Shakespeare Tower
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Shakespeare Tower is a residential skyscraper, part of the Barbican Estate in the City of London. It is 123 metres (403 feet) tall with 43 floors, and is the 14th tallest building in London (along with its two Barbican Estate companion buildings, Cromwell Tower and Lauderdale Tower). It was completed in 1976 and named after William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare tower, along with the rest of the Barbican estate, was Grade II listed in 2001.
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[edit] Nearby rail and Tube
- Barbican (Thameslink trains bound for Moorgate stop here, but not when outbound from Moorgate)
- Liverpool Street station
- Barbican (Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines) - zone 1.
- Moorgate station (Northern Line (between Old Street and Bank), Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines
- St. Paul's tube station (Central Line)
- Farringdon station ( Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines