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.

Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Square
Description: urban square in Finsbury in central London
Also known as: “フィンズバリー・スクエア”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include London Liverpool Street and Barbican Arts 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 Arts 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. The centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions. Barbican Arts Centre is situated 1,700 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

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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

Categories: park, recreation area, and locality
Location: Islington, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.52098° or 51° 31′ 16″ north

Longitude

-0.08641° or 0° 5′ 11″ west

Elevation

66 feet (20 metres)

Operator

Islington London Borough Council

Open location code

9C3XGWC7+9C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1424374769

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

OpenStreetMap feature

place=square

GeoNames ID

12519289

Wikidata ID

Q5450927

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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: “フィンズベリー・スクエア”
Slovenian: “Finsbury Square”
Swedish: “Finsbury Square”

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