Billingsgate
Bishopsgate Police Station
182 Bishopsgate
London EC2M 4NP
Your Ward's Priorities
Overview & brief
history
Billingsgate Ward is found within the boundary
defined by the river Thames, Lovat Lane, Fenchurch Street, Mark
Lane and Sugar Quay.
A cross section of premises includes banks,
offices, churches, sandwich bars & restaurants, public houses
and livery halls.
Some buildings of note are Plantation Place in
Fenchurch Street, Minster Court in Mincing Lane and the Northern
and Shell Building owned by Express Newspapers in Lower Thames
Street.Historical locations include the Old Billingsgate Fish
Market, Customs House, Sugar Quay, the Watermen and Lightermens
Hall, all of which have close connections with the river.
Centennium House in Lower Thames Street has Roman baths within
their basement foundations. St Dunstan’s Church in St Dunstan’s
Hill, having been partly destroyed in World War II, is now a
peaceful garden.