Islington
Islington is a district of north London covering much of the London Borough of Islington. The area around The Angel, Upper Street and Essex Road is of special interest to visitors; it is home to a number of interesting shops selling antiques and collectibles as well as art galleries.
- Type: Suburb with 319,000 residents
- Description: district of London, England
- Also known as: “Islingtonia”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Essex Road railway station and Almeida Theatre.
Angel tube station
Metro station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hackney and Holborn-Clerkenwell.
Islington
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: Islington, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.53843° or 51° 32′ 18″ north
Longitude
-0.09991° or 0° 5′ 60″ west
Population
319,000
Elevation
121 feet (37 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB IST
Open location code
9C3XGWQ2+92
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Islington” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Islington”
- Arabic: “إزلنغتون”
- Arabic: “إيزلينغتون”
- Armenian: “Իսլինգտոն”
- Asturian: “Islington”
- Azerbaijani: “İslinqton”
- Balinese: “Islington (borough London)”
- Balinese: “Islington”
- Basque: “Islington”
- Belarusian: “Ізлінгтан”
- Belarusian: “Ізьлінгтан”
- Bengali: “ইজলিংটন”
- Breton: “Islington”
- Catalan: “Islington”
- Cebuano: “Islington (kapital sa distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Islington”
- Chinese: “伊斯林顿”
- Chinese: “伊斯灵顿”
- Chinese: “伊斯靈頓”
- Czech: “Islington”
- Dutch: “Islington”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ايزلينجتون”
- Esperanto: “Islington”
- Esperanto: “Islingtono”
- Estonian: “Islington”
- French: “District londonien d’Islington”
- French: “Islington”
- Galician: “Islington”
- Georgian: “იზლინგტონი”
- German: “Islington”
- Greek: “Ίσλινγκτον”
- Gujarati: “આઇસ્લિંગ્ટન”
- Hebrew: “איזלינגטון”
- Hungarian: “Islington”
- Irish: “Islington”
- Italian: “Islington”
- Italian: “Municipio di Islington”
- Japanese: “イズリントン”
- Kannada: “ಇಸ್ಲಿಂಗ್ಟನ್”
- Korean: “이즐링턴”
- Latin: “Islingtonium”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Islington”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Islington”
- Norwegian: “Islington”
- Persian: “ایزلینتن”
- Persian: “ایزلینگتون”
- Polish: “Islington”
- Portuguese: “Islington”
- Russian: “Излингтон”
- Russian: “Ислингтон”
- Scots: “Islington”
- Slovenian: “Islington”
- South Azerbaijani: “ایزلینقتون”
- Spanish: “Islington”
- Swedish: “Islington, London”
- Swedish: “Islington”
- Tamil: “இஸ்லிங்டன்”
- Tatar: “Ислиңтон”
- Telugu: “ఇస్లింగ్టన్”
- Turkish: “Islington”
- Ukrainian: “Ізлінґтон”
- Urdu: “ازلنگٹن، لندن”
- Vietnamese: “Islington”
- Welsh: “Islington”
- “Islington”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: St Mary’s Path Estate and Popham Street Estate.
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