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Buried Coins, A Bronze Statesman, A Brand New Scheme
Locksmith New Fetter Lane: Where Builders Once Struck Genuine Treasure
Workmen digging foundations here once unearthed a pot full of coins nobody's fully explained since, and a striking new development has only just finished taking shape nearby. Call 020 8534 4949 for a locksmith who knows this street well.
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Why New Fetter Lane Is Different
A pot of coins nobody planned on finding
So, in 1908, workmen excavating foundations for a new building near here made a discovery nobody was expecting. Buried beneath the ground sat a pot containing forty-six coins, sealed away and forgotten long before anyone alive at the time had been born. The find eventually entered the British Museum's own collection, where it's still referenced today as a small, genuinely unsolved piece of local history, a reminder that London's streets keep secrets at almost every depth.
Even so, where New Fetter Lane actually joins its older neighbour carries its own landmark too. A statue stands precisely at that junction, commemorating a City politician and former Lord Mayor remembered for an outspoken, controversial career that stretched across journalism and parliamentary politics alike. Erected in 1988, it quietly marks the exact point where one street becomes the other.
Printing History, Then A Brand New Chapter
Even so, this stretch carried real industrial weight too. Monotype, a major name in printing and typesetting technology, kept its longtime headquarters at number 43, a building eventually destroyed during bombing raids in 1941. Decades later, this area saw change again, this time through deliberate redevelopment rather than wartime destruction. A substantial new scheme between numbers 100 and 108 brought fresh office space, a sunken garden, and newly reworked pedestrian routes, with the whole project concluding as recently as 2024. We're concerned with something considerably less ambitious. A lock on New Fetter Lane gets fixed properly, whatever treasure or redevelopment happens to be nearby.
Need something sorted now? Lockout help for a shut door, a repair booking for one that's just tired, our night line at any hour.
What New Fetter Lane Businesses & Residents Call About
What this street brings us
Offices Within Modern Developments
Even so, significant stretches of this street now carry recent commercial schemes. Security here reflects that newer layout, never applied generically.
Book aheadBuildings Near The Older Junction
Even so, older architecture survives closer to where this street meets its historic neighbour. We treat each on its own terms, never as interchangeable doors.
Book aheadShops Serving A Busy Office Population
Trade here leans heavily on steady footfall from the surrounding commercial towers. A quick lock replacement keeps a jammed unit from losing that custom.
Same-day priorityFlats Tucked Among The Offices
A handful of residential entrances persist among the commercial buildings here. Each one gets properly assessed, not lumped in with the units nearby.
Book aheadBroken Or Snapped Keys
A broken key doesn't always release easily from the older locks here. Our guide explains how we free one carefully.
Call nowEvening Lockouts
Once the working day ends, this street quietens down quickly. That makes no difference to how fast we respond.
Call nowA point worth making clearly: duplicate keys and card or intercom setup both fall to other specialists, not us. The managing agent's own contacts handle those.
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Busy by day, genuinely still by night
Even so, daytime brings a steady flow of office workers moving through this stretch toward Holborn Circus.
Come evening, that movement all but stops, leaving the street notably quiet.
Either way, we keep to the same method. Patient, gentle techniques come first, with a drill held back as a genuine last resort.
What's gone wrong with your key decides how we approach it. See broken keys for one situation, lost keys for the other.
Around New Fetter Lane
What this street connects to
The Wesley schism's own story, south of here.
The wider postcode this street sits within.
North, toward Holborn Circus.
South, past the older junction.
East of this street.
South-east of here.
What We Do
Services across New Fetter Lane
What A Building Site Can Still Turn Up
Buried coins, a bronze politician, and office towers finished only recently
Most streets settle into one fixed character and stay there. This one keeps adding new layers, from a forgotten pot of coins to office towers that only finished construction within the last couple of years.
The 1908 coin discovery and its wider context are covered by this account of the area's own history. Details of the recent redevelopment nearby appear in this planning record of the scheme itself.
A lock gets a much simpler read from us than any of that history. Its own condition is what matters, whatever century it happens to belong to.
Uncertain what your own lock needs? Walk us through what it's doing and we'll be upfront about what we think.
The Process
Booking a locksmith New Fetter Lane callout
- Send us the detailsYour address, the unit, and a sense of what's wrong.
- We sort accessAny required sign-off gets arranged before we travel.
- Inspecting properlyPricing follows a genuine look at the door, not before.
- Confirming the fixBoth lock and door get tested before we leave.
Access & Traffic
Getting to you along New Fetter Lane
This street carries steady traffic heading toward Holborn Circus, with loading restrictions in force throughout.
Chancery Lane and City Thameslink stations both lie within easy walking distance, often the quicker option when surface roads are congested.
Weekday daytime hours bring the street's main activity. Evenings settle into real quiet. We plan each visit around whichever applies.
Why People Call Us
What New Fetter Lane tenants and residents rely on us for
- We check what's fitted, not the backstory. A building's history doesn't change what's needed on the door today.
- Patient before forceful. A drill only comes out once nothing gentler has worked.
- Comfortable near a major landmark. Even so, fresh developments and extra foot traffic don't slow us down.
- Homes matter here too. A residential job gets exactly what a commercial one does.
- Clear about our limits. Spare keys and access-system setup go to someone else.
- Reachable at any hour. Busy trading day or a quiet evening, it's the same to us.
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Common Questions
A Pot Of Coins, Dug Up By Accident
Did workmen genuinely stumble on buried treasure near here?
Yes, in 1908, while digging foundations for a new building.
What exactly did they find?
Forty-six coins, sealed inside a pot and left undisturbed for generations.
Where does that discovery sit today?
In the British Museum's own collection, still studied as a small mystery.
A Statue Marking Where Two Streets Meet
Is there a specific landmark where this street joins its older neighbour?
Yes, a statue stands precisely at that junction.
Who does that statue actually depict?
A City politician and former Lord Mayor, remembered for his outspoken career.
Has this stretch seen genuinely recent redevelopment too?
Yes, a substantial new scheme completed its work here in 2024.
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Which stretch does this page actually cover?
New Fetter Lane itself, running north toward Holborn Circus.
Do you work on period buildings as well as modern offices here?
We do. This street has a genuine mix, and each building gets assessed on its own terms.
Can you reach a lockout during a busy weekday?
We can, though finishing on foot often works out faster once this stretch gets congested.
Is weekend cover realistic in a mostly commercial area?
Yes, every day, regardless of how quiet the street is.
Do you handle residential premises as well as offices here?
Yes, though commercial work accounts for most of what we're called out for on this street.
What if my building has its own security procedures?
Let us know what they involve beforehand and we'll plan the visit around them.
A pot of coins sat buried here for generations before anyone noticed. We'd rather your lock needed no digging at all, just a proper fix.
Office, shop or flat on New Fetter Lane — get in touch, and we'll send the right engineer.