Angel
Angel is an area on the northern fringes of Central London within the London Borough of Islington. It is 2 miles north-northeast of Charing Cross on the Inner Ring Road at a busy transport intersection.Photo: Andy F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway stop
- Description: district of Central London, England
- Also known as: “Angel Area”, “Angel Area London”, “Angel London”, “Angel, London”, “The Angel”, and “The Angel, Islington”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include London St Pancras International and Angel tube station.
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.
Angel tube station
Metro station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Angel is a London Underground station located in the Angel area of the London Borough of Islington. The station is on the Bank branch of the Northern line, between King's Cross St. Pancras and Old Street stations. Angel tube station is situated 450 feet northwest of Angel.
British Library
Library
Photo: Patche99z, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. Based in London, it is one of the largest libraries in the world, with an estimated collection of over 200 million items from multiple countries. British Library is situated 1 mile west of Angel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spa Green Estate and Finsbury Estate.
Spa Green Estate
Neighborhood
Photo: Grantham9, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Spa Green Estate between Rosebery Avenue and St John St in Clerkenwell, London EC1, England, is the most complete post-war realisation of a 1930s radical plan for social regeneration through Modernist architecture.
Finsbury Estate
Neighborhood
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Finsbury Estate is a large-scale housing estate in the Clerkenwell area of London, England, comprising four purpose-built blocks of flats located on a level site, providing 451 residences.
Angel
- Categories: area of London, transport stop, and transportation
- Location: Islington, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.5316° or 51° 31′ 54″ northLongitude
-0.10465° or 0° 6′ 17″ westElevation
138 feet (42 metres)Open location code
9C3XGVJW+J4OpenStreetMap ID
node 7792628213OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stopGeoNames ID
6954085Wikidata ID
Q122527
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Angel” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Angel”
- Chinese: “安吉爾”
- Dutch: “Angel”
- Esperanto: “Angel”
- Esperanto: “Anĝelo”
- French: “Angel”
- German: “Angel”
- Hebrew: “אנג’ל”
- Hindi: “द एंजल, इस्लिंगटन”
- Hindi: “द एंजल”
- Irish: “The Angel, Islington”
- Irish: “The Angel”
- Italian: “Angel”
- Japanese: “エンジェル (イズリントン)”
- Japanese: “エンジェル (ロンドン)”
- Malayalam: “എയ്ഞ്ചൽ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Angel”
- Norwegian: “Angel”
- Persian: “انجل، لندن”
- Portuguese: “Angel, Londres”
- Portuguese: “Angel”
- South Azerbaijani: “انجل، لندن”
- Turkish: “Angel”
- Urdu: “اینجل، ازلنگٹن”
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