Charterhouse Street

It connects Charterhouse Square and Holborn Circus, crossing Farringdon Road and running along a number of historical sites, including Smithfield Market.

The nearest London Underground stations are Barbican near the east end of Charterhouse Street and Farringdon further west.

Charterhouse Street is also the home of a 31 MWe combined heat and power plant operated by Citigen[1] (E.ON) and located within and beneath the former PLA cold store.

[7] The 19th century Grade II listed Smithfield Market, designed by Victorian architect Sir Horace Jones, is the dominant architectural feature of the area.

[9] The Museum of London plans to move into the General Market Building on Smithfield when possible,[10] vacating its nearby Barbican site in December 2022.