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Today, only a few sections of the wall remain. These can be found at:

  • Hanover Gardens

  • Orchard Street

  • Bath Lane/West Walls

  • Stowell Street (behind)

  • Croft Street

  • City Road (near the railway bridge)

  • Tower Street



Gates


There were six main gateways through the wall, they were (clockwise from western end):

Close Gate

West Gate

New Gate - This gate, in later years, became the town Gaol . Condemned Prison ers would be taken from here along Gallowgate to the Gallows on the Town Moor.

Pilgrim Gate

Pandon Gate

Sand Gate


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