South East England
Hampshire
Winchester District

Kingsgate

Kingsgate is one of two surviving medieval gates to the city of , England. The name was first recorded in 1148. The gate is on, or near, the site of one of the Roman gates to the city, and was the entrance to the royal palace before the was enclosed in the 10th century.
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Photo: Stanning, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Sally port
  • Description: one of two surviving medieval gates to the city of Winchester, England
  • Also known as: “King’s Gate” and “Kingsgate, Winchester”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Winchester Cathedral and St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate Church.

Church
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, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity and of Saint Peter and Saint Paul and of Saint Swithun in Winchester, is the cathedral of the city of , England, and is among the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. is situated 620 feet northeast of Kingsgate.

Church
Photo: Stanning, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Swithun upon Kingsgate is a Church of England church in , , England, built in the Middle Ages in the Early English style. Located above the medieval Kingsgate, one of the principal entrances to the city, the church is unusual in forming a part of the fabric of the old city walls.

Historic building
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is a historic building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Winchester and Bar End.

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is an historic cathedral city in the county of , South East England. Erstwhile capital of the country, it was from here that Alfred the Great governed much of unified England.

Suburb
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is an area of , , England. It lies on the east bank of the to the north of St. Catherine's Hill and is the location of a park and ride car park serving the city centre.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Kingsgate

Latitude
51.05916° or 51° 3′ 33″ north
Longitude
-1.31441° or 1° 18′ 52″ west
Open location code
9C3W3M5P+M6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1063017090
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Wiki­data ID
Q6413221
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In Other Languages

“Kingsgate” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كينجسجيت”

Places with the Same Name

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Prior’s Gate and Wykeham Arms.

Nearby Places

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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 “Kingsgate”. Photo: Stanning, CC BY-SA 3.0.