Hotel near Aldersgate, London

Aldersgate, Westminster, London
       Nearest Tube: St Pauls, Moorgate, Barbican

Aldersgate, located in the City of London Financial District was named after the gate first built by the Romans but demolished over 250 years ago. Now Aldersgate is a thriving street steeped in history.

At the northern end is Clerkenwell Road, close to the middle is the famous Barts Hospital and at the southern end is Newgate and St Pauls Cathedral.The Barbican underground station is in the middle of Aldersgate Street which is still in london Zone 1 and serves the Circle, Hammersmith, Metropolitan lines.

Hotels near to Aldersgate Street include Citadines London Barbican Apartments and the Thistle City Barbican Hotel. For a full listing of London hotels in the City go here.

To be found on Aldersgate is the church of St Botolph Aldersgate and also the location of the meeting room where John Wesley was converted in 1738, which is marked by a wall plaque. Wesley attended a Moravian meeting in Aldersgate Street, where he heard a reading of Luthers preface to the Epistle to the Romans, and he consequently wrote "I felt my heart strangely warmed" and revolutionised the character and method of his ministry.