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Archway is an area of North London, England, within the London Borough of Islington and the historic county of Middlesex. On the A1, it is centred on Vantage Point (formerly Archway Tower) and Archway tube station.Archway is of medium elevation between Highgate above and Islington below and has seven small parks and two large parks. West of Archway is Whittington Hospital, beyond which is a larger area divided between Highgate Cemetery and Waterlow Park.According to the legend of Dick Whittington the bow bells could once be heard from as far away as the Highgate Archway (4.5 miles north). Many people assume that the Bow Bells are to be found in the district of Bow, rather than the lesser known St Mary-le-Bow church in Cheapside in the City of London. Thus while all East Enders are cockneys, not all cockneys are East Enders.HistoryThe name derives from the Archway bridge built in part of south Highgate for the minor road between south Highgate and Crouch End, Hornsey in 1896, the predecessor of Hornsey Lane Bridge.