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Explore Finsbury
Finsbury in Greater London (England) is located in United Kingdom a little north-east of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Finsbury is now 07:25 PM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 8 airports in the wider vicinity of Finsbury, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is London City Airport in a distance of 7 mi (or 12 km), East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Tower of London in a distance of 8 mi (or 13 km), East. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. We found 4 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Islington, City of London, London, City of Westminster and Camden Town. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 12°C / 53 °F
Morning Temperature | 10°C / 49 °F |
Evening Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
Night Temperature | 11°C / 52 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 80% |
Air Pressure | 1022 hPa |
Wind Speed | Calm with 2 km/h (1 mph) from West |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Wednesday, 6th of November 2024
14°C (57 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Scattered clouds, calm.
Thursday, 7th of November 2024
14°C (57 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Few clouds, light breeze.
Friday, 8th of November 2024
12°C (54 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
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GAZZANO LONDON APARTMENTS
Clerkenwell One
The Rookery Hotel
Tulip Níké Apartments
The One Tun Pub and Rooms
Hilton London Angel Islington
DoubleTree by Hilton London - Islington
The Clerk & Well Pub & Rooms
Zetter Hotel Clerkenwell
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury
The Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury was a Metropolitan borough within the County of London from 1900 to 1965, when it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Islington to form the London Borough of Islington.
Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK is a cancer research and awareness charity in the United Kingdom, formed on 4 February 2002 by the merger of The Cancer Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Its aim is to reduce the number of deaths from cancer. As the world's largest independent cancer research charity it conducts research into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
Family Records Centre
The Family Records Centre (FRC) provided access to family history research sources mainly for England and Wales. It was administered jointly by the General Register Office (GRO) and The National Archives. It opened in March 1997 and was fully operational by the following month. It was situated at 1 Myddelton Street, Clerkenwell, London, close to the London Metropolitan Archives. It closed in 2008.
Exmouth Market
Exmouth Market is a semi pedestrianised street in Clerkenwell in the London Borough of Islington.
City Law School
The City Law School is one of the seven schools of City University in the City of London. In 2001, City Law School integrated the prestigious Inns of Court School of Law. Until 1999, the ICSL had a monopoly on the provision of the Bar Vocational Course (BVC), the obligatory professional training for would-be barristers in England and Wales, before they commence pupillage. The School is divided into two sections on two campuses.
New Prison
The New Prison was a prison located in the Clerkenwell area of central London between c.1617 and 1877 (it should not be confused with the New Gaol, another name sometimes applied to Horsemonger Lane Gaol in Southwark, south London). The New Prison was used to house prisoners committed for examination before the police magistrates, for trial at the sessions, for want of bail, and occasionally on summary conviction.
Clerkenwell Bridewell
Clerkenwell Bridewell was a prison located in the Clerkenwell area, immediately north of the City of London (in the modern London Borough of Islington), between c.1615 and 1794, when it was superseded by the nearby Coldbath Fields Prison in Mount Pleasant. It was named 'Bridewell' after the Bridewell Palace, which during the 16th century had become one of the City of London's most important prisons. Next-door was another prison, the New Prison, built in around 1617.
Finsbury Estate
Finsbury Estate is a large-scale housing estate in the Finsbury area of London, England, comprising four purpose-built blocks of flats located on a level site, providing 451 residences. Patrick Coman House and Michael Cliffe House are high-rise blocks of 9 and 25 storeys respectively, while Joseph Trotter House and Charles Townsend House are of four storeys. Amenities include a community centre and library, below-ground car parking, a ball-games area and a playground area.
Finsbury Health Centre
The Finsbury Health Centre in the Finsbury area of London, England, built in 1935-38, was designed by Berthold Lubetkin and the Tecton architecture practice. The design shares some of its materials and detailing with similar Lubetkin projects of the period, including the Priory Green, Spa Green and Hallfield Estates. Partly restored in the mid 1990s, the building is Grade I listed.
Spa Fields
Spa Fields is a park, and surrounding area, in the London Borough of Islington in London, bordering Finsbury and Clerkenwell. Historically it is known for the Spa Fields riots of 1816 and an Owenite community which existed there between 1821 and 1824. The park, or open common was once of 14 hectares but was mostly built over in the 19th century, beginning in the 1830s, and is now a small park, popular with office workers at lunchtime, and a children's playground.
Clerkenwell Prison
Clerkenwell (old) Prison, also known as the Clerkenwell House of Detention or Middlesex House of Detention was a prison in Clerkenwell, London. It held prisoners awaiting trial. It stood on Bowling Green Lane conveniently close to the Middlesex Sessions House, where prisoners would be tried, on Clerkenwell Green to the south.
Spa Green Estate
Spa Green Estate between Rosebery Avenue and St John St in Clerkenwell, London EC1, England, is the most complete post-war realisation of a 1930s radical plan for social regeneration through Modernist architecture. Conceived as public housing, it is now a mixed community of private owners and council tenants, run by a resident-elected management organization.