Street in Holborn, London
High Holborn in 1984. On the right is Staple Inn , with its distinctive timber-framed façade, and in the centre of the street is the Royal London Fusiliers Monument Princess Louise public house, High HolbornHigh Holborn ( HOH -bərnHolborn and Farringdon Without , Central London , which forms a part of the A40 route from London to Fishguard . It starts in the west at the eastern end of St Giles High Street and runs past the Kingsway and Southampton Row , becoming Holborn at its eastern junction with Gray's Inn Road . The western stretch, as far as Drury Lane , was formerly known as Broad Street.[ 1] [ 2]
The nearest London Underground stations are Tottenham Court Road , Holborn , and Chancery Lane , all on the Central line which runs beneath High Holborn.
Landmarks along High Holborn include the Cittie of Yorke , at no. 22, and the Embassy of Cuba , at no. 167.[ 3]
The street was a "Feature site" for introduction of the Camden bench .[ 4]
High Holborn is the highest point in the City of London . At 22 metres (72 feet) above sea level, High Holborn is the lowest county top in England, if one considers the City a county.
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High Holborn at Wikimedia Commons
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