Barbican Centre

Barbican Centre is Europe's largest centre for performing arts

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The largest centre for performing arts in Europe, Barbican Centre is located in the Barbican Estate in the north part of London. The centre is the home of both the London and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. It also features a wide range of music concerts, both classical and contemporary as well as art exhibits, film screenings theatre and dance performances.

The Barbican Centre was built and paid for by the City of London as a gift to the nation and was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on March 3, 1982.

The Barbican Centre is a complex multilevel structure containing a concert hall that seats an audience of up to 1949; a theatre with a capacity of 1166; 3 cinemas with seating for 288,255 and 155 and an Art Gallery. There are also 7 conference halls, 2 exhibition halls a library and 3 restaurants. Yellow lines are painted on walkways to help you find this large but obscure centre.

For more information about the Barbican Centre as well as shows and schedules visit their official website: Barbican Centre

A portion of the exterior of Barbican Centre cc licensed flickr photo shared by _gee_

Getting There on Transit
Tube Line	Tube Station	Walking Time
Metropolitan, Circle and Hammersmith and City Lines	Barbican	10 minutes
Northern Line	Moorgate	10 minutes
Central Line	St. Paul's	10 minutes
Connections and additional information
Walking Distance from Tube Stations. No bus needed. From Barbican Station take the street level exit. Go right on Aldersgate St. and then left onto Beech St. and walk through Beech St. tunnel. If going to exhibition halls 1 or 2 go left at Golden Lane, otherwise keep going straight to the end of the tunnel. Cross the street at the end of the tunnel and follow Silk St. to the Barbican Centre entrance on your right. From Moorgate Station take Finsbury Square exit and go right to Moor Place then right to Moorfields. Take the escalator between Moorgate Station and Boots up to the Highwalk the follow the yellow line all the way to the entrance. From St. Paul's Station take exit 1 and go to your right along Cheapside until you get to Wood St. Turn left onto Wood St. and continue to the traffic light, then take the escalator, stairs or lift to Alban Highwalk. Follow the yellow line to the entrance. View London Attractions in a larger map

One of many foyers in the Barbican Centre cc licensed flickr photo shared by damo1977