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Finchley
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Also known as Finchley, London

Finchley () is a large district of north London, England, in the London Borough of Barnet. north of Charing Cross, nearby districts include: Golders Green, Muswell Hill, Friern Barnet, Whetstone, Mill Hill and Hendon.

Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.map_type
Greater London
UK place.region
London
UK place.population
65,812
UK place.population_ref
(2011 Census
UK place.official_name
Finchley
UK place.os_grid_reference
TQ255905
UK place.post_town
LONDON
UK place.postcode_area
N
UK place.postcode_district
N2, N3, N12, parts of N20
UK place.london_borough
Barnet
UK place.dial_code
020
UK place.constituency_westminster
Finchley & Golders Green
UK place.charingX_distance_mi
6.8
UK place.charingX_direction
S
UK place.static_image_name
Ballards lane.JPG
UK place.static_image_caption
Ballards Lane, Church End, Finchley

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Finchley () is a large district of north London, England, in the London Borough of Barnet. north of Charing Cross, nearby districts include: Golders Green, Muswell Hill, Friern Barnet, Whetstone, Mill Hill and Hendon.

It is predominantly a residential suburb, with three town centres: North Finchley, East Finchley and Finchley Church End (Finchley Central). Made up of four wards, the population of Finchley was 65,812 as of 2011.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Finchley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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