Aldgate East tube station
Aldgate East is a London Underground station on Whitechapel High Street in Whitechapel, in London, England. It takes its name from the City of London ward of Aldgate, the station lying to the east of the ward.Photo: Tarquin Binary, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Photo: Aleem Yousaf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Metro station
- Description: London Underground station
- Also known as: “Aldgate East Underground station” and “Aldgate East Underground Station”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Tower of London and Whitechapel Gallery.
The Tower of London
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the River Thames in London, England. The Tower of London is situated 3,000 feet southwest of Aldgate East tube station.
Whitechapel Gallery
Art gallery
Photo: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Whitechapel Gallery is a public art gallery in Whitechapel on the north side of Whitechapel High Street, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The original building, designed by Charles Harrison Townsend, opened in 1901 as one of the first publicly funded galleries for temporary exhibitions in London.
Brick Lane
Photo: Gons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brick Lane is a street in the East End of London, in the borough of Tower Hamlets. It runs from Swanfield Street in Bethnal Green in the north, crosses the Bethnal Green Road before reaching the busiest, most commercially active part which runs through Spitalfields, or along its eastern edge. Brick Lane is situated 670 feet north of Aldgate East tube station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitechapel and Aldgate.
Whitechapel
Suburb
Whitechapel is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, England. It is in East London and part of the East End. It is the location of Tower Hamlets Town Hall and the borough town centre.
Aldgate
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Aldgate was a gate in the former defensive wall around the City of London. The gate gave its name to Aldgate 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.
Spitalfields
Quarter
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Spitalfields is an area in London, England and is located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is in East London and situated in the East End. Spitalfields is formed around Commercial Street and Brick Lane.
Aldgate East tube station
- Categories: London Underground station, underground station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.51562° or 51° 30′ 56″ northLongitude
-0.07084° or 0° 4′ 15″ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Operator
London UndergroundNetwork
London UndergroundOpen location code
9C3XGW8H+6MOpenStreetMap ID
node 4984999298OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Aldgate East tube station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شرق ألدغيت”
- Basque: “Aldgate East geltokia”
- Chinese: “奧德門東站”
- Chinese: “阿尔德门东站”
- Chinese: “阿爾德門東站”
- Czech: “Aldgate East”
- Danish: “Aldgate East Station”
- Dutch: “Aldgate East (metrostation)”
- Dutch: “Aldgate East metrostation”
- Dutch: “Aldgate East”
- Esperanto: “Aldgate East”
- Finnish: “Aldgate Eastin metroasema”
- French: “Aldgate East”
- Gan Chinese: “俄都革依斯杜站”
- Georgian: “ელდგეიტ ისტი”
- German: “Aldgate East”
- Hungarian: “Aldgate East metróállomás”
- Hungarian: “Aldgate East”
- Italian: “Aldgate East”
- Italian: “stazione di Aldgate East”
- Japanese: “アルドゲイト・イースト駅”
- Lombard: “Aldgate East (metropolitana de Londra)”
- Lombard: “Aldgate East”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aldgate East undergrunnsstasjon”
- Norwegian: “Aldgate East undergrunnsstasjon”
- Persian: “ایستگاه متروی آلدگیت شرقی”
- Portuguese: “Aldgate East (Metropolitano de Londres)”
- Portuguese: “Aldgate East”
- Russian: “Альдгейт-ист”
- Russian: “Олдгейт-Ист”
- Russian: “Элдгейт-Ист”
- Spanish: “Aldgate East”
- Spanish: “Estacion Aldgate”
- Spanish: “Estación Aldgate”
- Spanish: “Estacion de Aldgate East”
- Spanish: “Estación de Aldgate East”
- Spanish: “Estacion de Aldgate”
- Ukrainian: “Олдгейт-Іст”
- Ukrainian: “Олдґейт-Іст”
- Urdu: “الڈگیٹ ایسٹ ٹیوب اسٹیشن”
- Yiddish: “אלדגייט מזרח אונטערגרונט סטאנציע”
- Yue Chinese: “奧德門東站”
- “Aldgate East”
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