Small office space in the City of London: 801 and 1,236 sq ft

Requirements under 1,500 sq ft are often harder to place than larger ones. 38 Lombard Street has two floors that answer them, 801 sq ft on the sixth and approximately 1,236 sq ft on the third. For anyone weighing up small office space in the City of London, both are self-contained and available now.

Why the City holds so much of it

Christopher Wren's plan to rebuild the City after the fire of 1666 with wide avenues and piazzas was rejected as impractical, and London went back up more or less on its old street lines. That decision still shapes plots and floorplates today. It is also why a passage such as Change Alley survives, cutting between Cornhill and Lombard Street, once the shortcut from the Royal Exchange to the Post Office.

A square mile that empties at night

The City covers 1.12 square miles, about 2.9 square kilometres, which makes it the smallest city in the United Kingdom by area. Roughly 8,600 people live in it, against a working population of well over half a million who arrive each morning. Very little in the Square Mile is more than a short walk from anything else.

What the two floors give you

At approximately 801 sq ft the sixth floor is L-shaped and efficient, with excellent natural light and a terrace of its own. The third floor, approximately 1,236 sq ft, is open plan and works as 12 desks with an eight-person meeting room, a phone booth and a tea point. Each is offered CAT A, and a landlord-led fitout comes with any deal.

Take one floor or both, and see the available space at 38 Lombard Street for the full picture.

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