Category: WC2

Houghton Street, WC2A

Houghton Street is a street which has been ’demoted’ over time.

Newport Court, WC2H

Newport Court was laid out approximately on the site of the courtyard of Newport House.

Ivybridge Lane, WC2N

Ivybridge Lane is named after a former ivy-covered bridge.

Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H

Shaftesbury Avenue was named after Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Victorian politician and philanthropist.

Denmark Place, WC2H

Denmark Place was an alleyway one block north of Denmark Street.

Centre Point, WC2H

Centre Point is a controversial 1960s-built tower block.

Trafalgar Square, WC2N

Trafalgar Square commemorates Horatio Nelson’s 1805 victory at the Battle of Trafalgar.

Sardinia Street, WC2B

Sardinia Street, formerly Duke Street, was a street that ran from Prince’s Street in the south to the western side of Lincoln’s Inn Fields in the north.

Aldwych, WC2B

The name Aldwych derives from the Old English eald and wic meaning ’old trading town’ or ’old marketplace’; the name was later applied to the street and district.

Norfolk Street, WC2R

Norfolk Street ran from the Strand in the north to the River Thames and, after the Victoria Embankment was built (1865–1870), to what is now Temple Place.