Cannon Street

Cannon Street is a road in the south of the City of London. It runs roughly parallel with the River Thames, and about 250 metres north of it. It starts at St Paul's Cathedral, and goes east, meeting Queen Victoria Street near Mansion House underground station, passing Cannon Street station, and finally meeting King William Street and Gracechurch Street near Monument tube station. In the late 19th century Cannon Street was occupied by large wholesale warehouses, especially of cotton goods and other fabrics. [1]

There is a street in Birmingham that, according to the archives of Birmingham Central Library, is named after the City of London street.

The London Stone was originally situated in the middle of Cannon Street - it now rests to the side of the street.

It is also the street upon which singer Marc Almond suffered a near fatal crash in 2004 whilst riding pillion on a motorcycle.