Broad Street ends at St John’s Gate, the last remaining gate in the town wall, with the church of St John the Baptist, known as St John on the Wall, built over and beside it. Its spire closes the view down the street.
Niches in the gate hold figures of Brennus and Belinus, the legendary brothers who were said to have founded the city. The two side passages for pedestrians were cut in the 1820s.
Close by is St John’s Conduit. It was built to carry water to the Carmelite friary, on condition that the parishioners could use only the overflow. During the Blitz, when the city’s water mains were broken, people came to it again.
The church is now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust, and its churchyard can be reached from Tailors Court.