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It is not to be confused with Finsbury Park which is some miles further north, bordering Haringey and Hackney. Persons attending weddings at Finsbury Registry Office (also known as Islington Registry Office), need to be aware of this common confusion: the registry office is in Finsbury, the place here referred to, not Finsbury Park. Finsbury Park is a place in London, England, at the junction of the London Boroughs of Islington, Haringey and Hackney. ... The London Borough of Haringey is a north London borough. ... The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough in the northeast of inner London, formed in 1965 out of the former metropolitan boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington. ...

Finsbury is the home of the Sadler's Wells opera company. Sadlers Wells is a theatre complex on Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell, London. ...

The name as a geographical term of reference has largely fallen into disuse.

Nearest places:

• Clerkenwell
• St Pancras
• Bloomsbury
• Holborn
• Pentonville
• Kings Cross
• Islington

Nearest tube stations: Clerkenwell (pronounced clarkenwell) is a locality in the southermost part of the London Borough of Islington. ... St Pancras was a Roman citizen who converted to Christianity, and was beheaded for his faith at the age of just 14 around the year 304. ... The Bloomsbury, a corner pub Bloomsbury is an area of central London, in the Borough of Camden, named after early landowner William de Blemund who acquired the land in 1201. ... Holborn (pronounced ho-bun or ho-burn) is a place in London, named after a tributary to the river Fleet that flowed through the area, the Hole-bourne (the stream in the hollow). ... Pentonville is an area of London in the borough of Islington, around the Pentonville Road. ... Kings Cross refers to a district in two places: Kings Cross, London, England Kings Cross railway station, is a major London railway terminus and Kings Cross, New South Wales is a district in Sydney, Australia Kings Cross railway station, Sydney is an underground railway station in Sydney. ... Islington Town Hall. ...

• Angel tube station
• Barbican tube station

Finsbury Town Hall

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See also

• Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury