Old Red Lion
The Old Red Lion, also known as the Old Red Lion Theatre and The Old Red, is a pub and fringe theatre, at Angel, in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre was founded in 1979 as the Old Red Lion Theatre Club.Photo: Mahlum, Public domain.
- Type: Pub
- Description: pub with pub theater in Islington, London, England, UK
- Also known as: “Old Red Lion Public House”, “Old Red Lion Theatre”, “Old Red Lion Theatre Pub, Islington”, “Old Red Lion, Islington”, “The Old Red Lion”, and “The Old Red Lion, Islington”
- Address: 418 St. John Street, Islington, London, EC1V 4NJ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include London St Pancras International and Angel tube station.
London St Pancras International
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
London St Pancras International is a major international rail interchange and shopping destination in London. It is the British capital's only international station, with Eurostar services connecting the city with destinations in mainland Europe.
Angel tube station
Metro station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Angel is a London Underground station 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. Angel tube station is situated 390 feet north of Old Red Lion.
British Library
Library
Photo: Patche99z, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. Based in London, it is one of the largest libraries in the world, with an estimated collection of over 200 million items from multiple countries. British Library is situated 1 mile west of Old Red Lion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Angel and Spa Green Estate.
Angel
Quarter
Photo: Andy F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Angel is an area on the northern fringes of Central London within the London Borough of Islington. It is 2 miles north-northeast of Charing Cross on the Inner Ring Road at a busy transport intersection.
Spa Green Estate
Neighborhood
Photo: Grantham9, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Spa Green Estate between Rosebery Avenue and St John St in Clerkenwell, London EC1, England, is the most complete post-war realisation of a 1930s radical plan for social regeneration through Modernist architecture.
Finsbury Estate
Neighborhood
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Finsbury Estate is a large-scale housing estate in the Clerkenwell area of London, England, comprising four purpose-built blocks of flats located on a level site, providing 451 residences.
Old Red Lion
- Categories: theater building and building
- Location: Islington, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.53142° or 51° 31′ 53″ northLongitude
-0.10592° or 0° 6′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C3XGVJV+HJOpenStreetMap ID
way 100442829OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=pubOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q7084824
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Old Red Lion” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “老紅獅”
- Japanese: “オールド・レッド・ライオン”
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