Billingsgate

Billingsgate is one of the 25 wards of the City of London, with the City forming the historic and financial centre of Greater London, England. The ward is situated on the north bank of the River Thames between London Bridge and Tower Bridge in the south-east of the Square Mile.

Type: Locality
Description: ward of the City of London
Also known as: “Billingsgate Ward” and “Ward of Billingsgate”
Postal code: EC3

Places of Interest

Highlights include London Bridge and The Tower of London.

London Bridge

Photo: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5.

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.

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 Shard

Photo: Garry Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Shard, also referred to as the Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a 95-storey mixed-use development supertall pyramid-shaped skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Southwark, London, that forms part of The Shard Quarter development.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aldgate and Bankside.

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.

Bankside

Quarter

Bankside is an area of London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. Bankside is located on the southern bank of the River Thames, 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross, running from a little west of Blackfriars Bridge to just a short distance before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock.

Billingsgate

Category: ward of the City of London
Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.5096° or 51° 30′ 35″ north

Longitude

-0.08506° or 0° 5′ 6″ west

Elevation

92 feet (28 metres)

Open location code

9C3XGW57+RX

GeoNames ID

11550776

Wikidata ID

Q1783406

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Billingsgate” goes by many names.

Chinese: “比灵斯盖特”
Chinese: “彪寧士門”
Chinese: “彪寧士門坊”
Dutch: “Billingsgate”
French: “Billingsgate”
German: “Billingsgate”
Hebrew: “בילינגסגייט”
Irish: “Billingsgate”
Japanese: “ビリングスゲート”
Japanese: “ビリングズゲート”
Latin: “Bellinus Sinus”
Latin: “Porta Bellini”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Billingsgate”
Norwegian: “Billingsgate”
Spanish: “Billingsgate”

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