Aldgate Square

Aldgate Square is a square in City of London, Greater London, England. Aldgate Square is situated nearby to the historic site Police Public Callbox Outside St Botolph Aldgate Church, as well as near the church St Botolph’s Aldgate.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Tower of London and Aldgate tube station.

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 2,100 feet south of Aldgate Square.

Aldgate tube station

Metro station

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Aldgate is a London Underground station near Aldgate in the City of London. It is on the Circle line between Liverpool Street and Tower Hill stations. It is also the eastern terminus of the Metropolitan line and the next station towards west is Liverpool Street.

St Botolph’s Aldgate

Church

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St Botolph's Aldgate is a Church of England parish church in the City of London and also, as it lies outside the line of the city's former eastern walls, a part of the East End of London.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aldgate and Spitalfields.

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.