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The district Barbican of City of London in Greater London (England) with it's 4,000 citizens Barbican is a district in United Kingdom a little north-east of London, the country's capital city.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 13°C / 56 °F
Morning Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
Evening Temperature | 13°C / 55 °F |
Night Temperature | 10°C / 51 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 77% |
Air Pressure | 1016 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from North-East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Wednesday, 20th of March 2024
16°C (60 °F)
9°C (49 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 21st of March 2024
13°C (56 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Friday, 22nd of March 2024
9°C (49 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Grange St Pauls A Grange Hotel
M by Montcalm Shoreditch London Tech City
MONTCALM ROYAL LONDON HOUSE
ROMAN HOUSE
Suffolk Lane By BridgeStreet Worldwide
ZETTER TOWNHOUSE CLERKENWELL
Zetter Hotel Clerkenwell
The Kings Wardrobe By BridgeStreet Worldwide
St. Paul s Club Quarters
London City Suites by Montcalm
Videos from this area
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The City of London and the Magna Carta - Anthony Arlidge QC
A brief, but enlightening, discussion of the intermingled histories of the City of London and Magna Carta: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-city-of-london-and-the-magna-carta...
London City Race 2014
City of London orienteering race 21/09/2014 Men's Open course 7.1 km 25 cp. GPS signal between the skyscrapers were totally out of control, so actual length is not known. I had already ran...
The City of London
The City of London is home to a unique mix of iconic, world-class architecture and a historic streetscape that continues to inspire ground-breaking new forms. Watch the full film on Britain...
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Peter Scrivener the CEO of KLAS International talks about his company and how they can help find you a man to sort out a trip up Mt Everest? Talks to KLAS international for this and more. ...
Office Space City of London, City Thameslink - City of London, City Thameslink Offices
Serviced Offices in City of London near City Thameslink http://www.searchofficespace.com/uk/office-space/city-of-london-serviced-offices.html Facilities at this serviced office space include;...
02 Dalibor Vesely – The Relation of Architecture and the City
The Relation of Architecture and the City” Seminar at Eric Parry Architects, London, October 21st 2014, with: Dalibor Vesely Robin Middleton Carolyn Steel Stephen Witherford Dagmar Weston...
City Personal Trainer Chris Hines | The Best Personal Trainer in the City of London
http://www.citypersonaltrainer.co.uk | City Personal Trainer Chris Hines Chris recommends that you design your fitness plan to avoid injury. This means using good posture and form while...
03 Carolyn Steel – The Relation of Architecture and the City
The Relation of Architecture and the City” Seminar at Eric Parry Architects, London, October 21st 2014, with: Dalibor Vesely Robin Middleton Carolyn Steel Stephen Witherford Dagmar Weston...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Guildhall School of Music and Drama is an independent music and dramatic arts school which was founded in 1880 in London, England. Students can pursue courses in Music, Opera, Drama and Technical Theatre Arts.
Barbican Estate
The Barbican Estate is a residential estate built during the 1960s and the 1970s in the City of London, in an area once devastated by World War II bombings and today densely populated by financial institutions. It contains, or is adjacent to, the Barbican Arts Centre, the Museum of London, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Barbican public library, the City of London School for Girls and a YMCA (now closed), forming the Barbican Complex.
City of London School for Girls
City of London School for Girls (CLSG) is a girls' independent school located in the City of London, United Kingdom. It is sister school of the City of London School (a boys day school) and the City of London Freemen's School (a co-educational day and boarding school in Surrey).
Museum of London
The Museum of London documents the history of London from the Prehistoric to the present day. The museum is located close to the Barbican Centre, as part of the striking Barbican complex of buildings created in the 1960s and 70s as an innovative approach to re-development within a bomb damaged area of the City.
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields (ASMF) is an English chamber orchestra, based in London. Sir Neville Marriner founded the ensemble as The Academy of St. -Martin-in-the-Fields in London as a small, conductorless string group. The original group numbered 11, all male. The ensemble's name comes from Trafalgar Square's St Martin-in-the-Fields church, where the orchestra gave its first concert on November 13, 1959. In 1988, the ASMF dropped the hyphens from its full name.
St Anne and St Agnes
St Anne and St Agnes is a church located at Gresham Street in the City of London, near the Barbican. While St Anne's is an Anglican foundation, it has been let since 1966 to a congregation of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain.
St Giles-without-Cripplegate
St Giles-without-Cripplegate is a Church of England church in the City of London, located within the modern Barbican complex. When built it stood without (that is, outside) the city wall, near the Cripplegate. The church is dedicated to St Giles, patron saint of beggars and cripples. It is one of the few medieval churches left in the City of London, having survived the Great Fire of 1666.
EC postcode area
The EC (Eastern Central) postcode area, also known as the London EC postcode area, is a group of postcode districts in central London, England. It includes almost all of the City of London and parts of the London Boroughs of Islington, Camden, Hackney and Tower Hamlets. The area covered is of very high density development. Deliveries for the EC postcode area are made from the Mount Pleasant office.
Grub Street
Until the early 19th century, Grub Street was a street close to London's impoverished Moorfields district that ran from Fore Street east of St Giles-without-Cripplegate north to Chiswell Street. Famous for its concentration of impoverished 'hack writers', aspiring poets, and low-end publishers and booksellers, Grub Street existed on the margins of London's journalistic and literary scene.
St Mary Aldermanbury
St. Mary Aldermanbury was a church in the City of London first mentioned in 1181 and destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666. Rebuilt in Portland stone by Christopher Wren, it was again gutted by the Blitz in 1940, leaving only the walls standing. In 1966 these stones were transported to Fulton, Missouri, by the residents of that town, and rebuilt in the grounds of Westminster College as a memorial to Winston Churchill.
Clockmakers' Museum
The Clockmakers' Museum in London, England is a collection of clocks, watches and other horological items which belongs to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, which is one of the City of London Livery Companies. It is housed in a gallery at the Guildhall. Admission is free. The Clockmakers' Collection was begun in 1814. It is therefore the oldest collection specifically of clocks and watches in the world. It has been open to the public since 1874.
Rutland House
Rutland House was the name of at least two London houses occupied by the Earls and Dukes of Rutland.
St Alban, Wood Street
St Alban's was a church in Wood Street, City of London. It was dedicated to Saint Alban. Only its tower now remains.
Golden Lane Estate
The Golden Lane Estate is a 1950s council housing complex in the City of London. It was built on the northern edge of the City, in an area devastated by bombing during World War II. 50x40pxThis article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Fortune Playhouse
The Fortune Playhouse was an historic theatre in London. It was located between Whitecross Street and the modern Golden Lane, just outside the City of London. It was founded about 1600, and suppressed by the Puritan Parliament in 1642.
St Mary Staining
St. Mary Staining is a lost church in Oat Lane, northeast of St. Paul's Cathedral, in the City of London. The first reference to it is to "Ecclesia de Staningehage" in 1189, probably deriving from a family from Staines holding land in the area of the church. It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and not rebuilt. Its parish was united to St. Michael Wood Street in 1670, and later to St. Alban Wood Street in 1894, and finally St. Vedast Foster Lane in 1954.
St Olave Silver Street
St Olave, Silver Street was a church dedicated to St Olaf (a Norwegian Christian ally of the English king Ethelred II) on the south side of Silver Street, off Wood Street in the City of London.
St Alphage London Wall
St Alphage London Wall, so called because it sat right on London Wall, the City of London boundary, was a church in Bassishaw Ward in the City of London. It is sometimes referred to as St Alphege, using an alternative spelling of the Saint's name, or as St Alphage Cripplegate, because of its proximity to Cripplegate.
St John Zachary
St John Zachary (meaning "St John son of St Zachary", i.e. John the Baptist) was a church, first mentioned in official records in 1181, within the City of London, England, on the north side of Gresham Street, Aldersgate.
Wood Street, London
Wood Street is a street in the City of London. It originates in the south at Cheapside, crosses Gresham Street as it runs northbound, and ends when it meets London Wall. It today lies in the wards of Bassishaw (north of Gresham Street) and Cheap (south of Gresham Street). Wood Street is the location of the headquarters of the City of London Police, at its corner with Love Lane.
125 London Wall
125 London Wall, also known as Alban Gate, is a postmodernist building on London Wall in the City of London, England. Along with Embankment Place and Vauxhall Cross, it has been described as one of the three projects that established designer Sir Terry Farrell's reputation in the late 1980s / early 1990s. In 2004, Deyan Sudjic described it as 'Postmodernism at its most exuberant' placing it at number 5 in a list of 10 Triumphs of recent UK architecture.
Oat Lane
Oat Lane is a short street in the ward of Bassishaw in the City of London. First mentioned by Leake in 1666, it runs from Noble Street to Staining Lane between Gresham Street and London Wall. The Great Hall of the Worshipful Company of Pewterers stands midway down Oat Lane. The church of St Mary Staining once stood here and a small garden still marks the location of the lost church. The nearest London Underground station is St. Paul's and the closest mainline railway station is Moorgate.
St Alphage House
St Alphage House is a 1960s office block on Fore Street in the City of London. It was built by the developer Maurice Wingate to a design by Maurice Sanders Associates. It is named after Saint Alphege and the church St Alphage London Wall whose ruins are below. It was built as part of the redevelopment of London Wall and was one of a series of similar blocks built between 1957 and 1976.
St Alphage Garden
St Alphage Garden is an urban garden in the City of London, off London Wall.
Glasshouse Yard
The Liberty of Glasshouse Yard was an extra-parochial liberty adjacent to the City of London. The liberty took its name from a glass manufacturing works established there. The area now forms part of the London Borough of Islington.