Finchley
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Finchley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet, London, England. Finchley is predominantly a residential area with a number of retail districts.
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Location & divisions
Situated in the north of London, Finchley is divided into four:
- East Finchley, roughly speaking, the area between Highgate and the North Circular Road, and in postal area N2;
- 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;
- West Finchley, the area around West Finchley tube station, and in postal area N12; and
- North Finchley, the area surrounding Tally-Ho Corner, stretching west to Woodside Park and the Northern Line, also in postal area N12.
Culture & sports
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.
History
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
Famous people who are associated with Finchley
- Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister.
- Octavia Hill, social reformer
- Spike Milligan, comedian often poked fun at Finchley, specifically East Finchley
- Robert Fripp, musician
- Eric Morecambe, comedian
- Fleur Adcock, poet
- Feargal Sharkey, singer
- Tim Parks, novelist (his semi-autobiographical Tongues of Flame is set in the North Finchley of 1968).
- Terry-Thomas, actor
- Charles Dickens, novelist
- Will Self, novelist, reviewer and columnist
- Steven Stapleton, musician
- Emma Bunton, singer
- Samantha Fox, UK model and singer
- George Michael, singer and songwriter
- Daniel Lewis a.k.a Fury, singer and gangster rapper
Fictional Characters
- 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, the characters Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie are evacuated to the countryside from their home in Finchley despite no mention of Finchley being made in C.S. Lewis's book. The film contains the immortal line, "We're not heroes, we're from Finchley!".
Nearest Places:
Nearest tube stations:
- 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 station
External links
- [Michael Pead :: Photos of Finchley] - includes pictures of the new Arts Depot.
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