Queen Street is a street in the

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which runs between

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at its southern end to

Cheapside Cheapside is a street in the City of London, the historic and modern financial centre of London, which forms part of the A40 London to Fishguard road. It links St. Martin's Le Grand with Poultry. Near its eastern end at Bank junction, where ...

in the north. The thoroughfares of Queen Street and King Street (a northward continuation of Queen Street beyond Cheapside) were newly laid out, cutting across more ancient routes in the City, following the Great Fire of London in 1666; they were the only notable new streets following the fire's destruction of much of the City. At the lower (southern) end of Queen Street is

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. The

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is located at No. 33. At the upper (northern) end the street crosses Cheapside and becomes King Street, which leads to

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and the

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. This creates a direct route from the

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at Southwark Bridge up to the Guildhall. Queen Street meets the newer Queen Victoria Street as well as

Cannon Street Cannon Street is a road in the City of London, the historic nucleus of London and its modern financial centre. It runs roughly parallel with the River Thames, about north of it, in the south of the City. It is the site of the ancient London ...

. Minor roads off the street include Skinners Lane (the home of the

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) and Cloak Lane. Two short sections of the street are

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, which together with a pedestrian-priority crossing of Cannon Street, forms a "Central Plaza" area. This was part of an award-winning public realm improvement scheme undertaken in 2006. This pedestrianised part of Queen Street has been used as a location for a number of art events organised by the

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and the London Architectural Biennale. Queen Street and King Street form part of an important route on the

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which continues south over Southwark Bridge and north towards

Moorgate Moorgate was one of the City of London's northern gates in its defensive wall, the last to be built. The gate took its name from the Moorfields, an area of marshy land that lay immediately north of the wall. The gate was demolished in 1762, bu ...

. Queen Street runs through the wards of

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and Cordwainer, and is in the

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area EC4. King Street is in the ward of

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and in postcode area EC2. King Street formed part of the marathon course of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The women's Olympic marathon took place on 5 August and the men's on 12 August. The four Paralympic marathons were held on 9 September.

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