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Bank junction and the streets around it
Bank junction is restricted through the working day, and private vehicles do not pass through it. Seven roads meet there, so a journey that appears to be half a mile becomes a loop by way of Gresham Street, London Wall, Queen Victoria Street or Cannon Street. The detour costs a few minutes and knowing it in advance costs nothing at all.
Addresses on Threadneedle Street, Cornhill, Poultry and Lombard Street are therefore approached from the outside rather than through the middle. King William Street and Gracechurch Street serve the southern side; Moorgate and Old Broad Street serve the north. The chauffeur decides which before the client leaves the building, not after.
The lanes and courts between the main streets, including Change Alley, St Michael's Alley and the passages around the Royal Exchange, are pedestrian only. They are useful for the walk from the car to the door, and useless for anything else. A client told to meet a car in one of them will be standing somewhere no vehicle can reach.
- Bank junction closed to private vehicles through the weekday core
- Twenty miles an hour throughout the Square Mile
- Northern approaches: Moorgate, Old Broad Street, London Wall
- Southern approaches: King William Street, Gracechurch Street









