondsey, then we could call this gem of a pub our local. We'd stop in for a regular drink ...More
Nightlife near The City
London > Nightlife > Nightclubs
1 Mark Lane, City, London EC3R | 5 minutes from The City
Just as you used to be in a 1920s speakeasy, at Proud Cabaret you're entertained while you dine. A lively mix of cabaret, jazz and burlesque ...More
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London > Business > Venue Hire
Old Billingsgate Market, 1 Old Billingsgate Walk, City, London EC3R | 2 minutes from The City
A magnificent 19th-century market building designed by Sir Horace Jones and entirely renovated in 1988 by acclaimed architect Richard Rogers. At the foot of the City, ...More
London > Business > Venue Hire
Waterloo Block, City, London EC3N | 4 minutes from The City
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London > Business > Venue Hire
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What's On Today Near The City Moh-Teef Clubbing and Nightlife | On 11th February 2012 Cable 8 minutes walk from The City Kozo, Cezar, Georgio Oniani, J Nelson, Pete Glasspool and Leroy Roberts spin house and electro....More  London in Black and White Exhibitions | Until 31st March 2012 Tower Bridge Exhibition 9 minutes walk from The City Visitors to the Tower Bridge Exhibition will have the chance to see a collection of rare images from London's black ...More Terence Conran: The Way We Live Now Exhibitions | Until 4th March 2012 Design Museum 9 minutes walk from The City A major exhibition which marks the designer's 80th birthday, featuring key pieces from the 1940s and 1950s, his work on ...More Speed Surgery: Surgery In The 19th Century: Demonstration Leisure | Until 25th February 2012 Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret 9 minutes walk from The City A surgical demonstration presented in the original architecture of St Thomas's Hospital in 1822....More Frustration (Frustra-Azioni) Theatre | Until 11th February 2012 Wilton's Music Hall 14 minutes walk from The City Frustration (Frustra-Azioni) is a one-man play about a schizophrenic butcher who is obsessed by cows, and even pursues bizarre bovine ...More  Pippin Theatre | Until 25th February 2012 Menier Chocolate Factory 16 minutes walk from The City From the composer of Wicked and Godspell comes this adaptation of Roger O.Hirson's book Pippin. Stephen Schwartz provides the music ...More Government Art Collection: Selected By Simon Schama: Travelling Light Exhibitions | Until 26th February 2012 Whitechapel Gallery 16 minutes walk from The City Contemporary and historical works in a variety of media from the collection based on travel and dating from the 16th ...More  Zarina Bhimji Exhibitions | Until 9th March 2012 Whitechapel Gallery 16 minutes walk from The City A film installation inspired by trade and immigration routes across the Indian Ocean between India and Africa forms the centrepiece ...More Josiah McElheny: The Bloomberg Commission Exhibitions | Until 12th August 2012 Whitechapel Gallery 16 minutes walk from The City Asked to create a new piece for the Bloomberg Commission, the New York-based artist offers a display of seven large-scaled ...More Rothko In Britain Exhibitions | Until 26th February 2012 Whitechapel Gallery 16 minutes walk from The City Whitechapel Gallery revisits its original Mark Rothko solo exhibition dating from 1961, with works including the painting Light Red Over ...More 
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