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Visiting Barbican Centre

Your theatre visit in one place: weather, arrival, access, food, travel and what’s on.

Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS

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Today in City of London

Monday 9 November · GMT

5°C

Partly cloudy · forecast at 23:00

5–5°C across remaining hourly forecasts · wind 7 mph at 23:00

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What to bring today

Bring a warm coat and an extra layer for the journey home.

Frontrow suggestions based on the forecast from 23:00 to 23:00. Check dress and bag arrangements with the venue.

Local times in City of London (GMT). Forecast issued 8 Nov, 23:18. Weather is checked once daily. Conditions may change. Weather sources and licence.

Trains, bikes & the last part of your journey

Arriving by bike

Plan a cycling route ↗

Check cycle hire and current availability. Dock locations do not guarantee bikes or empty docks.

Mapped facilities may have access restrictions or have changed. Bring a lock and check signs on arrival.

Distances are approximate straight-line measurements, not walking distances or journey times.

Transport sources and dates

TfL cycle hire: 2026-11-07 · OpenStreetMap: 2026-11-01 · NaPTAN: 2026-08-29.

© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Download the cycle-facility extract.

Powered by TfL Open Data. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2016 and Geomni UK Map data © and database rights 2019. Lines are station metadata, not live running status.

© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Frontrow calculates nearby matches; completeness and physical access are not guaranteed.

Other sources and distance methods

Plan your journey

Tide times for a waterfront visit

Nearby tidal station: LONDON BRIDGE (TOWER PIER) (2.3 km from the venue, straight-line).

Today’s high and low tides at LONDON BRIDGE (TOWER PIER) ↗

Opens official ADMIRALTY EasyTide predictions. Select the correct station for the waterfront you intend to visit and check its GMT/BST setting; tide times apply to that station. Station link checked 22 September 2026.

Restaurants and cafés near Barbican Centre

7 nearby

Approx. straight-line distances · Check opening hours and menus.

Pubs, bars and clubs near Barbican Centre

5 nearby

Approx. straight-line distances · Check entry, food service and opening hours.

Getting to Barbican Centre

Railway stations, trams & bus stops

  • Farringdon StationRail station · Entrance · 369 metresMap ↗
  • Moorgate Rail StationRail station · 393 metresMap ↗
  • BarbicanMetro / tram stop · 240 metresMap ↗
  • Barbican Underground StationMetro / tram stop · 271 metresMap ↗
  • Beech StreetBus stop · Stop BN · 74 metresMap ↗
  • Silk StreetBus stop · Stop BM · 194 metresMap ↗
  • BarbicanBus stop · Stop BB · 250 metresMap ↗
  • Blackfriars PierFerry stop · 1.1 kilometresMap ↗

Approx. straight-line distances · Sources and dates

Check with the venue

Official visitor information ↗

Accessibility information ↗

Confirm entrances, parking, step-free routes and access arrangements with the venue. Local business listings do not provide these details.

Train departures and disruption ↗

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Upcoming at Barbican Centre

From the venue programme
  1. film

    Parent & Baby Screening: La Bola Negra (15) (AD)

    Barbican Centre

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    Nearby Tube/metroBarbican · 240 metres

  2. tour

    Architecture Tour

    Barbican Centre

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    1 more date
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    Nearby Tube/metroBarbican · 240 metres

  3. film

    SCC: Persepolis (12A) x Marsm

    Barbican Centre

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    Nearby Tube/metroBarbican · 240 metres

  4. Live event

    Georgia's Test Screen

    Barbican Centre

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    Nearby Tube/metroBarbican · 240 metres

  5. film

    Fatherland (12A) (AD)

    Barbican Centre

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    Nearby Tube/metroBarbican · 240 metres

  6. film

    NAZA (15)

    Barbican Centre

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    Nearby Tube/metroBarbican · 240 metres

Source Participating venue box offices (Spektrix public listings API). This venue source was last successfully read 7 Nov 2026, 03:15 UK. Dates and prices can change after we read them — confirm with the venue.

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Sources and dates

Weather and solar calculations: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0. Forecast data · Sunrise and sunset data. Frontrow selects local-day forecasts, rounds temperatures, converts wind to mph and derives clothing suggestions. Weather represents the surrounding area, not conditions inside the theatre.

Address: official venue website ↗ · 22 Sept 2026. Transport: DfT NaPTAN ↗, active stops in the 29 Aug 2026 snapshot.

Distances are approximate straight-line measurements from the postcode centre; walking routes may be longer. Food and drink listings are within one mile, nearest first, in the source categories Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen and Pub/bar/nightclub.

Food-business identities and inspection results come from Food Standards Agency open data ↗. Most records use the 24 August 2026 snapshot; individual records show when newer information was available. Older address snapshots are dated separately. Check the linked official record for changes.

Food-hygiene ratings describe the inspection on the stated date. They are not reviews, food-quality scores or evidence that a business is currently open. Frontrow has not verified menus, deals or opening hours.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 ↗. Frontrow selects nearby records and calculates distances. Postcode location data ↗.

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