Pentonville

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Pentonville
Location on map of Greater London
Location
OS grid reference: TQ315835
Latitude: 51.535027°
Longitude: -0.103101°
Administration
London borough: Islington
County level: Greater London
Region: London
Constituent country: England
Sovereign state: United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county: Greater London
Historic county: Middlesex
Services
Police force: Metropolitan Police
Fire brigade: London Fire Brigade
Ambulance service: London Ambulance
Post office and telephone
Post town: LONDON
Postal district: N1
Dialling code: 020
Politics
UK Parliament: Islington South and Finsbury
London Assembly: North East
European Parliament: London
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Pentonville is an area of London in the borough of Islington, around the Pentonville Road. It is not the location of HM Prison Pentonville, (affectionately known by criminals as "The Ville"), which is located in the Caledonian Road, London N7, quite a distance north in Barnsbury.

Nearby places include Islington, St. Pancras, and Finsbury. The closest tube station is Angel.

Pentonville is John Stuart Mill's birthplace (20 May 1806).

Pentonville was part of the ancient parish of Clerkenwell, and was incorporated into the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury by the London Government Act 1899. It has been part of the London Borough of Islington since 1965.

Pentonville is an experimental reggae track on the Babyshambles album Down in Albion.