Holborn Viaduct, London

Name: Holborn Viaduct
Address: London, United Kingdom

#1321 among attractions in London

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Facts and practical information

Holborn Viaduct is a road bridge in London and the name of the street which crosses it. It links Holborn, via Holborn Circus, with Newgate Street, in the City of London financial district, passing over Farringdon Street and the subterranean River Fleet. The viaduct spans the steep-sided Holborn Hill and the River Fleet valley at a length of 1,400 feet and 80 feet wide. City surveyor William Haywood was the architect and the engineer was Rowland Mason Ordish. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°31'2"N, 0°6'17"W

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City of London (Farringdon Without)London United Kingdom

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Holborn Viaduct – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fabric, Leather Lane, St Bartholomew-the-Great, Paternoster Square.

~1040 ftNE
Nightlife, Dancing
Fabric, London
6 min walk • fabric is a nightclub in Farringdon, London, England. Founded in 1999 on Charterhouse Street opposite Smithfield Market, the club was voted World Number 1 Club in DJ Magazine's "Top 100 Clubs Poll" in 2007 and 2008 and ranked World Number 2 in 2009, 2010 and 2017.
~1130 ftNW
Shopping, Shopping district
Leather Lane, London
6 min walk • Leather Lane is a street west of Hatton Garden, in the Holborn area of London. It is home to a well-used weekday market which specialises in clothing, footwear and fruit and vegetables.
~1360 ftNE
Church, Romanesque architecture, Reportedly haunted
St Bartholomew-the-Great, London
7 min walk • The Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great, sometimes abbreviated to Great St Bart's, is a mediaeval church in the Church of England's Diocese of London located in Smithfield within the City of London.
~1490 ftSE
Square
Paternoster Square, London
8 min walk • Paternoster Square is an urban development, owned by the Mitsubishi Estate Co. next to St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London. The area, which takes its name from Paternoster Row, once centre of the London publishing trade, was devastated by aerial bombardment in The Blitz during the Second World War.
~1150 ftSW
Nightlife
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, London
6 min walk • Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese is a Grade II listed public house at 145 Fleet Street, on Wine Office Court, City of London. Rebuilt shortly after the Great Fire of 1666, the pub is known for its literary associations, with its regular patrons having included Charles Dickens, G.K. Chesterton and Mark Twain.
~580 ftE
Church
St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, London
3 min walk • Holy Sepulchre London formerly and in some official uses Saint Sepulchre-without-Newgate is the largest Anglican parish church in the City of London.
~750 ftS
Christopher Wren, Church, Baroque architecture
St Bride's Church, London
4 min walk • St Bride's Church is a church in the City of London, England. The building's most recent incarnation was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672 in Fleet Street in the City of London, though Wren's original building was largely gutted by fire during the London Blitz in 1940.
~890 ftSE
Edwardian architecture
Old Bailey, London
5 min walk • The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, commonly referred to as the Old Bailey after the street on which it stands, is a criminal court building in central London, one of several that houses the Crown Court of England and Wales.
~1170 ftS
Museum, History museum
Prince Henry's Room, London
6 min walk • Prince Henry's Room is situated on the first floor at the front of No. 17 Fleet Street, London. The house is one of the few surviving buildings in the City of London dating from before the Great Fire of London in 1666. It is a Grade II* Listed Building.
~720 ftE
Memorial
Golden Boy of Pye Corner, London
4 min walk • The Golden Boy of Pye Corner is a small late-17th-century monument located on the corner of Giltspur Street and Cock Lane in Smithfield, central London.
~970 ftE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Bartholomew-the-Less, London
5 min walk • St Bartholomew the Less was an Anglican parish in the City of London and the church of St Bartholomew's Hospital within the ancient hospital precincts.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Holborn Viaduct?

Nearby attractions include City Temple, London (2 min walk), St Andrew Holborn, London (3 min walk), St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, London (3 min walk), Golden Boy of Pye Corner, London (4 min walk).

How to get to Holborn Viaduct by public transport?

The nearest stations to Holborn Viaduct:

Bus

City Thameslink Station • Lines: 25, 8, N242, N25, N8 (2 min walk)
Holborn Circus • Lines: N242 (3 min walk)

Train

City Thameslink (4 min walk)
London Blackfriars (12 min walk)

Metro

Farringdon • Lines: Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan (6 min walk)
St. Paul's • Lines: Central (7 min walk)

Ferry

Blackfriars Pier • Lines: Rb6 (13 min walk)
Bankside Pier • Lines: Green Tour, Rb1, Rb1X, Rb2 (18 min walk)

Light rail

Bank Platform 10 • Lines: B-L, B-Wa (21 min walk)