Traitors’ Gate

The Traitors' Gate is an entrance through which many prisoners of the Tudors arrived at the . The gate was built by Edward I to provide a water gate entrance to the Tower, part of St.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Entrance to the Tower of London
  • Also known as: “Traitor’s Gate”, “Traitors Gate”, and “Traitors‘ Gate”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: The Tower of London and Tower Bridge.

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, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of , is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the in , England.

Bridge
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is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in , built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. is situated 770 feet southeast of Traitors’ Gate.

Castle
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The is a former royal residence, the old keep, at the in England. It was built by William the Conqueror during the early 1080s, and subsequently extended.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Butler’s Wharf and Aldgate.

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

Quarter
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was a gate in the former defensive wall around the . The gate gave its name to 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.

Traitors’ Gate

Latitude
51.50739° or 51° 30′ 27″ north
Longitude
-0.07699° or 0° 4′ 37″ west
Open location code
9C3XGW4F+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3745441972
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q7833046
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From Arabic to Spanish—“Traitors’ Gate” goes by many names.

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: St. Thomas’s Tower and Tower Wharf.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: St Thomas’s Tower and Traitor’s Gate.

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