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Address: 25 Finsbury Circus, London EC2M 7EE, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 20 7499 8644
Hours: Closed on Sunday
Finsbury Circus
Finsbury Circus is a park in the City of London, England; with an area of 2.2 hectares it is the largest public open space within the City's boundaries.[1] The 'circus' of the name reflects the elliptical shape of the space, similar to the circus venues of ancient Rome, in this case with a long axis lying east-west. It has an immaculately maintained Lawn Bowls club in the centre, which has existed
The circus was created in 1812 on an area which was originally part of Finsbury Manor, having existed since 1527, on which the second Bethlem Royal Hospital had stood since 1675.[2] The original houses, the last of which were demolished in 1921, were intended for merchants and gentlemen, but were soon broken up internally and leased for solicitors and other professions. The gardens, featuring a circuit of lime trees, were developed by William Montague to the specifications of the architect George Dance the Younger in 1815.[3] In 1819[4] the London Institution moved into "ingeniously planned and elegantly detailed"[5] premises designed by William Brooks[6] at the north end of the circus; it closed in 1912 and the buildings were used for the University of London until their demolition in 1936.......Wikipedia >>
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