Barbican Estate
The Barbican Estate, or Barbican, is a residential complex of around 2,000 flats, maisonettes and houses in central London, within the City of London. It is in an area once devastated by World War II bombings and densely populated by financial institutions, 1.4 miles north east of Charing Cross.
- Quarter with about 4,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 100 feet (30 metres)
- …is also known as “Barbican”
- Description: publicly-owned district in the City of London
Places of Interest
Discover Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Barbican Arts Centre.
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a music and…
Barbican Arts Centre
The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate in the City of London.
St Paul’s Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Finsbury and Golden Lane Estate.
Golden Lane Estate
The Golden Lane Estate is a 1950s council housing complex in the City of London.
Farringdon
Neighborhood
Farringdon is an area in the…
Barbican Estate
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Latitude
51.51946° or 51° 31′ 10″ north
Longitude
-0.09238° or 0° 5′ 33″ west
Open location code
9C3XGW95+Q2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = quarter
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Barbican Estate” goes by many names.
Barbican EstateAfrikaans
باربيكانArabic
Barbican EstateBasque
БарбіканBelarusian
Barbican EstateCatalan
BarbicanCebuano
巴比肯屋村Chinese
Barbican EstateCzech
Barbican EstateDutch
باربيكان استيتEgyptian Arabic
Barbican EstateEsperanto
ברביקןHebrew
מרכז ברביקןHebrew
Barbican EstateIndonesian
Barbican EstateIrish
Barbican EstateItalian
バービカン・エステートJapanese
バービガン・エステイトJapanese
바비칸 에스테이트Korean
BarbacanaLatin
Barbican EstateNorwegian
BarbicanNorwegian Bokmål
БарбиканRussian
Barbican naseljeSerbo-Croatian
Barbican EstateSlovak
BarbicanSlovenian
Barbican EstateSlovenian
BarbicanSwedish
Barbican (del av en befolkad plats i Storbritannien)Swedish
บาร์บิคันเอสเตทThai
Barbican EstateTurkish
БарбіканUkrainian
باربیکین اسٹیٹUrdu
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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