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Bank junction is a major road junction in the City of London, the historic and financial centre of London, at which nine streets converge on an area where traffic is controlled by traffic lights and give-way lines.The streets which originate at Bank junction are:Threadneedle Street (northeast, towards Bishopsgate)Cornhill (east, towards Leadenhall Street)Lombard Street (southeast, towards Gracechurch Street, leading to King William Street)Mansion House Place (south, runs to the east of Mansion House)Walbrook (south, towards Cannon Street)Mansion House Street (west, effectively part of the junction, leading to Poultry and Queen Victoria Street)Queen Victoria Street (southwest, towards Blackfriars)Poultry (west, towards Cheapside)Prince's Street (northwest, towards Moorgate)King William Street, a major thoroughfare, begins just south of the junction, leading off Lombard Street.Standing on the northeast corner of Bank junction is the Bank of England, headquartered on Threadneedle Street since 1734 and thus sometimes known by the metonym The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, or simply The Old Lady.