Gillespie Road
Gillespie Road is a road in Highbury, north London, that runs east–west along the north side of Arsenal Stadium. Arsenal Underground station was originally named Gillespie Road, before being given its current name in 1932 following pressure from the club and its then manager Herbert Chapman.Photo: Stacey Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Bus stop
- Description: street in the London Borough of Islington
- Also known as: “Arsenal Underground Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arsenal FC and Finsbury Park Mosque.
Arsenal FC
Stadium
Photo: Arne mueseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
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. Arsenal FC is situated 3,000 feet southwest of Gillespie Road.
Finsbury Park Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Salimfadhley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Finsbury Park Mosque, also known as the North London Central Mosque, is a five-storey mosque located next to Finsbury Park station close to Arsenal Football Club's Emirates Stadium, in the London Borough of Islington. Finsbury Park Mosque is situated 2,000 feet northwest of Gillespie Road.
Arsenal
Metro station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arsenal is a London Underground station, located in Highbury, London. It is on the Piccadilly line, between Holloway Road and Finsbury Park stations. It is in London fare zone 2. Arsenal is situated 2,200 feet west of Gillespie Road.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brownswood and Finsbury Park.
Brownswood
Neighborhood
Brownswood is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and forms part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency. The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections.
Finsbury Park
Suburb
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Finsbury Park is an area in north London, England, which grew up around an important railway interchange near the convergence of the Boroughs of Islington and Hackney and is named after the park in Haringey.
Andover Estate
Neighborhood
The Andover Estate, in Holloway, North London, is a large Islington London Borough Council housing estate which is flanked by Hornsey Road, Seven Sisters Road, Durham Road and Birnam Road. It falls into the N7 postcode district of London.
Gillespie Road
- Categories: road, transport stop, and transportation
- Location: Islington, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.56052° or 51° 33′ 38″ northLongitude
-0.0986° or 0° 5′ 55″ westElevation
95 feet (29 metres)Open location code
9C3XHW62+6HOpenStreetMap ID
node 4005737932OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_position
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Gillespie Road” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Gillespie Road”
- French: “Gillespie Road”
- Italian: “Gillespie Road”
- Japanese: “ジレスピー・ロード”
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