Temple Bar Gate
Temple Bar was the principal ceremonial entrance to the City of London from the City of Westminster. In the Middle Ages, London expanded city jurisdiction beyond its walls to gates, called 'bars', which were erected across thoroughfares.Photo: Rainer Halama, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: former entrance gate to the City of London
- Also known as: “Temple Bar”, “Temple Bar memorial”, and “Temple Bar, London”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Temple Church.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
Temple Church
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Temple Church, a royal peculiar in the Church of England, is a church in the Inner and Middle Temples located between Fleet Street and the River Thames in London, England. Temple Church is situated 410 feet southeast of Temple Bar Gate.
Royal Opera House
Arts center
Photo: Russ London, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Royal Opera House is a theatre in Covent Garden, central London. The building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. Royal Opera House is situated 2,400 feet west of Temple Bar Gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Temple and St Clement Danes.
Temple
Quarter
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Temple is an area or precinct of the City of London surrounding Temple Church. It is one of the main legal districts in London and a notable centre for English law, from the Middle Ages to the present day.
St Clement Danes
Neighborhood
St Clement Danes was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England; an ecclesiastical version remains. The parish was split between the Liberty of Westminster and the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Blackfriars
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Blackfriars is in central London, specifically the south-west corner of the City of London.
Temple Bar Gate
- Categories: city gate, building, and historic site
- Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.51369° or 51° 30′ 49″ northLongitude
-0.11192° or 0° 6′ 43″ westElevation
82 feet (25 metres)Open location code
9C3XGV7Q+F6OpenStreetMap ID
way 732968085OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Temple Bar Gate” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圣殿关”
- Dutch: “Temple Bar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بوابة بار المعبد”
- Finnish: “Temple Bar”
- French: “Temple Bar”
- German: “Temple Bar”
- Hebrew: “טמפל בר”
- Indonesian: “Temple Bar, London”
- Irish: “Temple Bar, Londain”
- Irish: “Temple Bar”
- Italian: “Temple Bar”
- Japanese: “テンプル・バー (ロンドン)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Temple Bar”
- Polish: “Temple Bar”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Temple Bar”
- Swedish: “Temple Bar, London”
- Turkish: “Temple Bar”
- Urdu: “ٹیمپل بار، لندن”
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