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Station guide

Liverpool Street station

  • Zone1
  • Step-freePartly step-free
  • Toilets4 listed
  • Nearby places27

Liverpool Street is a Zone 1 station on the Central, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines, where you can also change for the Elizabeth line, the Weaver line and National Rail services. Places within a short walk include Finsbury Circus Gardens, Finsbury Square and British Red Cross Museum, as well as the statues of George Peabody, Paul Julius Reuter and James Henry Greathead.

The busy main concourse of Liverpool Street station under its glass and iron roof
Inside Liverpool Street station. Photo: George Morina / Pexels

What's near Liverpool Street

27 places within about 650 m, nearest first. Straight-line distances; est. walking times are our estimates. How we measure.

Sights and landmarks

  • Bank of England520 m · est. 8 min walk · route
  • Guildhall630 m · est. 10 min walk · route

Museums and galleries

  • British Red Cross Museum free entry*420 m · est. 7 min walk · route
  • Bank of England Museum free entry*470 m · est. 8 min walk · route
  • Dennis Severs' House540 m · est. 9 min walk · route
  • Guildhall Art Gallery free entry*600 m · est. 10 min walk · route
  • Museum of Shakespeare640 m · est. 10 min walk · route

Parks, gardens and squares

  • Finsbury Circus Gardensedge 180 m · est. 3 min walk · route
  • Finsbury Squareedge 400 m · est. 6 min walk · route
  • The Garden at 120 free entry*edge 560 m · est. 9 min walk · route
  • Fen Courtedge 570 m · est. 9 min walk · route
  • St Alphage Gardensedge 630 m · est. 10 min walk · route

Markets

  • Broadgate Farmers' Market250 m · est. 4 min walk · route
  • Leadenhall Market520 m · est. 8 min walk · route
  • Wentworth Street Market580 m · est. 9 min walk · route
  • Old Spitalfields Market590 m · est. 10 min walk · route

Statues

  • Kindertransport – The Arrival (statue)50 m · est. 1 min walk · route
  • George Peabody (statue)450 m · est. 7 min walk · route
  • Paul Julius Reuter (statue)470 m · est. 8 min walk · route
  • James Henry Greathead (statue)560 m · est. 9 min walk · route

Memorials and monuments

  • Great Eastern Railway War Memorial90 m · est. 1 min walk · route
  • For the Child90 m · est. 1 min walk · route
  • St Mary Axe400 m · est. 6 min walk · route
  • Moorgate train crash440 m · est. 7 min walk · route

Viewpoints

  • Horizon 22 free entry*330 m · est. 5 min walk · route
  • The Lookout370 m · est. 6 min walk · route
  • Terrace (One Leadenhall)480 m · est. 8 min walk · route

*Free entry according to OpenStreetMap. Place data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Report or fix a place.

Map

Squares: 2 entrance points from TfL data (approximate). About the map. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Step-free access

Partly step-free. For the Underground, step-free for eastbound Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan line trains only (mini ramp). The Elizabeth line has level access and the Weaver line (London Overground) needs a staff ramp. TfL notes some early, late and weekend Elizabeth line trains use the National Rail platforms.

Summarised from TfL's Step-free Tube guide (October 2026 edition).

Getting on and off the train

PlatformBoarding (TfL station data)
Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan line · Eastbound Platform 1 (towards Barking and Liverpool Street)Level access to the train
Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan line · Westbound Platform 2Not listed in TfL data
Central line · Eastbound Platform 4Not listed in TfL data
Central line · Westbound Platform 5Not listed in TfL data

TfL's notes for this station

“You can only enter and exit the eastbound Hammersmith & City, Circle and Metropolitan lines platform.”

Quoted from TfL's open data.

Live lift status on TfL

Lifts can be out of service. How we read TfL's step-free data.

Changing trains here

  • Services here, from TfL's data: Central line, Circle line, Hammersmith & City line, Metropolitan line, Elizabeth line, Weaver line and National Rail.
  • Short walk to Moorgate: 7 minutes (480 m) on TfL's walking map.

From TfL data. All interchange tips.

Toilets

TfL's station data (dated 20 October 2026) lists 4 toilets here:

TypeWhereDetails
MaleNational Rail ticket halloutside the ticket gates, not run by TfL
FemaleNational Rail ticket halloutside the ticket gates, not run by TfL
All GendersNational Rail ticket hallaccessible, baby changing, outside the ticket gates, not run by TfL
Baby ChangingNational Rail ticket hallbaby changing, outside the ticket gates, not run by TfL

Lines and next stops

TfL's data lists this station as served by the Night Tube on Friday and Saturday nights. Not every line through a station runs at night, so check TfL before you rely on a late train.

Facilities listed by TfL

Ticket Halls3
Lifts1
Escalators9
Car parkno
WiFiyes

TfL facility listing; may lag.

Walking to nearby stations

TfL walking times

From TfL's own City of London walking map (May 2025). These are TfL's times, not our estimates, and TfL says the routes are step-free.

Walk toTimeDistanceNote
Moorgate7 min480 m

Nearest other Tube stations

  • Moorgate · 370 m straight line · est. 6 min walk
  • Aldgate · 620 m straight line · est. 10 min walk
  • Bank · 670 m straight line · est. 11 min walk
  • Monument · 770 m straight line · est. 13 min walk

est. = our estimate. How we measure · TfL walking times.

Official information

For live arrivals, lift status, opening hours and the full list of facilities, see TfL's page for Liverpool Street. Plan journeys with TfL's journey planner.

Last checked 24 October 2026. Our data and method.