Cruikshank Street, EC1R

Cruickshank Street was named after George Cruikshank, 19th century illustrator who lived on nearby Amwell Street.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Angel Angel tube station is a London Underground station in The Angel, Islington. It is on the Bank branch of the Northern Line.

Angel

Philharmonic Hall The Philharmonic Hall was a major music hall throughout the 1860s and early 1870s.

Philharmonic Hall

Spa Green Estate, EC1R The Spa Green Estate is a post-war realisation of a 1930s plan for social regeneration through Modernist architecture.

Spa Green Estate, EC1R

White Conduit Street (1950s) A line of children hold hands as they walk along the middle of White Conduit Street towards the junction with Chapel Market in Islington in the 1950s.

White Conduit Street (1950s)

NEARBY STREETS

Abacus House, EC1R Abacus House can be found on Gloucester Way (Finsbury)

Abacus House, EC1R

Acton Street, WC1X Acton Street is found on the east side of Gray’s Inn Road and connects it with King’s Cross Road (Finsbury)

Acton Street, WC1X

Affleck Street, N1 Affleck Street was built by a Mr A. Attneave in 1884 (King’s Cross)

Affleck Street, N1

Albert House, WC1X Albert House is a block on King’s Cross Road (Finsbury)

Albert House, WC1X

Ampton Place, WC1X Ampton Place was previously called Frederick Place (Finsbury)

Ampton Place, WC1X

Ampton Street, WC1X Ampton Street was named after its builder, the 3rd Lord Calthorpe who owned land at Ampton, Suffolk (Finsbury)

Ampton Street, WC1X

Amwell Street, EC1R Amwell Street is called after the nearby New River, which starts at Amwell, Hertfordshire (Finsbury)

Amwell Street, EC1R

Angel Arcade, EC1V Angel Arcade is named, along with many ’Angel’ streets of the area, after the famous pub (Angel)

Angel Arcade, EC1V

Angel Building, EC1V Angel Building is a block on St John Street (Angel)

Angel Building, EC1V

Angel Corner House, N1 Angel Corner House is located on Islington High Street (Angel)

Angel Corner House, N1

Angel House, N1 Angel House is a block on Pentonville Road (Angel)

Angel House, N1

Angel Mews, N1 Angel Mews is an ancient side street in Islington (Angel)

Angel Mews, N1

Angel Square, EC1V Angel Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)

Angel Square, EC1V

Archery Fields House, WC1X Archery Fields House on Wharton Street was named after the historic use of the land (Finsbury)

Archery Fields House, WC1X

Arlington House, EC1R Arlington House is located on Arlington Way (Angel)

Arlington House, EC1R

Arlington Way, EC1R Arlington Way was called Arlington Street before 1936 (Finsbury)

Arlington Way, EC1R

Baron Street, N1 Baron Street is named after Joseph Barron, landlord of the White Lion inn during the late eighteenth century (Angel)

Baron Street, N1

Battle Bridge House, WC1X Battle Bridge House is sited on Gray’s Inn Road (Finsbury)

Battle Bridge House, WC1X

Benyon House, EC1R Benyon House is sited on Myddelton Passage (Finsbury)

Benyon House, EC1R

Bethany House, WC1X Bethany House is a block on Lloyd Square (Finsbury)

Bethany House, WC1X

Bevin Court, WC1X Bevin Court is a modernist housing project designed in the post-war period by the Tecton architects (Pentonville)

Bevin Court, WC1X

Bevin Way, WC1X Bevin Way was called after prominent Labour politician Ernest Bevin (Pentonville)

Bevin Way, WC1X

Bonington House, N1 Bonington House is a block on Killick Street (Islington)

Bonington House, N1

Bradleys Close, N1 Bradleys Close is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)

Bradleys Close, N1

Britannia Street, WC1X Britannia Street, King’s Cross, dates from the 1770s (King’s Cross)

Britannia Street, WC1X

Bruce Kenrick House, N1 Bruce Kenrick House is a block on Killick Street (King’s Cross)

Bruce Kenrick House, N1

Cable House, WC1X Cable House is a block on Great Percy Street (Finsbury)

Cable House, WC1X

Caledonia House, N1 Caledonia House can be found on Pentonville Road (King’s Cross)

Caledonia House, N1

Calshot House, N1 Calshot House is a building on Priory Green (Islington)

Calshot House, N1

Calshot Street, N1 Calshot Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)

Calshot Street, N1

Centenary Building, EC1R Centenary Building is a block on Spencer Street (Finsbury)

Centenary Building, EC1R

Chadwell Street, EC1R Chadwell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Pentonville)

Chadwell Street, EC1R

Chalbury Walk, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Islington)

Chalbury Walk, N1

Chapel Market, N1 Chapel Market is a daily street market in Islington (Islington)

Chapel Market, N1

Chapel Place, N1 Chapel Place lies off the north side of Chapel Market towards Liverpool Road (Islington)

Chapel Place, N1

Charles Rowan House, EC1R Charles Rowan House is a building on Amwell Street (Finsbury)

Charles Rowan House, EC1R

Charles Rowan House, WC1X Charles Rowan House can be found on Margery Street (Finsbury)

Charles Rowan House, WC1X

Claremont Close, EC1R Claremont Close occupies a location that was initially developed in the 1820s as Claremont Mews, primarily serving Claremont Terrace and the northern side of Myddelton Square (Angel)

Claremont Close, EC1R

Claremont Square, N1 Claremont Square is a square and reservoir on Pentonville Road (Pentonville)

Claremont Square, N1

Claremont Street, EC1R A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)

Claremont Street, EC1R

College Building, EC1R College Building is a block on Northampton Square (Finsbury)

College Building, EC1R

Collier Street, N1 Collier Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)

Collier Street, N1

Corbet House, N1 Corbet House is a block on Maygood Street (Islington)

Corbet House, N1

Cruikshank Street, EC1R Cruickshank Street was named after George Cruikshank, 19th century illustrator who lived on nearby Amwell Street (Pentonville)

Cruikshank Street, EC1R

Cubitt Street, WC1X Cubitt Street was formerly called Arthur Street (Finsbury)

Cubitt Street, WC1X

Cumming Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (King’s Cross)

Cumming Street, N1

Cynthia Street, N1 Cynthia Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Pentonville)

Cynthia Street, N1

Dalby House, EC1V Dalby House is a block on City Road (Angel)

Dalby House, EC1V

Derby Lodge, WC1X Derby Lodge is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (King’s Cross)

Derby Lodge, WC1X

Dinwiddy House, N1 Dinwiddy House is a block on Pentonville Road (King’s Cross)

Dinwiddy House, N1

Donegal Street, N1 Donegal Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)

Donegal Street, N1

Duncan Street, N1 Duncan Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)

Duncan Street, N1

Duncan Terrace, N1 Duncan Terrace is named after Admiral Duncan the commander of the Naval Fleet at the Battle of Camperdown against the Dutch in 1797 (Islington)

Duncan Terrace, N1

Eckford Street, N1 Eckford Street is a road in the N1 postcode area (Islington)

Eckford Street, N1

Fernsbury Street, WC1X Fernsbury Street is a turning off of Margery Street (Finsbury)

Fernsbury Street, WC1X

Field Street, WC1X Field Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (King’s Cross)

Field Street, WC1X

Fleet Square, WC1X Fleet Square is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)

Fleet Square, WC1X

Foxcroft House, N1 Foxcroft House is a block on Pentonville Road (King’s Cross)

Foxcroft House, N1

Frearson House, N1 Frearson House is a block on Weston Rise (Pentonville)

Frearson House, N1

Frederick Street, WC1X Frederick Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)

Frederick Street, WC1X

Friend Street, EC1V Friend Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Finsbury)

Friend Street, EC1V

Gloucester Building, EC1R Gloucester Building is a block on Whiskin Street (Finsbury)

Gloucester Building, EC1R

Gloucester Way, EC1R Gloucester Way is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)

Gloucester Way, EC1R

Godson Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Islington)

Godson Street, N1

Grant Street, N1 The present Grant Street is the remnant of Warren Street, an L-shaped road running between Chapel Market and White Conduit Street, renamed Grant Street in 1936 (Islington)

Grant Street, N1

Granville Square, WC1X Granville Square is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)

Granville Square, WC1X

Granville Street, WC1X Granville Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)

Granville Street, WC1X

Great Percy Street, WC1X Great Percy Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)

Great Percy Street, WC1X

Grendon House, N1 Grendon House is located on Collier Street (Islington)

Grendon House, N1

Gwynne House, WC1X Gwynne House is a block on Lloyd Baker Street (Finsbury)

Gwynne House, WC1X

Hardwick Street, EC1R Hardwick Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)

Hardwick Street, EC1R

Harvest Lodge, N1 Harvest Lodge a plain brick, four-storey block of flats was built in 1962 (Islington)

Harvest Lodge, N1

Hayward House, N1 Hayward House is a four-storey block of flats immediately north of St Silas’s Church (Islington)

Hayward House, N1

Headland House, WC1X Headland House is a block on Gray’s Inn Road (Finsbury)

Headland House, WC1X

Hermes Street, N1 Hermes Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Pentonville)

Hermes Street, N1

Hermit Street, EC1V Hermit Street links Friend Street with Rawstorne Street (Finsbury)

Hermit Street, EC1V

Hill House Apartments, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Pentonville)

Hill House Apartments, N1

Holford Street, WC1X Holford Mews, Holdford Place and Holford Street were all named after the Holford family, who worked on the New River scheme (Finsbury)

Holford Street, WC1X

Holford Yard, WC1X Holford Yard is named after the Holford family, who worked on the New River scheme in the 18th century (Pentonville)

Holford Yard, WC1X

Hurst House, N1 Hurst House can be found on Weston Rise (Pentonville)

Hurst House, N1

Hydra Building, EC1R Hydra Building is a block on Hardwick Street (Finsbury)

Hydra Building, EC1R

Inglebert Street, EC1R Inglebert Street is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Finsbury)

Inglebert Street, EC1R

Islington High Street, N1 Islington High Street is part of the main road through Islington at Angel (Angel)

Islington High Street, N1

James Lighthill House, WC1X James Lighthill House is a block on Penton Rise (Pentonville)

James Lighthill House, WC1X

James’s Gardens, N1 James’s Gardens was established in the 1810s. (Angel)

James’s Gardens, N1

Joseph Close, EC1R Joseph Close is a road in the N4 postcode area (Finsbury)

Joseph Close, EC1R

Joseph Trotter Close, EC1R Joseph Trotter Close is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)

Joseph Trotter Close, EC1R

Killick Street, N1 Killick Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)

Killick Street, N1

King’s Cross Road, WC1X This is a street in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)

King’s Cross Road, WC1X

Kingsway Place, EC1R Kingsway Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)

Kingsway Place, EC1R

Leeke Street, WC1X Leeke Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (King’s Cross)

Leeke Street, WC1X

Lloyd Baker Street, WC1X Lloyd Baker Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)

Lloyd Baker Street, WC1X

Lloyd House, WC1X Lloyd House is located on Lloyd Street (Finsbury)

Lloyd House, WC1X

Lloyd Square, WC1X Lloyd Square is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)

Lloyd Square, WC1X

Lloyd Street, WC1X Lloyd Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)

Lloyd Street, WC1X

Lloyds Row, EC1R Lloyds Row is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Finsbury)

Lloyds Row, EC1R

Lorenzo Street, N1 Lorenzo Street is a road in the N1 postcode area (King’s Cross)

Lorenzo Street, N1

Mandeville Houses, N1 Mandeville Houses, fronting Mantell Street and Liverpool Road was the earliest housing scheme built by Finsbury Borough Council (Islington)

Mandeville Houses, N1

Mantell Street, N1 Mantell Street, originally Sermon Lane, is now part of Tolpuddle Street (Islington)

Mantell Street, N1

Margery Street, WC1X Margery Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)

Margery Street, WC1X

Maynard House, N1 Maynard House is located on Penton Street (Islington)

Maynard House, N1

Meredith Street, EC1R Meredith Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)

Meredith Street, EC1R

Merlin Street, EC1R Merlin Street runs west off Amwell Street (Finsbury)

Merlin Street, EC1R

Myddelton Passage, EC1R Myddelton Passage is an alleyway with an interesting story (Finsbury)

Myddelton Passage, EC1R

Myddelton Square, EC1R Myddelton Square is named after Sir Hugh Myddelton (1560–1631), the founder of the New River Company, who developed the square (Finsbury)

Myddelton Square, EC1R

Myddelton Street, EC1R Myddelton Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)

Myddelton Street, EC1R

Naoroji Street, WC1X Naoroji Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)

Naoroji Street, WC1X

Newington Close, EC1R This is a street in the EC1R postcode area (Finsbury)

Newington Close, EC1R

Noble House, N1 Noble House is sited on Islington High Street (Angel)

Noble House, N1

Northeast Place, N1 Northeast Place matched the adjacent Northwest Place (Angel)

Northeast Place, N1

Northwest Place, N1 Northwest Place, off Chapel Market, was formerly West Place (Angel)

Northwest Place, N1

Owen Street, EC1V Owen Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Angel)

Owen Street, EC1V

Owen’s Row, EC1V Owen’s Row is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Finsbury)

Owen’s Row, EC1V

Paget Street, EC1V Paget Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Finsbury)

Paget Street, EC1V

Patrick Coman House, EC1R Patrick Coman House is a block on Meredith Street (Finsbury)

Patrick Coman House, EC1R

Penton Grove, N1 The narrow loop of Penton Grove, now reduced to an L-shaped alley, was laid out on the site of one of the bowling greens belonging to Prospect House (Dobney’s). (Islington)

Penton Grove, N1

Penton House, N1 Penton House is a block on Hermes Street (Islington)

Penton House, N1

Penton Rise, WC1X Penton Rise is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Pentonville)

Penton Rise, WC1X

Penton Street, N1 Penton Street is a through-route leading on to the narrower Barnsbury Road which continues its line northwards into Islington (Islington)

Penton Street, N1

Pentonville Road, N1 Pentonville Road connects Kings Cross and the Angel, Islington (Pentonville)

Pentonville Road, N1

Percy Circus, WC1X Percy Circus was once referred to as "one of the most delightful bits of town planning in London" (Finsbury)

Percy Circus, WC1X

Pollard House, N1 Pollard House is a block on Northdown Street (King’s Cross)

Pollard House, N1

Pride Court, N1 Pride Court is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)

Pride Court, N1

Prideaux House, WC1X Prideaux House can be found on Great Percy Street (Finsbury)

Prideaux House, WC1X

Prideaux Place, WC1X Prideaux Place is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)

Prideaux Place, WC1X

Prospect House, N1 Prospect House is a block on Donegal Street (Islington)

Prospect House, N1

Rawstorne Place, EC1V Rawstorne Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Finsbury)

Rawstorne Place, EC1V

Rawstorne Street, EC1V Rawstorne Street was named after a local 18th century bricklayer called Thomas Rawstorne (Finsbury)

Rawstorne Street, EC1V

Riceyman House, WC1X Riceyman House is a block on Lloyd Baker Street (Finsbury)

Riceyman House, WC1X

Risinghill Street, N1 Risinghill Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)

Risinghill Street, N1

River Street, EC1R River Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)

River Street, EC1R

Rodney House, N1 Rodney House is sited on Donegal Street (Islington)

Rodney House, N1

Rodney Street, N1 Rodney Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)

Rodney Street, N1

Rosoman Street, EC1R Rosoman Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)

Rosoman Street, EC1R

Sadler House, EC1V Sadler House is a block on Rosebery Avenue (Finsbury)

Sadler House, EC1V

Sanders House, WC1X Sanders House is a building on Great Percy Street (Finsbury)

Sanders House, WC1X

Sans Works, EC1R Sans Works is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)

Sans Works, EC1R

Seabrooke Place, N1 Seabrook Place once connected Angel Mews and White Lion Street (Angel)

Seabrooke Place, N1

Social Sciences Building, EC1R Social Sciences Building is a block on Myddleton Street (Finsbury)

Social Sciences Building, EC1R

Southern Street, N1 Southern Street is a road in the N1 postcode area (Islington)

Southern Street, N1

Spitfire Studios, N1 Spitfire Studios is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (King’s Cross)

Spitfire Studios, N1

Spring House, WC1X Spring House is a block on Margery Street (Finsbury)

Spring House, WC1X

St Helena House, WC1X St Helena House is a block on Margery Street (Finsbury)

St Helena House, WC1X

St Helena Street, WC1X St Helena Street connects Naoroji Street and Fernsbury Street (Finsbury)

St Helena Street, WC1X

St John Street, EC1V The northern section of St John Street was confusingly, before the 20th century, named Saint John Street Road (Finsbury)

St John Street, EC1V

St Katharineâ€™s House, N1 St Katharine’s House is at the corner of Penton Street and the eastern stub of what had been Wynford Road until that street was cut off to its west by the large Half Moon Estate (Islington)

St Katharineâ€™s House, N1

St Katharines House, N1 St Katharines House is a building on Barnsbury Road (Islington)

St Katharines House, N1

St Philip House, WC1X St Philip House is a building on Lloyd Baker Street (Finsbury)

St Philip House, WC1X

Stelfox House, WC1X Stelfox House is sited on Penton Rise (Pentonville)

Stelfox House, WC1X

Stuart Hill House, N1 Stuart Hill House is sited on Killick Street (King’s Cross)

Stuart Hill House, N1

Swinton Street, WC1X Swinton Street was named after the two Swinton brothers. (Finsbury)

Swinton Street, WC1X

The Laboratory Building, EC1R The Laboratory Building is a block on Rosebery Avenue (Finsbury)

The Laboratory Building, EC1R

Tolpuddle Street, N1 Tolpuddle Street is a more recent street of Islington (Islington)

Tolpuddle Street, N1

Torrens Street, EC1V Torrens Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)

Torrens Street, EC1V

Tunbridge House, EC1R Tunbridge House is sited on St John Street (Finsbury)

Tunbridge House, EC1R

Tunbridge House, EC1V Tunbridge House is a block on St John Street (Finsbury)

Tunbridge House, EC1V

Tysoe Street, EC1R Tysoe Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)

Tysoe Street, EC1R

Union Square, N1 Union Square (sometime Union Court) was approached by a narrow alley (Angel)

Union Square, N1

Vernon Rise, WC1X Vernon Rise is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)

Vernon Rise, WC1X

Vernon Square, WC1X Vernon Square is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)

Vernon Square, WC1X

Warren Mews, N1 Warren Mews began in 1889 (Islington)

Warren Mews, N1

Wells House, EC1R Wells House is a block on Lloyds Row (Finsbury)

Wells House, EC1R

Wells Square, WC1X Wells Square is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)

Wells Square, WC1X

Weston Rise, N1 Weston Rise is a road in the N1 postcode area (Pentonville)

Weston Rise, N1

Wharton Street, WC1X Wharton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)

Wharton Street, WC1X

White Conduit Street, N1 White Conduit Street was laid out and built up with houses and tenements from the mid-1790s (Islington)

White Conduit Street, N1

White Lion Street, N1 White Lion Street is named after the former White Lion inn on Islington High Street (Angel)

White Lion Street, N1

Wicklow Street, WC1X Wicklow Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (King’s Cross)

Wicklow Street, WC1X

Widford House, N1 Widford House is sited on Elia Mews (Angel)

Widford House, N1

Wilmington Square, EC1R Wilmington Square was built on land belonging to the Marquis of Northampton and named from his second title of Baron Wilmington. (Finsbury)

Wilmington Square, EC1R

Worthington House, EC1R Worthington House is located on Myddelton Passage (Finsbury)

Worthington House, EC1R

Wyclif House, EC1V Wyclif House is a block on St John Street (Finsbury)

Wyclif House, EC1V

Wyclif Street, EC1V Wyclif Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Finsbury)

Wyclif Street, EC1V

Wynford Road, N1 Wynford Road is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)

Wynford Road, N1

Wynyatt Street, EC1V Wynyatt Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Finsbury)

Wynyatt Street, EC1V

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