Pentonville

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Pentonville
Pentonville (Greater London)
Pentonville

Pentonville shown within Greater London
OS grid reference TQ315835
London borough Islington
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region London
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LONDON
Postcode district N1
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
European Parliament London
UK Parliament Islington South and Finsbury
London Assembly North East
List of places: UKEnglandLondon

Coordinates: 51°32′06″N 0°06′11″W / 51.535, -0.1031

Pentonville is an area of north-central London in the London Borough of Islington, centred on the Pentonville Road. 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.

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

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

Pentonville is not the location of HM Prison Pentonville, which is located on Caledonian Road, some distance north in Barnsbury.

[edit] Pentonville in popular culture

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

Mr Brownlow, the gentleman whose books were stolen in Oliver Twist, lived in "a quiet shady street near Pentonville" in the novel and most film version. However, in the musical adaptation, Oliver!, he lives in Bloomsbury Square.