About Tower Street Explosion
On one Monday night in January 1649 27 barrels of gunpowder exploded killing 67 people. The gunpowder was being stored by a Tower Street resident, Robert Porter, to be loaded onto a ship the following day. Great Tower Street, EC1 Location of Tower Street Explosion
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Restaurants in the area
Chamberlains (distance = 374 m bearing 309°)
Local Pubs
Aldgate Wine Bar (distance = 257 m bearing 31°)
, All Bar One (distance = 115 m bearing 57°)
, Balls Brothers (distance = 223 m bearing 325°)
, Bangers Too (distance = 213 m bearing 325°)
, Bill Bentleys (distance = 341 m bearing 326°)
, Britannia (distance = 401 m bearing 327°)
, CJs (distance = 333 m bearing 319°)
, Corney Barrows (distance = 400 m bearing 326°)
, East India Arms (distance = 278 m bearing 33°)
, El Vino (distance = 377 m bearing 326°)
, Elephant and something (distance = 276 m bearing 314°)
, English Club (distance = 278 m bearing 48°)
, Florentines (distance = 259 m bearing 324°)
, FOB (distance = 396 m bearing 237°)
, Fuegos (distance = 261 m bearing 326°)
, Hogshead (distance = 386 m bearing 327°)
, Hoop and Graps (distance = 301 m bearing 33°)
, Horniman at Haywards Wharf (distance = 459 m bearing 215°)
, Hung, Drawn and Quartered (distance = 137 m bearing 322°)
, Jamaica Wine House (distance = 495 m bearing 313°)
, Red Lion (distance = 445 m bearing 322°)
, Ship, The (distance = 350 m bearing 322°)
, The Pump House (distance = 237 m bearing 310°)
, The Ship (distance = 252 m bearing 312°)
, The Tiger Tavern (distance = 156 m bearing 131°)
, The Weatherspoon (distance = 201 m bearing 147°)
, Three Tons (distance = 422 m bearing 40°)
, Walrus and Carpenter (distance = 272 m bearing 237°)
, Wine Lodge (distance = 286 m bearing 315°)
Shops in the area
Leadenhall (distance = 394 m bearing 308°)
Nearby attractions
122 Leadenhall Street (distance = 436 m bearing 308°)
, 20 Fenchurch Street (distance = 283 m bearing 317°)
, Old Billingsgate Market (distance = 279 m bearing 233°)
, Dark House Wharf (distance = 352 m bearing 235°)
, George Yard - Barclays Bank (distance = 483 m bearing 316°)
, Tower Place (distance = 123 m bearing 129°)
, Trinity House (distance = 227 m bearing 55°)
, Trinity Square 10 (distance = 165 m bearing 54°)
, All Hallows by the Tower (distance = 128 m bearing 145°)
, St Andrew Undershaft (distance = 433 m bearing 301°)
, St Clement Eastcheap (distance = 454 m bearing 324°)
, St Dunstan in the East (distance = 141 m bearing 237°)
, St Katherine Cree (distance = 425 m bearing 33°)
, St Magnus the Martyr (distance = 377 m bearing 237°)
, St Margaret Pattens (distance = 208 m bearing 319°)
, St Mary at Hill (distance = 240 m bearing 327°)
, St Olave (distance = 102 m bearing 36°)
, St Peter upon Cornhill (distance = 489 m bearing 311°)
, Belfast, HMS (distance = 361 m bearing 211°)
, Tower of London (distance = 345 m bearing 140°)
, City Hall (distance = 495 m bearing 121°)
, Custom House (distance = 180 m bearing 227°)
, Lloyds (distance = 381 m bearing 305°)
, Lloyds Register (distance = 285 m bearing 34°)
, London Underwriter Centre - Minster Court (distance = 67 m bearing 311°)
, Leadenhall Market (distance = 403 m bearing 309°)
, Beven Boy Memorial (distance = 379 m bearing 147°)
, Merchant Navy and fishing fleets Memorial (distance = 200 m bearing 147°)
, The Monument (distance = 379 m bearing 327°)
, Pepys, Samual (distance = 115 m bearing 54°)
, Poppies in the Moat (distance = 246 m bearing 145°)
, Tower Hill Scaffold (distance = 179 m bearing 147°)
, Hay's Galleria (distance = 461 m bearing 215°)
, Mitre Square (distance = 484 m bearing 33°)
, St Michaels Alley (distance = 491 m bearing 314°)
, Thames - Upper Pool (distance = 307 m bearing 211°)
Nearby Neighbours (Plaques)
CLAYTON, Reverend P.T.B. Tubby (1885-1972), (distance = 149 m bearing 147°)
Notorious sights in the area
Execution Site - Tower Hill (distance = 215 m bearing 147°)
, Great Fire Of London - Disaster (distance = 317 m bearing 327°)
, Jack the Ripper - Catherine Eddowes (distance = 471 m bearing 34°)
, Mr Lloyds coffee house (distance = 0 m bearing 0°)
, Tower Hill - Disaster (distance = 215 m bearing 147°)
, Tower of London Bomb (distance = 339 m bearing 141°)
, Tower Street Explosion (distance = 0 m bearing 0°)
, Walsingham, Sir Francis (1532-1590) - Spys (distance = 100 m bearing 46°)
Local Map
Map of what is in the area - using Google map
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