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London Bridge

The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the between the and in since Roman times.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: road bridge across River Thames in London, opened in 1973
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Shard and The Tower of London.

Photo: Garry Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also referred to as London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a 72-storey mixed-use development supertall pyramid-shaped skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in , , that forms part of Quarter development. is situated 1,400 feet south of London Bridge.

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, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of , is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the in , England. is situated 2,600 feet east of London Bridge.

Archaeological site
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The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 at , close to the south bank of the Thames, by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men. is situated 1,700 feet west of London Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bankside and Southwark.

Quarter
is an area of , England, within the . is located on the southern bank of the , 1.5 miles east of , running from a little west of to just a short distance before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock.

Suburb
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is a district of situated on the south bank of the , forming the north-western part of the wider modern .

Quarter
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was a gate in the former defensive wall around the . The gate gave its name to High Street, the first stretch of the A11 road, that takes that name as it passes through the ancient, extramural Portsoken Ward of the City of London.

London Bridge

Latitude
51.50802° or 51° 30′ 29″ north
Longitude
-0.08768° or 0° 5′ 16″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Inception
March 16th, 1973
Open location code
9C3XGW56+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 378493707
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6619889
Wiki­data ID
Q130206
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“London Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Ura e Londrës”
  • Arabic: “جسر لندن”
  • Armenian: “Լոնդոնի կամուրջ”
  • Asturian: “Ponte de Londres”
  • Azerbaijani: “London körpüsü”
  • Basque: “Londresko zubia”
  • Belarusian: “Лёнданскі мост”
  • Belarusian: “Лонданскі мост”
  • Bengali: “লন্ডন ব্রিজ”
  • Bosnian: “Londonski most”
  • Breton: “London Bridge”
  • Bulgarian: “Лондонски мост”
  • Burmese: “လန်ဒန်တံတား”
  • Catalan: “merda”
  • Catalan: “Pont de Londres”
  • Central Kurdish: “پردی لەندەن”
  • Chinese: “伦敦桥”
  • Chinese: “倫敦橋”
  • Croatian: “Londonski most”
  • Czech: “London Bridge”
  • Danish: “London Bridge”
  • Dutch: “London Bridge”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى لندن”
  • Esperanto: “Ponto de Londono”
  • Estonian: “London Bridge”
  • Finnish: “London Bridge”
  • French: “pont de Londres”
  • French: “Pont de Londres”
  • Galician: “Ponte de Londres”
  • Georgian: “ლონდონის ხიდი”
  • German: “London Bridge”
  • Greek: “Γέφυρα του Λονδίνου”
  • Hebrew: “גשר לונדון”
  • Hindi: “लंदन ब्रिज”
  • Hungarian: “London Bridge”
  • Ido: “London-ponto”
  • Indonesian: “Jembatan London”
  • Irish: “Droichead Londan”
  • Italian: “London Bridge”
  • Japanese: “ロンドン橋”
  • Kannada: “ಲಂಡನ್ ಸೇತುವೆ”
  • Kashmiri: “لندن بِرٛج”
  • Korean: “런던 브리지”
  • Korean: “런던교”
  • Latin: “Pons Londiniensis”
  • Latvian: “Londonas tilts”
  • Lithuanian: “Londono tiltas”
  • Macedonian: “Лондонски мост”
  • Malay: “Jambatan London”
  • Malayalam: “ലണ്ടൻ പാലം”
  • Marathi: “लंडन ब्रिज”
  • Mongolian: “Лондонгийн гүүр”
  • Mongolian: “Лондоны гүүр”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “London Bridge”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “London Bridge”
  • Norwegian: “London Bridge”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Lundene Brycg”
  • Panjabi: “ਲੰਡਨ ਬ੍ਰਿਜ”
  • Persian: “پل لندن”
  • Polish: “London Bridge”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte de Londres”
  • Pushto: “د لندن پل”
  • Romanian: “Podul Londrei”
  • Russian: “Лондонский мост”
  • Scots: “London Bridge”
  • Serbian: “Лондонски мост”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Londonski most”
  • Slovak: “London Bridge”
  • Slovenian: “London Bridge”
  • Slovenian: “Londonski most”
  • Spanish: “London Bridge”
  • Spanish: “Puente de Londres”
  • Swedish: “London Bridge”
  • Tamil: “இலண்டன் பாலம்”
  • Tatar: “London küpere”
  • Telugu: “లండన్ వంతెన”
  • Thai: “สะพานลอนดอน”
  • Turkish: “Londra Köprüsü”
  • Ukrainian: “Лондонський міст”
  • Urdu: “لندن پل”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu London”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu Luân Đôn”
  • Welsh: “Pont Llundain”
  • Western Frisian: “London Bridge”
  • Western Panjabi: “لندن پل”
  • Wu Chinese: “伦敦桥”
  • Yue Chinese: “倫敦橋”

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