Finsbury Square
Finsbury Square is a 0.7-hectare square in Finsbury in central London which includes a six-rink grass bowling green. It was developed in 1777 on the site of a previous area of green space to the north of the City of London known as Finsbury Fields, in the parish of St Luke's and near Moorfields.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include London Liverpool Street and Barbican Centre.
London Liverpool Street
Railway station
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a major central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, in the ward of Bishopsgate Without. London Liverpool Street is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Finsbury Square.
Barbican Centre
Arts center
Photo: Nevilley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London, England, and the largest of its kind in Europe. The centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions. Barbican Centre is situated 1,800 feet west of Finsbury Square.
The Tower of London
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the River Thames in London, England. The Tower of London is situated 1 mile southeast of Finsbury Square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Finsbury and Barbican Estate.
Finsbury
Suburb
Photo: Goodwillgames, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Finsbury is a district of North-Central London, forming the southeastern part of the London Borough of Islington. It borders the City of London. The Manor of Finsbury is first recorded as Vinisbir and means "manor of a man called Finn".
Barbican Estate
Quarter
Photo: Riodamascus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Barbican Estate, or Barbican, is a residential complex of around 2,000 flats, maisonettes and houses in central London, England, within the City of London.
Finsbury Square
- Type: Square
- Description: urban square in Finsbury in central London
- Categories: park, recreation area, and locality
- Location: Islington, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.52098° or 51° 31′ 16″ northLongitude
-0.08641° or 0° 5′ 11″ westElevation
66 feet (20 metres)Operator
Islington London Borough CouncilOpen location code
9C3XGWC7+9COpenStreetMap ID
way 1424374769OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
place=square
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Finsbury Square” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “芬斯伯裏廣場”
- Chinese: “芬斯伯里廣場”
- French: “Finsbury Fields”
- Hebrew: “כיכר פינסבורי”
- Irish: “Cearnóg Finsbury”
- Japanese: “フィンズバリー・スクエア”
- Japanese: “フィンズベリー・スクエア”
- Slovenian: “Finsbury Square”
- Swedish: “Finsbury Square”
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Nearby Places
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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 “Finsbury Square”. Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.