Finchley
Finchley is a place in the
London Borough of Barnet,
London,
England. Finchley is predominantly a residential area with a number of retail districts.
Situated in the north of London, Finchley is divided into four:
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East Finchley, roughly speaking, the area between
Highgate and the
North Circular Road, and in postal area N2;
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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;
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West Finchley, the area around
West Finchley tube station, and in postal area N12; and
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North Finchley, the area surrounding Tally-Ho Corner, stretching west to
Woodside Park and the
Northern Line, also 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.
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.
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.
See also
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Municipal Borough of Finchley*
Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister.
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Octavia Hill, social reformer
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Spike Milligan, comedian often poked fun at Finchley, specifically East Finchley
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Robert Fripp, musician
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Eric Morecambe, comedian
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Fleur Adcock, poet
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Feargal Sharkey, singer
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Tim Parks, novelist (his semi-autobiographical
Tongues of Flame is set in the North Finchley of
1968).
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Terry-Thomas, actor
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Charles Dickens, novelist
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Will Self, novelist, reviewer and columnist
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Steven Stapleton, musician
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Emma Bunton, singer
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Samantha Fox, UK model and singer
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George Michael,
singer and
songwriter*
Daniel Lewis a.k.a Fury,
singer and
gangster rapper*
Anna Popplewell, Movie actress
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Isabel Vielba, Miss England contestant
Fictional characters
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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.
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Highgate*
Hendon*
Whetstone*
Woodside Park*
Golders Green*
Muswell HillNearest
tube stations:
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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 stationAll the above stations are on the
Northern Line of the
London Underground system.
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Michael Pead - includes pictures of the new Arts Depot.
