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north of St Paul's, at 17.6 m above sea level.

The modern street named Ludgate Hill, which was previously a much narrower thoroughfare named Ludgate Street, runs between St Paul's Churchyard and Ludgate Circus (built in 1864), at which point it becomes Fleet Street.

Etymology

Ludgate is generally accepted to derive from the Old English term "hlid-geat"

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