This area is the beating heart of London’s financial history. Just down the street, the Bank of England has its own museum, and it’s free to enter. You’ll see gold bars and a glass floor you can walk over—a tiny thrill for history nerds.
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For a literary nod, Charles Dickens worked nearby as a law clerk. Imagine him scribbling Oliver Twist in a coffee house just around the corner. The hotel’s name itself—St Mary At Hill—is a leftover from a 12th-century church. You’re sleeping in a storybook.