Finsbury
Finsbury is a district of North-Central London, forming the southeastern part of the London Borough of Islington. It borders the City of London. The Manor of Finsbury is first recorded as Vinisbir and means "manor of a man called Finn".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Barbican Arts Centre and Bayes Business School.
Barbican Arts Centre
Arts center
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The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London, England, and the largest of its kind in Europe. The centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions.
Bayes Business School
University
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Bayes Business School, formerly known as Cass Business School, is the business school of City St George's, University of London, located in St Luke's, just to the north of the City of London.
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
University
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The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a music and drama school located in the City of London, England. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz along with drama and production arts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Golden Lane Estate and Barbican Estate.
Golden Lane Estate
Neighborhood
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The Golden Lane Estate is a 1950s council housing complex in the City of London. It was built on the northern edge of the City, on a site devastated by bombing during the Second World War.
Barbican Estate
Quarter
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The Barbican Estate, or Barbican, is a residential complex of around 2,000 flats, maisonettes and houses in central London, England, within the City of London.
St Luke’s
Neighborhood
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St Luke's is an area in London, England and is located in the London Borough of Islington. It lies just north of the border with the City of London near the Barbican Estate, and the Clerkenwell and Shoreditch areas.
Finsbury
- Type: Suburb
- Description: district of Central London
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: Islington, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.5218° or 51° 31′ 19″ northLongitude
-0.09143° or 0° 5′ 29″ westElevation
108 feet (33 metres)Open location code
9C3XGWC5+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 1716927288OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Finsbury” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فينسبري”
- Chinese: “芬斯伯裏”
- Chinese: “芬斯伯里”
- Czech: “Finsbury”
- Dutch: “Finsbury”
- Esperanto: “Finsbury”
- French: “Finsbury”
- German: “Finsbury”
- Hebrew: “פינסבורי”
- Irish: “Finsbury”
- Italian: “Finsbury”
- Japanese: “フィンズベリー”
- Latin: “Finsburia”
- Latin: “Finsbury”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Finsbury”
- Norwegian: “Finsbury”
- Polish: “Finsbury”
- Russian: “Финсбери”
- Slovenian: “Finsbury”
- Spanish: “Finsbury”
- Turkish: “Finsbury”
- Urdu: “فنزبری”
- Uzbek: “Finsberi”
- Welsh: “Finsbury”
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Localities in the Area
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