Situated in central London between the West End and the City, Holborn has everything from historic buildings and world-famous streets to museums, art galleries, markets and theatres, including the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Holborn, in part, survived the Great Fire of London in 1666, and so its past is preserved in buildings such as the magnificent Staple Inn. Dating back to 1586, it's a familiar landmark with its jumbled, black-and-white half-timbered frontage overhanging the ground-level shops of High Holborn. In Ely Place, the church of St Ethelreda is more than 700 years old. And The Old Curiosity Shop, off Lincoln's Inn Fields, is thought to be central London's oldest shop. Built around 1567, it's reputedly the very one immortalised in Dickens' novel. Dickens lived locally - his Doughty Street house is open to visitors, as is the 17th Century Gough Square home of Dr Samuel Johnson, who produced the first English dictionary, and Prince Henry, Duke of Cornwall's office in a 1611 timber-framed house in Fleet Street. Composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was born in Theobalds Road. Four Inns of Court show Holborn's importance in the legal world. Lincoln's Inn, with its 15th Century buildings and lawns, is especially peaceful.
Attraction
Gresham College
Sir John Soane's Museum
Budget
LSE High Holborn *book online*
Charity
AFTAID - Aid for the Aged in Distress
Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Cancer Research
Children with Leukaemia
Deafness Research UK
The Migraine Trust
Church
St Andrew Holborn
St Etheldreda Roman Catholic Church
Classes
Club
Conference Centre
CBI Conference Centre
Holborn Gate
Estate Agent
Health and Fitness Club
Pub and Bar
Axis Restaurant and Bar
Cittie of Yorke
Creation Restaurant and Bar
Lamb
Old Red Lion
Perseverance
Retox Bar
Three Compasses
Tooks Wine Bar and Restaurant
Traffic
Restaurant
115 at Hodgsons
Axis Restaurant and Bar
Blue Door Bistro
Chez Gerard, Chancery Lane
Cigala
Creation Restaurant and Bar
Harlequin Restaurant
Hason Raja
Hason Raja
Jamies - Kingsway
Jurys Great Russell Street
L'Osteria 57
Parker Place
Pearl Restaurant & Bar
QC Restaurant
Retox Bar
Spaghetti House Sicilian Avenue
The Chef's Table
The Gaucho Grill
The Terrace
Tooks Wine Bar and Restaurant
Tuttons Brasserie
Wagamama
School
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
St Alban's C of E Primary School
St George The Martyr C of E Primary School
Self-Catering
Chancery Lane
Citadines Apartments Covent Garden
Solicitor
Bevan Kidwell
Healys Solicitors
Irwan Mitchell With Braby & Waller
Louis Ssekkono Solicitors
McLee & Co Solicitors
Taxi
Venue
Shops
Blackwell Books
Oddbins
Brooks & Brooks
4th Floor
Visionary Living
Longmans
Bonny Blooms
Boots
Rymans
Evans Cycles
Carphone Warehouse
Blacks
Thorntons
Folk
Lombok
James Smith & Sons
Antiques
Argenteus
Brian L
Collins B L
Feldman R Ltd
Jewell S & H Ltd
Koopman Rare Art
Linden & Co Antiques Ltd
Mammon C & T
Shure David & Co
Stodel S & J
Activities
Spice London Activity Club(Adventure)
Places to Stay near Holborn
Citadines Apartments Covent Garden (0.08 miles)
This apartment hotel is ideally located in one of London's liveliest and most attractive areas just a short walk from Holborn Underground Station and a few minutes away from Covent ... More
Chancery Court Hotel London (0.09 miles)
Kingsway Hall Hotel (0.10 miles)
Travelodge London Covent Garden (0.21 miles)
Situated on Drury Lane, the 3 star Travelodge Covent Garden offers an ideal hotel choice for lone travellers to families seeking affordable accommodation. From the hotel, guests are within walking distance of Covent Garden, Holborn, ... More | visit website
Park Inn Russell Square (0.22 miles)
The Park Inn London, Russell Square has a prime central London location in close proximity to the West End theatre and shopping districts, the city and attractions such as the ... More
Fielding Hotel (0.25 miles)
The Fielding Hotel is situated in a charming pedestrian street that still retains its 19th century gas lamps, just opposite the Royal Opera House, it is a haven of peace and quiet in the midst ... More | visit website
LSE High Holborn (0.26 miles)
Located in the heart of London just off Oxford Street, High Holborn is a pupose built residence offering bed and breakfast accommodation to all. It is in the heart of ... More
Beauchamp Hotel (0.27 miles)
A new addition to the Grange Hotels portfolio, The Beauchamp combines traditional elegance with contemporary style and modern décor, all complemented by a range of business and leisure services and ... More
Thanet Hotel (0.30 miles)
The Thanet Hotel is a friendly, family run Bed&Breakfast hotel, open between the hours 7:00 and 24:00. Please check-in before midnight . All 16 Bedrooms have a private shower and WC ... More
Montague on the Gardens (0.32 miles)
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