Description
It is mostly occupied by offices and shops, and by the main campus of City University London. It also contains the central library of the Society of Genealogists, one of London's most important reference collections and the Headquarters of EWS Railways at 310 Goswell Road.
The New River originally passed along Goswell Road before turning to terminate at New River Head on Rosebery Avenue. The course of the river at this point is now entirely underground, and no trace of it can be seen at the surface.
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