Bishopsgate
Bishopsgate was one of the eastern gates in London's former defensive wall. The gate's name is traditionally attributed to Earconwald, who was Bishop of London in the 7th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bus stop
- Description: ward of the City of London, England
- Also known as: “Ward of Bishopsgate”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include London Liverpool Street and The Tower of London.
London Liverpool Street
Railway station
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a major central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, in the ward of Bishopsgate Without. London Liverpool Street is situated 820 feet north of Bishopsgate.
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 3,100 feet south of Bishopsgate.
London Bridge
The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman times. London Bridge is situated 3,300 feet southwest of Bishopsgate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aldgate and Spitalfields.
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.
Bishopsgate
- Categories: ward of the City of London, transport stop, and transportation
- Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.51596° or 51° 30′ 57″ northLongitude
-0.08112° or 0° 4′ 52″ westPopulation
222Elevation
85 feet (26 metres)Open location code
9C3XGW89+9HOpenStreetMap ID
node 3876429831OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionGeoNames ID
7117333Wikidata ID
Q779444
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Bishopsgate” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Bishopsgate”
- Arabic: “بيشوبس جيت”
- Catalan: “Bishopsgate, Londres”
- Chinese: “主教門”
- Czech: “Bishopsgate”
- Dutch: “Bishopsgate”
- Estonian: “Bishopsgate”
- Finnish: “Bishopsgate”
- French: “Bishopsgate”
- German: “Bishopsgate”
- Hebrew: “רובע בישופסגייט”
- Irish: “Bishopsgate”
- Italian: “Bishopsgate”
- Japanese: “ビショップスゲート”
- Latin: “Episcopi Porta”
- Marathi: “बिशप्सगेट, लंडन”
- Marathi: “बिशप्सगेट”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bishopsgate”
- Norwegian: “Bishopsgate”
- Persian: “بیشاپزگیت”
- Slovenian: “Bishopsgate”
- South Azerbaijani: “بیشاپزقیت”
- Spanish: “Bishopsgate”
- Swedish: “Bishopsgate”
- Thai: “บิชอปสเกท”
- Turkish: “Bishopsgate”
- Urdu: “بشپ گیٹ”
- Uzbek: “Bishops darvozasi”
- Welsh: “Bishopsgate”
- “Bishpsgate”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bishopsgate”. Photo: Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0.