London Mithraeum

The London Mithraeum, also known as the Temple of Mithras, Walbrook, is a Roman Mithraeum that was discovered in Walbrook, a street in the City of London, during a building's construction in 1954.

Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Ruins
Description: mithraeum discovered at Walbrook, London, United Kingdom
Also known as: “London 2”, “mithréum de Londre”, “Mitreo di Londinium”, “Mitreo di Londra”, “Tempio di Mitra (Londra)”, “Tempio di Mitra di Londra”, “Temple de Mithras à Londres”, “Temple of Mithra, London”, “Temple of Mithras. Walbrook”, “Walbrook Mithraeum”, and “倫敦密特拉寺”
Address: 12 Walbrook, London, EC4N 8AA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include London Bridge and Mansion House.

London Bridge

Photo: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5.

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 1,700 feet southeast of London Mithraeum.

Mansion House

Public building

Photo: Michael Gwyther-Jones, CC BY 2.0.

The Mansion House is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London. It is a Grade I listed building. Designed by George Dance in the Palladian style, it was built primarily in the 1740s. Mansion House is situated 350 feet northeast of London Mithraeum.

London Stone

Archaeological site

Photo: Lord Belbury, CC BY-SA 4.0.

London Stone is a historic landmark housed at 111 Cannon Street in the City of London. It is an irregular block of oolitic limestone measuring 53 × 43 × 30 cm, the remnant of a once much larger object that had stood for many centuries on the south side of the street. London Stone is situated 410 feet southeast of London Mithraeum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bankside and Barbican Estate.

Bankside

Quarter

Bankside is an area of London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. Bankside is located on the southern bank of the River Thames, 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross, running from a little west of Blackfriars Bridge to just a short distance before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock.

Barbican Estate

Quarter

Photo: Riodamascus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Barbican Estate, or Barbican, is a residential complex of around 2,000 flats, maisonettes and houses in central London, England, within the City of London.

London Mithraeum

Categories: archaeological site, mithraeum, museum, and historic site
Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
View on OpenStreetMap

Latitude

51.51238° or 51° 30′ 45″ north

Longitude

-0.09068° or 0° 5′ 26″ west

Wheelchair access

yes

Operator

Bloomberg Space

Open location code

9C3XGW65+XP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 512846335

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

Wikidata ID

Q1408799

This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.

We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover London Mithraeum from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Chinese to Thai—“London Mithraeum” goes by many names.

Chinese: “密特拉斯神廟”
Esperanto: “Mitraisma templo ĉe Londono”
French: “mithraeum de Londres”
French: “Mithraeum de Londres”
German: “Mithras-Tempel”
Hebrew: “המיתראיום של לונדון”
Hebrew: “מקדש מיתרס”
Hungarian: “London Mithraeum”
Italian: “Tempio di Mitra”
Japanese: “テンプル・オブ・ミトラス”
Japanese: “ミトラ神殿跡”
Persian: “مهرابه لندن”
Polish: “Mitreum w Londynie”
Spanish: “Mitreo de Londres”
Swedish: “London Mithraeum”
Thai: “ลอนดอนมิเธรียม”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Forgotten Streams and St Stephen Walbrook.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Vinoteca and Lina Stores.

London: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into South Kensington-Chelsea, Heathrow Airport, Westminster, and South London.

Curious Ruins to Discover

Uncover intriguing ruins from every corner of the globe.