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Kentish Town

Kentish Town is an area of northwest , England, in the , immediately north of , close to . Kentish Town likely derives its name from Ken-ditch or Caen-ditch, meaning the "bed of a waterway." The area was initially a small settlement on the River Fleet, first recorded in 1207 during King John's reign.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include O2 Forum Kentish Town and Kentish Town station.

Music venue
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The is a concert venue in Kentish Town, , , owned by Live Nation Entertainment and originally built in 1934.

Metro station
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Kentish Town is an interchange station located in Kentish Town in the for London Underground and National Rail services. It is at the junction of Kentish Town Road and Leighton Road.

Railway station
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Kentish Town West is a station on the Mildmay line of the London Overground, located on Prince of Wales Road in the . It is in London fare zone 2.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peckwater Estate and Tufnell Park.

Neighborhood
Kentish Town is an area of northwest , England, in the , immediately north of , close to . Kentish Town likely derives its name from Ken-ditch or Caen-ditch, meaning the "bed of a waterway." The area was initially a small settlement on the River Fleet, first recorded in 1207 during King John's reign.

Suburb
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is an area in north London, England, in the London boroughs of and . The neighbourhood is served by on the Northern Line.

Suburb
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is an area of north west in the at the very south of . The neighbourhood is positioned between to the north-west, to the north-east, Kentish Town to the south-east, and to the south-west.

Kentish Town

Latitude
51.55006° or 51° 33′ 0″ north
Longitude
-0.14257° or 0° 8′ 33″ west
Elevation
131 feet (40 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB KWN
Open location code
9C3XHV24+2X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27365022
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6690587
Wiki­data ID
Q149782
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Kentish Town” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Kentish Town”
  • Chinese: “肯蒂什鎮”
  • Danish: “Kentish Town”
  • Dutch: “Kentish Town”
  • French: “Kentish Town”
  • Greek: “Κέντις Τάουν”
  • Hebrew: “קנטיש טאון”
  • Irish: “Kentish Town”
  • Italian: “Kentish Town”
  • Japanese: “ケンティッシュ・タウン”
  • Latin: “Kentish Town”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kentish Town”
  • Persian: “کنتیش تاون”
  • Polish: “Kentish Town”
  • Portuguese: “Kentish Town”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کنتیش تاون”
  • Spanish: “Kentish Town”
  • Swedish: “Kentish Town”
  • Turkish: “Kentish Town”
  • Urdu: “کینٹش ٹاؤن”
  • Vietnamese: “Kentish Town”
  • Welsh: “Kentish Town”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kentish Town Police Station and St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kentish Town”. Photo: Jim Linwood, CC BY 2.0.