Westgate, Gloucester

The original part of Gloucester Shire Hall, opened 1816 and designed by Sir Robert Smirke, fronts Westgate Street.

[3] On the north side of Westgate Street is the former site of the Theatre Royal where Charles Dickens, Sir Henry Irving and Ellen Terry once played.

Further down the street is the home of the young Charles Wheatstone, the physicist - pioneer of telecommunications and cryptography (not to mention music acoustics etc.

In 1542 Sir Thomas Bell and his wife Joan assigned property on a sale and leaseback arrangement to the City Corporation to be used after their deaths for repairing Westgate Bridge and causeway.

There are a number of Segregated Bicycle Paths which use the central bridge connecting nearby villages via Alney Island.

A 2009 view of Westgate Street with St Nicholas' Church in the distance and showing the modern pedestrianisation of the upper part.
Westgate Street on a c.1900 Ordnance Survey map
An 1828 painting of Gloucester Old Bank in Westgate Street, since demolished. In the collection of Gloucester City Museum & Art Gallery .
Main facade of the Shire Hall, Gloucester, designed by Sir Robert Smirke .
The sculpture of cherubs aside the coat of arms of Gloucester at the entrance to Three Cocks Lane, off Westgate Street. The sculpture originally adorned the pediment of the former Booth's Hall.
The modern Westgate Bridge showing the flooding to which the area below the bridge is prone.