Moorgate
Sign in to saveMoorgate was one of the City of London's northern gates in its defensive wall, the last to be built. The gate took its name from the Moorfields, an area of marshy land that lay immediately north of the wall.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Moorgate
- UK place.map_type
- Greater London
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.london_borough
- City of London
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ327811
- UK place.post_town
- LONDON
- UK place.postcode_area
- EC
- UK place.postcode_district
- EC2
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Cities of London and Westminster
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8 sectionsContents
- The gate
- Moorgate Street and locality
- Nearest places
- Nearby rail and Tube
- Bus routes
- Notes
- References
- External links
Moorgate was one of the City of London's northern gates in its defensive wall, the last to be built. The gate took its name from the Moorfields, an area of marshy land that lay immediately north of the wall.
The gate was demolished in 1762, but gave its name to a major street, Moorgate, laid out in 1834. The area around the street and around Moorgate station is informally also referred to as Moorgate. The Moorgate district is home to many financial institutions and has many notable historic and contemporary buildings.