One of the most powerful gathering areas of top - class resources such as world - class financial centers, transportation, shopping, and business.
This area has 4 medical centers, over 100 supermarkets of various sizes, over 100 restaurants, over 10 museums, more than 50 subway stations, and 6 subway lines. It enjoys the top - quality resources in London.
From 2016 to 2020, there was an overall fluctuating upward trend. Among them, it reached a peak in 2017, started to decline in 2018, with a decline of 16.9% in 2019, and the cumulative decline turned into an increase of 12.9% by 2020. Despite the pandemic, the real estate in the financial district still maintained an upward trend.
In 2013, London ranked first in the world. It has the world's largest foreign exchange market. In 2013, London's average daily foreign exchange trading accounted for 41% of the world's share. It is also the world's largest OTC financial derivatives trading market, with the average daily trading volume accounting for almost 50% of the world's share in 2013. At the same time, London is also the world's second-largest international insurance market, with the oldest stock exchange and gold market.
This block is located on the north side of the mother river Thames in the core area of London, with a postal code starting with E1. It is the most important financial center in the UK
This area has gathered a large number of industry elites in finance, law, insurance and other fields. Every day, 300,000 people flock to this area to work. Most of the residents are office workers and young people who like bustling commercial centers.
According to the police report figures from December 2017 and December 2016, the only area with an 'improvement in public safety' is the City of London. The number of serious crimes decreased by 5% year-on-year. From June 2019 to 2020, there were 8,268 recorded crimes in the City of London, with a crime rate of 879 per thousand people. In contrast, there were 92,800 crimes across the whole of London, with a crime rate of 103.12 per thousand people. The crime rate in the City of London is higher than that of London as a whole, and most of the crimes involve knives and motorcycles.
There are 4 public schools here, of which 2 are rated as excellent "OUTSTANDING" by the UK's Ofsted agency. There are 2 nearby private schools, City of London School and St Paul's Cathedral School.
30 St. Mary Axe is a skyscraper located in the City of London, the financial hub of the UK. It is nicknamed 'The Gherkin' and its official name is 'Swiss Re Tower'.
The largest registered bank in Hong Kong, China, and one of the three major note issuing banks in Hong Kong (the other two being Bank of China (Hong Kong) and Standard Chartered Bank). Headquartered at 1 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong HSBC Headquarters Building, HSBC and its subsidiaries currently have over 700 branches and offices in the Asia Pacific region.
This is quite lively, gathering for work, easy to rent, and convenient for children to go to work.
This is the economic center of the world, and you can buy it with your eyes closed to preserve its value.
A particularly fierce air raid in December 1940 led to a conflagration known as the 'Second Great Fire of London'. There was a large-scale reconstruction plan in the decades after the war. In the 1970s, the City of London began to build high-rise office buildings, including the 47-story National Westminster Tower, which is 600 feet (180 meters) tall and was the first skyscraper in the UK.
The British government established the 'Royal Commission on the Amalgamation of the City of London and the County of London' to study the merger of the City of London with the surrounding County of London (established in 1889). However, due to the change of the central government in Westminster, this proposal was not implemented. Therefore, although the City of London is located within the Greater London area, and the British government has repeatedly reformed the local government structure before and after, the City of London still remains as a political entity.
Christopher Wren's masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral, was completed on his birthday. However, the church held its first service on December 2, 1697, ten years earlier. The new St. Paul's Cathedral building replaced the old St. Paul's Church that was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. The new church is regarded as one of the most exquisite churches in the UK and an excellent example of Baroque architecture.
Sir Thomas Gresham founded the Royal Exchange, which became an important gathering place for London merchants. Although the building now serves other purposes, its location at the intersection of Cornhill Street and Threadneedle Street remains the geographical center of London's main industries, banking and financial services.
After William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings, he marched towards London and reached Southwark, which is across the river from the City of London. However, he was resisted by the London garrison and couldn't cross London Bridge. William built three castles in London to control the citizens of the city: the Tower of London, Baynard's Castle, and Montfichet's Tower.
The main area of this block is apartments, and the development of the area is relatively mature, mostly consisting of second-hand houses.
