Jewry Wall
The Jewry Wall is a substantial ruined wall of 2nd-century Roman masonry, with two large archways, in Leicester, England. It stands alongside St Nicholas' Circle and St Nicholas' Church.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Nicholas Church, Leicester and Jewry Wall Museum.
St Nicholas Church, Leicester
Church
Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Nicholas Church is an ancient Anglo-Saxon Church of England parish church in Leicester, England. One of the five surviving medieval churches of Leicester Old Town, it was constructed over 1150 years ago and is Leicester's oldest and longest continually used building.
Jewry Wall Museum
Museum
Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Jewry Wall Museum is a museum in Leicester in the East Midlands of England. It was built in the 1960s, facing the Jewry Wall ruins in a building formerly shared with Vaughan College.
Leicester Cathedral
Church
Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cathedral Church of Saint Martin, Leicester, also known as Leicester Cathedral, is a Church of England cathedral in Leicester, England, and the seat of the Bishop of Leicester. Leicester Cathedral is situated 900 feet east of Jewry Wall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bede Island and Newfoundpool.
Bede Island
Suburb
Bede Island is an area of Leicester, England close to the city centre, with the River Soar to the west and Grand Union Canal to the east. For many years Bede Island South was a run down area of brownfield land home to Vic Berry's locomotive scrapyard but in the 1990s urban regeneration sought to improve housing, employment opportunities and the environment in the area.
Newfoundpool
Suburb
Newfoundpool is an area of Leicester lying south of the former Leicester and Swannington Railway. The land was purchased by market gardener Isaac Harrison in around 1830.
Latimer
Suburb
Latimer was an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England, consisting of the residential suburb of St Marks.
Jewry Wall
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Grade I listed structure in Leicester, England, UK
- Categories: wall, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Leicester, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.63507° or 52° 38′ 6″ northLongitude
-1.14108° or 1° 8′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C4WJVP5+2HOpenStreetMap ID
way 152597818OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q6190177
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Polish—“Jewry Wall” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “猶太牆”
- Czech: “Jewry Wall”
- French: “Jewry Wall”
- Italian: “Jewry Wall”
- Polish: “Jewry Wall”
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Nearby Places
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