Historic city gate on Prince Edward's Road in Gibraltar’s fortifications.
Prince Edward's Gate is a city gate on Prince Edward's Road in Gibraltar, part of the Charles V Wall within Gibraltar’s historic fortifications. Built in 1790 and named after Prince Edward, later Duke of Kent, it remains open to the public and is owned by the Government of Gibraltar.
Prince Edward's Gate is a historic city gate in Gibraltar, on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula. It stands at the entrance to Prince Edward's Road and cuts through the Charles V Wall, one of the sixteenth‑century fortifications that formed Gibraltar’s early southern defences. The gate is adjacent to the west wall of the Flat Bastion, another sixteenth‑century fortification which projects southward from the Charles V Wall. The gate was constructed and first opened in 1790, the same year Prince Edward arrived in Gibraltar as commander of the 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers). It was named after Prince Edward, who later became Duke of Kent. Positioned beside the retired flank of the bastion and behind the orillon of its west wall, the gate’s location was chosen to aid its defence. Prince Edward's Gate formerly overlooked Trafalgar Cemetery to the southwest and St. Jago's Cemetery to the northwest. Two guardhouses stand next to the gate, and a nearby plaque records a verse about God, soldiers, and war. Although its defensive role is now limited, the gate still provides vehicular and pedestrian access through the Charles V Wall and is a listed building with the Gibraltar Heritage Trust.
