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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Essex Road railway station and Almeida Theatre.
Essex Road railway station
Railway station
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Essex Road is a National Rail station in Canonbury in Greater London, England, and is on the Northern City Line between Old Street and Highbury & Islington, 1 mile 59 chains down the line from Moorgate, and is in Travelcard Zone 2.
Almeida Theatre
Theater building
The Almeida Theatre is a 325-seat producing house located on Almeida Street off Upper Street in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre opened in 1980, and produces a diverse range of drama. Successful plays are often transferred to West End theatres.
Angel tube station
Metro station
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Angel is a London Underground station. It is located in the Angel area of the London Borough of Islington. The station is on the Bank branch of the Northern line, between King's Cross St. Pancras and Old Street stations.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hackney and Holborn-Clerkenwell.
Hackney
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Hackney is a district of London. Hackney has a diverse population and the area has undergone massive regeneration in recent decades. Hackney is now very fashionable with a thriving arts scene in the south of the district for example.
Holborn-Clerkenwell
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Holborn-Clerkenwell is a district in central London that is in many ways a buffer zone between London's West End and the City of London financial district.
City of London
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The City of London, also known as the City, or the Square Mile, is the area of London that originally lay within the ancient city walls. This independent part of Central London is known for its history and heritage, so is a must for anyone wishing to explore and understand London.
Islington
- Type: Suburb with 319,000 residents
- Description: district of London, England
- 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″ northLongitude
-0.09991° or 0° 5′ 60″ westPopulation
319,000Elevation
121 feet (37 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB ISTOpen location code
9C3XGWQ2+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 27365020OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Islington” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Islington”
- Arabic: “إيزلينغتون”
- Armenian: “Իսլինգտոն”
- Asturian: “Islington”
- Azerbaijani: “İslinqton”
- 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: “Islingtonia”
- 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”
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