Great Tower Street is a street in the City of London.
It forms an eastward continuation of Eastcheap starting at Idol Lane, and leads towards Byward Street, then Tower Hill. On Byward Street, opposite Great Tower Street, is the historic church All Hallows-by-the-Tower.
A public house called the Czar's Head used to stand at number 48, so named because Peter the Great used to drink there when he was learning ship-building at Deptford (Weinreb and Hibbert 1983: 331).
The street, prior to boundary changes in 2003, formed the centre of the City ward of Tower. Today it lies mostly in Billingsgate ward.
It is home to a number of restaurants and offices, including the southern entrance to the London Underwriting Centre at the corner with Mincing Lane.
The marathon route of the 2012 Summer Olympics is planned to pass along Great Tower Street.[1]
Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert (1983) The London Encyclopedia. Macmillan: London.