For many people, the centre of London comprises of some of the capital's best loved attractions, and its financial and governmental institutions. A lot of business is concentrated around the WC1, WC2 and EC1 - EC4 postcodes, which are consistent with the original boundaries of the City of London.
Situated within the WC1 and WC2 postcodes are its theatres, some of its museums and academic institutions. Within the EC1 - EC4 postcodes is the Barbican, the City of London and the Bank of England. At one time, most of our national newspapers were situated there, on Fleet Street.
Today, any establishment in the above postcodes is in a sought after address. They are ideally situated for the British Museum, the delights of St. Paul's Cathedral, Covent Garden and Oxford Street. It is no small wonder as to why this part of Central London is popular for hotels and conferences. The amount of hotels, meeting rooms and conference venues speaks for themselves.
Within Central London, it is possible to hold your meeting in the Gherkin or Old Billingsgate Market, and be able to take in a West End show. Or you could hire The British Museum and take tea in the Savoy. The British Museum, besides having an eight million item collection of national importance has two lecture theatres and a further four meeting rooms.
Post-conference or meeting, there is plenty to see and do around Central London. There's the joys of St. Paul's Cathedral, the Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, and the National Gallery. By night, its wealth of restaurants, theatres and cinemas around Soho and Piccadilly Circus. Real fringe benefits of a first rate conference venue.
How else does one explore Central London? By taxi. By bus, a myriad of routes. On the London Underground, anywhere inside the Circle line and alongside the Piccadilly, Northern, Bakerloo, Jubilee and Central lines criss cross the city. By rail, frequent Thameslink trains provide a north to south connection via City station. Rail links to the more central Underground lines are impeccable, from all main London termini.
With a wide range of attractions, highly accessible transport links, and world class conference venues, Central London has a lot going for it, by the very bucketload.
