Byward Street

Byward Street is a road in the City of London, the historic and financial centre of London. It forms part of the A3211 route and, if travelling eastward, is a short continuation of Lower Thames Street from a junction with Great Tower Street, to Tower Hill.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Tower of London and London Bridge.

The Tower of London

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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 1,000 feet southeast of Byward Street.

London Bridge

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The name "London Bridge" refers to several historical crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman times. London Bridge is situated 1,800 feet west of Byward Street.

Tower Bridge

Bridge

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Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. Tower Bridge is situated 1,800 feet southeast of Byward Street.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aldgate and Butler’s Wharf.

Aldgate

Quarter

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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.

Butler’s Wharf

Neighborhood

Photo: Gürkan Sengün, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Butler's Wharf is an English historic building at Shad Thames on the south bank of the River Thames, just east of London's Tower Bridge, now housing luxury flats and restaurants.

Byward Street

Type: Street
Description: street in the City of London, United Kingdom
Categories: street and transportation
Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.5095° or 51° 30′ 34″ north

Longitude

-0.08016° or 0° 4′ 49″ west

Elevation

56 feet (17 metres)

Open location code

9C3XGW59+RW

GeoNames ID

7117363

Wikidata ID

Q82417

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Slovenian—“Byward Street” goes by many names.

Chinese: “拜華街”
Dutch: “Byward Street”
French: “Byward Street”
German: “Byward Street”
Japanese: “バイワード・ストリート”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Byward Street”
Norwegian: “Byward Street”
Slovenian: “Byward Street”

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