Finchley
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| Finchley | |
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| Location | |
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| OS grid reference: | TQ255905 |
| Latitude: | 51.599309° |
| Longitude: | -0.18707° |
| Administration | |
| London borough: | Barnet |
| County level: | Greater London |
| Region: | London |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | Greater London |
| Historic county: | Middlesex (1965) |
| Services | |
| Police force: | Metropolitan Police |
| Fire brigade: | London Fire Brigade |
| Ambulance service: | London Ambulance |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | LONDON |
| Postal district: | N2, N3, N12 |
| Dialling code: | 020 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | Finchley & Golders Green |
| London Assembly: | Barnet and Camden |
| European Parliament: | London |
| London | List of places in London | |
Finchley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet, London, England. Finchley is predominantly a residential area with a number of retail districts.
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[edit] Location & divisions
Situated in the north of London, Finchley is divided into four:
- East Finchley, roughly speaking, the area between Highgate and the North Circular Road, and in postal area N2;
- Church End Finchley, often known as "Finchley Central", the area west of the North Circular Road, centred around Ballards Lane and Finchley Central tube station, and in postal area N3;
- West Finchley, the area around West Finchley tube station, and in postal area N3; and
- North Finchley, the area surrounding Tally-Ho Corner, stretching west to Woodside Park and the Northern Line, in postal area N12.
'Finchley' should not be confused with the area of London known as 'Finchley Road' around Finchley Road tube station in Swiss Cottage, Camden.
[edit] Culture & sports
The Phoenix Cinema is one of the oldest purpose-built cinemas in the UK. It has an active local arts scene which is publicised by Barnet Borough Arts Council with the Arts Depot based in North Finchley opened in Autumn 2004.
Finchley's local football team is Wingate & Finchley who play in the Southern League Eastern Division. It was founded as a specifically Jewish football club in 1946. The local rugby team is Finchley RFC.
Finchley's community orchestra is Tudor Orchestra which rehearses at Trinity Church Centre N12 close to the Tally Ho bus terminus on Monday nights.
Victoria Park is an area of open space in the Finchley Central area; it is situated alongside much of Ballards Lane and is close to Finchley Central tube Station. It was opened in 1902 and was intended to mark Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee and was Finchley's first Public Park.
[edit] History
Finchley was from 1959 to 1992 the Parliamentary Constituency of Margaret Thatcher, UK Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990.
Since 1963 Finchley has been twinned with Jinja, Uganda.
[edit] See also
[edit] Famous people associated with Finchley
- Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister.
- Harry Beck, Designer of the original Tube map
- Octavia Hill, social reformer
- Spike Milligan, comedian often poked fun at Finchley, specifically East Finchley
- Robert Fripp, musician
- Eric Morecambe, comedian
- Fleur Adcock, poet
- Feargal Sharkey, singer
- Tim Parks, novelist (his semi-autobiographical Tongues of Flame is set in the North Finchley of 1968).
- Terry-Thomas, actor
- Charles Dickens, novelist
- Will Self, novelist, reviewer and columnist
- Steven Stapleton, musician
- Emma Bunton, singer
- Samantha Fox, UK model and singer
- George Michael, singer and songwriter
- Anna Popplewell, Movie actress
- Stephen Merchant, Actor/Director/Writer/Comedian
- David Jason, Actor
- Jerry Springer, born at East Finchley Station during the war
[edit] Fictional characters
- Bluebottle, a character in the 1950s BBC radio series The Goon Show, hails from Finchley.
- In the 2005 film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Susan Pevensie says that she and her siblings, Peter, Edmund, and Lucy, are from Finchley, despite no mention of Finchley being made in C. S. Lewis's book. Anna Popplewell, the actress who plays Susan, is from Finchley in real life.
[edit] Nearest Places
Nearest tube stations:
- East Finchley tube station
- Finchley Central tube station
- Mill Hill East tube station
- West Finchley tube station
- Woodside Park tube station
- Totteridge and Whetstone tube station
All the above stations are on the Northern Line of the London Underground system.
[edit] External links
- Michael Pead :: Photos of Finchley - includes pictures of the new Arts Depot.
