Great Tower Street

It forms an eastern continuation of Eastcheap starting at Idol Lane, and leads towards Byward Street and Tower Hill.

A public house called the Czar's Head used to stand at No.

48, so named because Peter the Great used to drink there when he was learning shipbuilding at Deptford.

Great Tower Street is home to a number of restaurants and offices, including the southern entrance to No.

It formed part of the marathon course of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Great Tower Street, looking towards All Hallows-by-the-Tower and Tower of London
The Hung Drawn and Quartered, a traditional pub on Great Tower Street. The name alludes to the fate of traitors to be hanged, drawn and quartered at nearby Tower Hill .