Blackfriars
Blackfriars is in central London, specifically the south-west corner of the City of London.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Quarter
- Description: area of central London, England
- Also known as: “Blackfriars, London”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Leicester Square and St Paul’s Cathedral.
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.
St Paul’s Cathedral
Church
St Paul's Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Paul the Apostle, is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, the seat of the Bishop of London.
Tate Modern
Museum
Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tate Modern is an art gallery in London, housing the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art. It forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Temple and Bankside.
Temple
Quarter
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Temple is an area or precinct of the City of London surrounding Temple Church. It is one of the main legal districts in London and a notable centre for English law, from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Bankside
Quarter
Bankside is an area of London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. Bankside is located on the southern bank of the River Thames, 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross, running from a little west of Blackfriars Bridge to just a short distance before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock.
West Smithfield
Neighborhood
Photo: Goodwillgames, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Smithfield, properly known as West Smithfield, is a district located in Central London, part of Farringdon Without, the most westerly ward of the City of London, England.
Blackfriars
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.51221° or 51° 30′ 44″ northLongitude
-0.10396° or 0° 6′ 14″ westElevation
66 feet (20 metres)Open location code
9C3XGV6W+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 7646215720OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Blackfriars” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلاكفرايرز”
- Basque: “Blackfriars”
- Catalan: “Blackfriars (Ciutat de Londres)”
- Catalan: “Blackfriars”
- Chinese: “布莱克福里阿斯”
- Chinese: “布萊克福里阿斯”
- Chinese: “黑修士 (倫敦)”
- Chinese: “黑衣修士 (倫敦)”
- Chinese: “黑衣修士”
- Dutch: “Blackfriars”
- Esperanto: “Nigrafrataro”
- Estonian: “Blackfriars”
- Finnish: “Blackfriars”
- French: “Blackfriars”
- German: “Blackfriars”
- Hebrew: “בלקפריירס”
- Irish: “Blackfriars”
- Italian: “Blackfriars”
- Japanese: “ブラックフライアーズ”
- Korean: “블랙프리어스”
- Latin: “Nigri Monachi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blackfriars”
- Norwegian: “Blackfriars”
- Polish: “Blackfriars”
- Slovenian: “Blackfriars”
- Spanish: “Blackfriars”
- Swedish: “Blackfriars”
- Turkish: “Blackfriars”
- Urdu: “بلیک فرائرز، لندن”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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