London area of EC2 guide
What to do and where to stay in London's EC2 neighbourhood
It would be amiss not to mention that the historic institutions of the Guildhall and Bank of England fall within EC2 but this part of the City of London is aesthetically defined by its towers. The steel structure of Tower 42, formally the NatWest Tower, dominates Old Broad Street, but it was overtaken as the area's tallest building with the completion of the nearby Heron Tower in 2010. And if you think you're just going to get a crick in your neck looking sky(scraper)wards, consider becoming upwardly mobile by visiting Rhodes Twenty Four, where Gary Rhodes shows off his signature dishes, or Vertigo 42 for the dizzying height of champers and posh nosh; both with breathtaking views. If all this just whets your appetite for more, Broadgate Tower, fourth in the City's phallic parade, stands just north of Liverpool Street Station on Bishopsgate, and the concrete blocks of Barbican Towers are some of the highest residential buildings in London. At the foot of this trio of towers lies the illustrious Barbican Centre, which has an unrivalled programme of theatre, dance, art, classical music, modern beats, film seasons and children's events.
See our recommended nearby EC2 Hotels, Entertainment, Sights and Attractions, Shopping, Restaurants, Pubs, Nightlife, Leisure, Education, and Meeting Venues.
EC2 Hotels
London > Hotels > Luxury Chain Hotel
335-337 Old Street, EC1V
Prison cells are VIP booths in the bar at the Courthouse Hotel Shoreditch, a 128 room hotel in the Old Magistrates Court and Police Station, opposite ... More
London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel
5 Cavell Street, E1
Perfectly located in the heart of the East End, this new generation Holiday Inn offers a quiet retreat away from the hustle and bustle of the ... More
London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel
1 Kings Cross Road, WC1X
Halfway between the City and the west End, the Bloomsbury area is an oasis of calm in the very heart of the capital. It's a lovely ... More
EC2 Entertainment
London > Entertainment > Classical Music
1 Milton Street, Barbican, EC2, London EC2Y
Milton Court, opened in September 2013, provides the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with state-of-the-art performance and teaching facilities. The £89 million building on Silk ... More
London > Entertainment > Arts and Drama
Silk Street, EC2, London EC2Y
Part of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama , this is Grade II-listed building on Silk Street houses the Silk Street ... More
London > Entertainment > Comedy Clubs
27 Throgmorton Street, EC2, London EC2N
Empty for four years, the building next to Drapers Hall and behind the Bank of England which used to be Throgmortons became Heroes Grotto of Comedy ... More
EC2 Sights and Attractions
London > Attractions > Attractions for Kids
Exchange House, 12 Primrose Street, EC2, London EC2A
London's longest-running outdoor ice rink, Broadgate Ice Rink, can be found between mid November and the end of February in Exchange Square, only a couple of ... More
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Tower 42, 25 Old Broad Street, EC2, London EC2N
At 601 feet, Tower 42 was the first skyscraper in the City of London when it was officially opened in June 1981 by Her Majesty ... More
London > Attractions > Parks and Gardens
38 City Road, EC2, London EC1Y
Small, wooded dissenters' cemetery in the city centre. William Blake, John Bunyan and Daniel Defoe are among over 120,000 nonconformists whose bodies are squeezed closely together within ... More
EC2 Shopping
London > Shopping > Food and Drink Shops
The Mall West Concourse Liverpool Street Station, EC2, London EC2M
This long-established royal warrant holding chocolatier, set up in 1875 at the behest of Edward VII, has been making the finest chocolate in traditional French style ... More
London > Shopping > Music Shops
Cromwell Tower, Silk Street, EC2, London EC2Y
Tucked away near the Barbican multi-arts centre and the world-renowned Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Chimes Music is in illustrious company. Since opening in 1983 ... More
EC2 Restaurants
London > Restaurants > Cafes and Delis
2 Whitecross Place, EC2, London EC2M
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 > Restaurants > British restaurants
2-12 Wilson Street, EC2, London EC2M
British Cuisine... More
London > Restaurants > 14 Finsbury Square, EC2, London EC2
Canadian-born, New Zealand raised chef Anna Hansen has blazed a trail with her Clerkenwell restaurant, The Modern Pantry, opened in August 2008 just down the ... More
EC2 Pubs
London > Restaurants > Gastropub
2 Exchange Square, Appold Street, EC2, London EC2M
A Geronimo Inns pub in the City, The White Horse gives city workers a bright, airy space to eat, drink and relax and its pub garden ... More
EC2 Nightlife
London > Nightlife > Nightclubs
1-5 Curtain Road, EC2, London EC2A
Bar, club and art collective, the Queen of Hoxton prides itself on being a youth club for the adults of the east side. Opened in March ... More
EC2 Leisure
London > Leisure > Parks and Gardens
King Edward Street, EC2, London EC4M
Bounded in by surrounding office buildings, Postman's Park's appeal lies in what it symbolises as much as how it looks. Located just north of St Paul's ... More
EC2 Education
London > Education > Evening Classes
4 Luke Street, EC2, London EC2A
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, EC2, London EC1Y
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
EC2 Meeting Venues
London > Business > Venue Hire
40 Liverpool Street, EC2, London EC2M
Housed in one of the great Victorian station hotels, this showstopper is a mixture of meticulous nineteenth century restoration and the glittering wit of Terrence Conran's ... More
London > Business > Venue Hire
Chiswell Street, EC2, London EC1Y
While the City of London is not short of modern, flexible event-spaces, not many can claim to be located in a Grade II listed building, or ... More
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