The area around Liverpool Street Station has always benefited from exemplary transport links. Up until 2022, these were the mainline train services into the heart of the City of London and four London Underground lines. The opening of the Elizabeth Line has made the area more accessible to whole swathes of west London and beyond, making it a true destination location and one of the best connected office sub-markets in the capital.  

The area began to evolve in the early 2000s with the promise of Crossrail. Today, it boasts some of the best examples of office design. These include Heron’s premier Salesforce Tower development, and LandSec’s 21 Moorfields - under development to become the new London headquarters for Deutsche Bank (which takes full advantage of its connectivity to the Liverpool Street Elizabeth Line) Station - and nearby boutique Dashwood Tower, offering truly adaptable office space. Additionally, British Land’s 100 Liverpool Street has been entirely re-imagined to create an exemplar working environment which is fully integrated into the Liverpool Street retail and leisure scene. These are just some examples of significant redevelopment and investment in the area.

Shoreditch and Spitalfields, immediately north east, rapidly became a hip neighbourhood to live, favoured particularly by a younger demographic, creatives, and burgeoning tech talent opting to live close to London’s growing tech cluster at Old Street Roundabout. As more former industrial buildings were converted to offices and flats, clubs and art galleries, the vibrancy of those passing through Liverpool Street Station to access London’s newest fashionable area boomed.

The growing food and leisure scene continues to spread outwards from Shoreditch and Spitalfields. British Land continues to invest into the location, transforming its Broadgate campus into a leading retail and leisure destination, not only for office workers but also for evening and weekend visitors. This has been achieved by the repositioning of Broadgate Circle, the opening of Eataly on Bishopsgate, and the transformation of the public realm. BoxHall City, an all-day social dining experience due to open in summer 2023, will offer yet more reasons to visit, while luxury hotels including Pan Pacific, Bespoke and Andaz in the area make it easier (and tempting) to stay.

Where do you get you caffeine fix?

SP: Notes has several London branches, but its location tucked away in Angel Court is somewhere to grab a few quiet moments with your favourite brew.

JH: I walk past Broadgate Circle every day to the office so am spoilt for choice, but you can’t go wrong at Grind or Beany Green.

Where’s the best place to eat?

SP: Le Relais de Venise Entrecote puts the emphasis on simplicity: your only choice is how you’d like your steak cooked. You can’t book so turn up early; it always does supremely well and everyone in the City knows and loves it.

JH: Eataly’s Italian food market and restaurant concept on Bishopsgate offers three different restaurants from grabbing a pizza and a pint, to having a steak cooked in front of you. It’s the perfect place to head with a big group as it caters to a range of palates and budgets.

What’s your hidden gem?

SP:  Finsbury Circus Gardens, the largest public open space in the City, was hidden away while the Elizabeth Line was delivered but has now reopened, and the City of London is undertaking plans to maximise its use to the public, meaning it will be an even better location to relax and recharge in the future.

JH: The tennis court next to the church at St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate is the area’s best kept secret, until now. More broadly, I think what this blog tells you is that the Liverpool Street Station area as a whole is a hidden gem, and along with its rich history serving the banks and financial sector of London, today has something for everyone. The location looks both towards the corporate traditional city core and also to the new dynamic northern fringe.

Further information

Contact Stuart Paterson or Jim Harper

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