Islington
The London Borough of Islington is a borough in North London, England. Forming part of Inner London, Islington has an estimated population of 215,667. It was formed in 1965, under the London Government Act 1963, by the amalgamation of the metropolitan boroughs of Islington and Finsbury.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 233,000 residents
- Description: borough in the London Region in England
- Also known as: “Islington (unparished area)” and “London Borough of Islington”
- Neighbors: City of London and Hackney
Places of Interest
Highlights include London St Pancras International and Leicester Square.
London St Pancras International
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
London St Pancras International is a major international rail interchange and shopping destination in London. It is the British capital's only international station, with Eurostar services connecting the city with destinations in mainland Europe.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
Arsenal FC
Stadium
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The Emirates Stadium is a football stadium in Holloway, London, England. It has been the home stadium of Arsenal Football Club since its completion in 2006.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hackney and Bloomsbury.
Hackney
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Hackney is a district of London. Hackney has a diverse population and the area has undergone massive regeneration in recent decades. Hackney is now very fashionable with a thriving arts scene in the south of the district for example.
Bloomsbury
This article is about three neighbourhoods of central London: Bloomsbury, St Pancras and Fitzrovia. Bloomsbury is the hub of London's university district, is home to the British Museum and is next to the British Library.
Holborn-Clerkenwell
Photo: Matthew Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holborn-Clerkenwell is a district in central London that is in many ways a buffer zone between London's West End and the City of London financial district.
Islington
- Categories: London borough and unparished area
- Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Islington” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “آيزلنغتون”
- Arabic: “أيسلنغتون”
- Arabic: “إزلنغتون”
- Arabic: “ازلنغتون”
- Armenian: “Իսլինգթոն”
- Basque: “Islington”
- Belarusian: “Ізлінгтан”
- Belarusian: “Ізьлінгтан”
- Bulgarian: “Ислингтън”
- Catalan: “Islington”
- Cebuano: “Islington”
- Chinese: “Islington”
- Chinese: “伊斯林頓倫敦自治市”
- Chinese: “伊斯灵顿伦敦区”
- Chinese: “伊斯灵顿区”
- Chinese: “伊斯靈頓倫敦自治市”
- Chinese: “伊斯靈頓區”
- Czech: “Islington”
- Danish: “Islington”
- Dutch: “Islington”
- Dutch: “London Borough of Islington”
- Esperanto: “Islington”
- Estonian: “Islingtoni linnaosa”
- Finnish: “Islington”
- French: “borough londonien d’Islington”
- French: “Borough londonien d’Islington”
- French: “Islington”
- French: “London Borough d’Islington”
- French: “London Borough of Islington”
- Galician: “Islington”
- German: “Canonbury”
- German: “Clerkenwell”
- German: “GB-ISL”
- German: “Islington”
- German: “London Borough of Islington”
- German: “Pentonville”
- German: “Tufnell Park”
- German: “Upper Holloway”
- Greek: “Ίσλινγκτον, δημοτικό διαμέρισμα του Λονδίνου”
- Greek: “Ίσλινγκτον, Λονδίνο”
- Greek: “Ίσλινγκτον”
- Hebrew: “איזלינגטון”
- Hebrew: “רובע איזלינגטון”
- Hindi: “इस्लिंगटन बरो”
- Hungarian: “Islington kerület”
- Icelandic: “Islington”
- Irish: “Buirg Londan Islington”
- Italian: “Borgo londinese di Islington”
- Italian: “Islington”
- Italian: “London Borough of Islington”
- Japanese: “イズリントン・ロンドン特別区”
- Japanese: “イズリントン区”
- Korean: “이즐링턴구”
- Latin: “Insularis Villa”
- Latin: “Islingtonia”
- Latin: “Islingtonium”
- Latvian: “Izlingtona”
- Macedonian: “Излингтон”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Islington”
- Northern Frisian: “London Borough of Islington”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Islington”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Islington”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “London Borough of Islington”
- Norwegian: “Islington”
- Occitan (post 1500): “London Borough of Islington”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Gislandun se Lunden Burgscipe”
- Persian: “منطقه ایزلینگتون لندن”
- Polish: “Islington”
- Polish: “London Borough of Islington”
- Portuguese: “Borough de Islington”
- Portuguese: “Islington”
- Romanian: “Burgul londonez Islington”
- Romanian: “Islington”
- Russian: “Ислингтон”
- Scots: “London Borough of Islington”
- Scots: “Lunnon Borough o Islington”
- Serbian: “Лондонска општина Излингтон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Islington”
- Slovenian: “Islington”
- Slovenian: “London Borough of Islington”
- Slovenian: “Londonski okraj Islington”
- South Azerbaijani: “ایزلینقتون لندن منطقهسی”
- Spanish: “Islington”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Islington”
- Swedish: “Islington”
- Swedish: “London Borough of Islington”
- Tajik: “Ноҳияи Ислингтон”
- Ukrainian: “Ізлінгтон”
- Ukrainian: “Ізлінґтон”
- Urdu: “ازلنگٹن بورو”
- Urdu: “لندن بورو ازلنگٹن”
- Vietnamese: “Islington”
- Vietnamese: “Khu Islington của Luân Đôn”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Llundain Islington”
- Welsh: “Islington”
- Western Frisian: “Islington”
- Western Panjabi: “آئلنگٹن”
- Yiddish: “לאנדאנער בארא פון איזלינגטאן”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Highbury & Islington Underground Station and Highbury & Islington station.
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