St Dunstan-in-the-East

St Dunstan-in-the-East was a Church of England parish church on St Dunstan's Hill, halfway between London Bridge and the Tower of London in the City of London.

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Type: Ruins
Description: ruins of parish church on St Dunstan’s Hill in the City of London, England, UK
Also known as: “St Dunstan in the East”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Tower of London and London Bridge.

The Tower of London

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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 Tower of London is situated 1,500 feet east of St Dunstan-in-the-East.

London Bridge

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Since Roman times, several crossings named London Bridge have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London. The current crossing, which opened to traffic in 1973, is a box girder bridge built from concrete and steel. London Bridge is situated 1,300 feet southwest of St Dunstan-in-the-East.

Tower Bridge

Bridge

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Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. Tower Bridge is situated 2,200 feet southeast of St Dunstan-in-the-East.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aldgate and Butler’s Wharf.

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.

Butler’s Wharf

Neighborhood

Photo: Gürkan Sengün, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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

St Dunstan-in-the-East

Categories: church ruin and historic site
Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.50968° or 51° 30′ 35″ north

Longitude

-0.08251° or 0° 4′ 57″ west

Open location code

9C3XGW58+VX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 237522043

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

Wikidata ID

Q12408518

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“St Dunstan-in-the-East” goes by many names.

Catalan: “St Dunstan-in-the-East”
Dutch: “St Dunstan-in-the-East”
German: “St Dunstan-in-the-East”
Hebrew: “כנסיית סנט דנסטן שבמזרח”
Norwegian Bokmål: “St Dunstan’s-in-the-East”
Norwegian: “St Dunstan’s-in-the-East”
Russian: “Восточная церковь Святого Дунстана (Лондон)”
Russian: “Восточная церковь Святого Дунстана”
Slovenian: “St Dunstan-in-the-East”
Spanish: “St Dunstans-in-the-East”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Dunstan in the East Church Garden and Billingsgate Roman House and Baths.

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