UCL Observatory

UCL Observatory at Mill Hill in London is an astronomical teaching observatory. It is part of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University College London.

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Type: University
Description: observatory at Mill Hill in London, England
Also known as: “observatoire de l’université de Londres”, “UCLO”, “UCL天文台”, “University College London Observatory”, and “University of London Observatory”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mill Hill Library and Mill Hill Broadway railway station.

Mill Hill Library

Library

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Mill Hill Library is situated 770 feet north of UCL Observatory.

Mill Hill Broadway railway station

Railway station

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Mill Hill Broadway railway station is a stop on the Midland Main Line, serving the suburb of Mill Hill in the London Borough of Barnet, north London, England. Mill Hill Broadway railway station is situated 1,500 feet west of UCL Observatory.

St Michael and All Angels

Church

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St Michael and All Angels is a church, which is situated 740 feet northwest of UCL Observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mill Hill and Grahame Park.

Mill Hill

Suburb

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Mill Hill is a suburb in the London Borough of Barnet, England. It is situated around 9 miles northwest of Charing Cross, close to the Hertfordshire border.

Grahame Park

Quarter

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Grahame Park, located on the site of the old Hendon Aerodrome in North West London, is a north London housing estate in the London Borough of Barnet, including 1,777 council homes built in the 1970s.

The Hale is an area and ward within the London Borough of Barnet. It is situated where the eastern part of Edgware meets the western part of Mill Hill and centres on the small retail centre at the junction of Deans Lane, Hale Lane and Selvage Lane.

UCL Observatory

Categories: astronomical observatory and education
Location: Barnet, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.61333° or 51° 36′ 48″ north

Longitude

-0.24231° or 0° 14′ 32″ west

Open location code

9C3XJQ75+83

OpenStreetMap ID

way 102274505

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=university

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=observatory

Wikidata ID

Q7895639

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“UCL Observatory” goes by many names.

Chinese: “倫敦大學天文台”
Chinese: “倫敦大學天文臺”
Dutch: “Universiteit van Londen Observatorium”
Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد يو سى ال”
French: “observatoire de l’UCL”
French: “Observatoire de l’université de Londres”
Japanese: “ロンドン大学天文台”
Portuguese: “Observatório da Universidade de Londres”
Urdu: “یو سی ایل رصدگاہ”

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