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Clerkenwell Road is a street in London.
It runs west–east fromGray's Inn Road in the west, toGoswell Road in the east. Its continuation at either end isTheobald's Road andOld Street respectively.
Clerkenwell Road and Theobalds Road were constructed by theMetropolitan Board of Works in 1874–78 as the central portion of an intended cross-capital arterial road, linking the West End and East End.[1]
The road is served by London Bus routes55,243 and night routeN55.
TheColumbia Graphophone Company established its headquarters and studios in Victorian warehouses at 102-108 Clerkenwell Road shortly before the First World War, and the buildings were a key location in the development of the British recording industry until the 1930s.[2]