Blackfriars area of London

E352299

area of London district neighbourhood

The Blackfriars area of London is a historic district on the north bank of the River Thames, known for its medieval monastic origins and its role as a commercial and transport hub in the City of London.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Blackfriars area	1
Blackfriars area of London canonical	1
St Paul’s Cathedral area	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	area of London ⓘ district ⓘ neighbourhood ⓘ
adjacentTo	Fleet Street ⓘ St Paul's Cathedral area ⓘ surface form: St Paul’s Cathedral area Temple area, London ⓘ surface form: Temple area of London
contains	Blackfriars Bridge ⓘ Blackfriars Millennium Pier ⓘ Blackfriars station ⓘ surface form: Blackfriars Railway Station City Thameslink station ⓘ surface form: City Thameslink railway station Sion College (site) ⓘ Unilever House ⓘ former Blackfriars Monastery site ⓘ parts of New Bridge Street ⓘ parts of Queen Victoria Street ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
crossRiverConnection	Blackfriars Bridge to South Bank ⓘ
function	commercial hub ⓘ transport hub ⓘ
governedBy	Corporation of London ⓘ surface form: City of London Corporation
hasEconomicActivity	financial services ⓘ legal services ⓘ publishing and media (near Fleet Street) ⓘ
hasHeritage	medieval monastic origins ⓘ
hasLandUse	commercial property ⓘ office development ⓘ transport infrastructure ⓘ
hasPostalArea	EC4 ⓘ
historicalEvent	Dissolution of the Monasteries (impact on Blackfriars monastery) ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor	Blackfriars Theatre ⓘ Blackfriars ⓘ surface form: Blackfriars monastery
historicalPeriod	medieval period ⓘ
locatedIn	City of London ⓘ Greater London ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	British Summer Time ⓘ Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
locatedOn	north bank of the River Thames ⓘ
namedAfter	Dominican friars ⓘ
near	South Bank of the River Thames ⓘ Tate Modern ⓘ surface form: Tate Modern (across the Thames)
partOf	Central London ⓘ surface form: central London historic core of London ⓘ
roadAccessVia	A201 road NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen Victoria Street ⓘ
transportServedBy	London Underground ⓘ London bus routes ⓘ National Rail ⓘ surface form: National Rail services River bus services ⓘ
withinParliamentaryConstituency	City of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Cities of London and Westminster

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blackfriars station → namedAfter → Blackfriars area of London ⓘ

Parliament Hill → overlooks → Blackfriars area of London ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Paul’s Cathedral area

EC → contains → Blackfriars area of London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blackfriars area