Archway Library

The Archway Library is a public library in the London Borough of Islington, England, in the Archway neighborhood. The library originally opened in 1946, and was the first municipal building in Islington to have fluorescent lighting.

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Type: Library
Description: public library in London, UK
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Archway tube station and Whittington Hospital.

Archway tube station

Metro station

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Archway is a London Underground station. It is located at the intersection of Holloway Road, Highgate Hill, Junction Road and Archway Road in Archway, North London, directly underneath the Vantage Point building.

Whittington Hospital

Hospital

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Whittington Hospital is a district general and teaching hospital of UCL Medical School and Middlesex University School of Health and Social Sciences. Located in Archway, London, it is managed by Whittington Health NHS Trust, operating as Whittington Health, an integrated care organisation providing hospital and community health services in the north London boroughs of Islington and Haringey. Whittington Hospital is situated 910 feet northwest of Archway Library.

Vantage Point

Residential building

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Vantage Point is a 195-foot 17-storey residential apartment building above Archway Underground station, designed by Grid Architects, and owned and operated by Essential Living. In 2017 Vantage point won an RIBA award.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Archway and Whittington Estate.

Archway

Suburb

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Archway is an area of north London, England, in the London Borough of Islington 3.8 miles north of Charing Cross. It straddles the A1 and is named after a former local landmark, the high, single-arched Archway Bridge which crossed the road to the north.

Whittington Estate

Neighborhood

The Whittington Estate, also known as Highgate New Town, is a housing estate in the London Borough of Camden, North London, England. It was designed in a modernist style by Peter Tábori and Ken Adie for Camden Council's Architects Department.