Faraday House

Faraday House Electrical Engineering College was created to train engineers in power generation and distribution. It was set up at a time before engineering was widely taught at universities, founded as an adjunct to a commercial company for supplying towns with electricity.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: former electrical engineering college in London
  • Also known as: “Syracuse University Faraday House” and “Syracuse University London Center”
  • Address: 48-51 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AE

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and London St Pancras International.

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The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

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is a major international rail interchange and shopping destination in . It is the British capital's only international station, with Eurostar services connecting the city with destinations in mainland .

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The is a theatre in , . The building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. is situated 2,500 feet south of Faraday House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gray’s Inn and Holborn-Clerkenwell.

Neighborhood
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The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court in London. To be called to the bar in order to practise as a barrister in England and Wales, an individual must belong to one of these inns.

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is a district in central that is in many ways a buffer zone between London's West End and the City of London financial district.

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This article is about three neighbourhoods of central : , St Pancras and Fitzrovia. is the hub of London's university district, is home to the British Museum and is next to the British Library.

Faraday House

Latitude
51.51972° or 51° 31′ 11″ north
Longitude
-0.12113° or 0° 7′ 16″ west
Open location code
9C3XGV9H+VG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 800155762
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q28402796
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In Other Languages

From Hebrew to Swedish—“Faraday House” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “בית פאראדיי”
  • Swedish: “Faraday House”

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