Barbican
District of City of London
England - United Kingdom

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.

Located at 51.5194, -0.0923 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Music schools in London, Drama schools in London, Performing arts education in London, Educational institutions established in 1880, Barbican Estate, 1880 establishments in England

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.

Located at 51.5192, -0.0938889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Brutalist architecture in the United Kingdom, Buildings and structures in the City of London, Grade II listed buildings in London, Housing estates in London, Skyscrapers in the City of London, Residential skyscrapers in London, Skyscrapers between 100 and 149 meters, Barbican Estate

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).

Located at 51.5192, -0.09449 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Independent girls' schools in London, Independent schools in the City of London, Educational institutions established in 1894, Member schools of the Girls' Schools Association, Kids' Lit Quiz winners, Barbican Estate

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.

Located at 51.5177, -0.0968083 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Museums established in 1976, City museums, Archaeological museums in London, History of the City of London, Local government in London, Museums of Ancient Rome in the United Kingdom, History museums in London, Exempt charities, Charities based in London, Museums in the City of London, Local museums in London, Museum of London Group, Barbican Estate, 1976 establishments in England

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.

Located at 51.5237, -0.09609 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Chamber orchestras, London orchestras, Musical groups established in 1959

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.

Located at 51.5164, -0.0963889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Churches in the City of London, Christopher Wren churches in London, English Baroque architecture, Lutheran churches in London, Grade I listed churches in London, Lutheran congregations established in the 20th century

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.

Located at 51.5187, -0.0940417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Churches in the City of London, Church of England churches in London, Grade I listed churches in London, Barbican Estate

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.

Located at 51.523, -0.092 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Postcode areas covering London, Media and communications in the City of London, Media and communications in Hackney, Media and communications in Camden, Media and communications in Islington, Media and communications in Tower Hamlets

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.

Located at 51.5203, -0.0908333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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History of literature, English phrases, Streets in the City of London

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.

Located at 51.5165, -0.0930722 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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English Baroque architecture, Churches rebuilt after the Great Fire of London but since demolished, Grade II listed churches in London, Parks and open spaces of the City of London Corporation, Christopher Wren churches in London

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.

Located at 51.5164, -0.0930556 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Clocks, Horological museums in the United Kingdom, Museums in the City of London, Museums established in 1874, 1874 establishments in England

Rutland House

Rutland House was the name of at least two London houses occupied by the Earls and Dukes of Rutland.

Located at 51.5191, -0.0969458 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Opera houses in the United Kingdom, Former theatres of London, Former houses of the City of London

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.

Located at 51.5166, -0.0941528 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Christopher Wren churches in London, Churches in the City of London, of which only the tower remains, Grade II* listed churches in London

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.

Located at 51.5223, -0.0956 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Residential buildings completed in 1957, Housing estates in London, Buildings and structures in the City of London, Grade II listed buildings in London, Barbican Estate

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.

Located at 51.5228, -0.0938889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Former theatres of London, Buildings and structures completed in 1600, Buildings and structures completed in 1623, 1642 disestablishments, Former buildings and structures of Islington, Barbican Estate

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.

Located at 51.5167, -0.095 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Churches in the City of London, Churches destroyed in the Great Fire of London and not rebuilt, Former buildings and structures of the City of London

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.

Located at 51.5173, -0.0953 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Churches destroyed in the Great Fire of London and not rebuilt, Churches in the City of London, Former buildings and structures of 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.

Located at 51.5177, -0.0922306 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Churches in the City of London, of which only the tower remains, Grade II listed churches in London

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.

Located at 51.5161, -0.0955556 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Former buildings and structures of the City of London, Churches in the City of London, Churches destroyed in the Great Fire of London and not rebuilt

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.

Located at 51.5162, -0.09428 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Streets in the City of London

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.

Located at 51.5175, -0.0938 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1992, Buildings and structures in the City of London, Terry Farrell buildings, JPMorgan Chase buildings

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.

Located at 51.5167, -0.09539 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Streets in the City of London, History of the City of London

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.

Located at 51.518, -0.09181 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Skyscrapers in the City of London

St Alphage Garden

St Alphage Garden is an urban garden in the City of London, off London Wall.

Located at 51.518, -0.0926 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Gardens in London

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.

Located at 51.5214, -0.0979435 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Parishes united into districts (Metropolis), History of Islington, Former civil parishes in England, Liberties of London