This neighbourhood is located in the Moorgate area, just east of the Barbican complex, as well as southwest of the intersection between Chiswell Street and Moorgate. The main streets crossing the area are Moor Lane and Ropemaker Street, going north-south and east-west respectively. The area is incredibly built-up and consists largely of modern office buildings, with a few glass skyscrapers dominating the skyline. The 127-metre CityPoint is the tallest building in the area. Others include the Heron (also known as Milton Court), a 36-floor residential building, as well as the 20-floor office tower at Ropemaker Place. Yet all these are dwarfed by the numerous towers of over 200m which can be found just a few blocks east. Meanwhile, the street-level tends to be filled with eateries for City workers as well as restaurants and bars for concert-goers.

CityPoint, on 1 Ropemaker Street, is the seventh-tallest building in the City. Completed in 1967 and originally called Britannic House, it was the first building in the City of London to exceed the height of St. Paul’s Cathedral. It housed British Petroleum’s headquarters for 24 years until they moved back to Finsbury Circus nearby. It was later refurbished in 2000 and reopened as CityPoint. The 35-floor building temporarily broke a record for the most expensive building sale in the United Kingdom, going for £650 million in 2007.

In 1975, the Moorgate Tube crash killed 43 people in the worst peacetime disaster on the London Underground. A memorial was unveiled in Finsbury Square in 2013, some 38 years after the incident.

Milton Court is a 36-floor tower providing 285 luxury apartments with access to Guildhall School of Music and Drama. The building is also connected to a performing arts portion with a 608-seat Concert Hall, a 223-seat Theatre and a 128-seat Studio Theatre. In addition, there are several rehearsal rooms, office and meeting spaces as well as public foyers.

Not many people live in the area – those who do most likely reside in Milton Court or the few high-rise tower blocks. Overall, the area is a safe and well-connected part of London, with Moorgate’s offices to the east, and the cultural Barbican to the west. This, of course, does bring with it large congestion during day-time weekdays. However, this drops tremendously after work hours. The above ground connections to the Barbican is also a convenient way of escaping traffic, though for ground-level shops this requires a (brief) walk to nearby Liverpool Street and Spitalfields, which is alive throughout the week.

The Elizabeth line opened in May 2022 taking passengers west to Heathrow via Paddington, and east to Abbey Wood or Shenfield. Train journeys to Canary Wharf now take only six minutes where they once took twelve. While the new line officially stops at Liverpool street and Farringdon, which are both a ten minute walk from here, the platform stretches so far from Liverpool street, that commuters can gain access through an extra entrance at Moorgate. The new entrance will include an eight storey mixed-use commercial development to be built above it.