THE

BILLIARD

FACTORY

443-449 Holloway Road, London, N7 6LJ

General Overview

House your next production with Blink Industries at the Billiard Factory.

The Billiard Factory is a highly secure, state of the art and beautifully appointed 120 seat animation studio with edit suites in North London.

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First Floor Mews

A space that can hold up to thirty people, with stylish bare brick walls, original Georgian features and natural light through sash windows.

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With a modern kitchen equipped with microwaves, a water cooler, toaster and kettle and a spacious kitchen island for lunchtime.

Plus two bathrooms and an adjacent breakout area with a leather couch and 65 inch wall mounted television.

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First Floor �Gatehouse

A space that can hold up to twenty people, with an adjoining meeting room, kitchenette and access to two bathrooms.

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First Floor Meeting Room

Cosy conference room for up to eight people, with a mounted 55 inch TV.

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Second Floor Mews

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A space that can hold up to thirty people, with beautiful wooden-beamed ceiling.

Featuring a kitchenette, breakout area and two bathrooms.

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Second Floor Edit Suite

Separated space perfect for reviews or quieter working. Equipped with a 55 inch colour calibrated TV.

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• 150 Windows 11 workstations, to fulfill a range of applications from 2D to 3D, compositing, editing, and rendering. Including 45x High spec Lenovo P620 workstations, RTX A5000 graphics cards, AMD Threadripper 32 core CPU, 128GB+ of RAM, 10GBe networking
• 70+ Wacom tablets, covering Cintiq 22 and Cintiq 24 Pro 4k and 100+ calibrated Eizo monitors
• 4k remote access to workstations in 4:4:4 colour via Parsec
• Edit suite (Avid, Premiere, Final Cut) with 4k OLED TV calibrated for REC709 and sRGB, Blackmagic 4k IO, Genelec speakers

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Tech Specs

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• Secure network for TPN (Trusted Partnership Network) level project security
• 300TB Pixit media server, NVMe drives, Mellanox networking, capable of 10GB connectivity to workstations, suitable for editing, comp and all 2D and 3D applications
• 4Gbps internet connection, on Sohonet Media Network
• CPU render servers with 16x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core Processors, 10GB fiber connectivity, connected to Deadline render farm management software

Tech Specs (cont.)

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• The building is protected by both physical key locks and a cloud based access control system (Salto KS) operated with fobs or via a phone app
• Internally, doors are also locked via physical keys and a separate access control system (Paxton Net2)
• Both control systems provide logs / reports of entries, and provide information for specific events, including rejected entries, doors left open, and low-battery warnings
• The building is also installed with sixteen High-Definition CCTV cameras which can be monitored live via an app, and captures footage that is stored on the network for six months
• An intruder alarm system is also armed out-of-hours and overseen by the security provider (Kings Secure Technologies) who also have access to the CCTV

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Security

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Location

Positioned on Holloway Road (A1), The Billiard Factory benefits from exceptional visibility and connectivity in one of North London’s most established commercial corridors. A genuine Zone 2 location with fast, direct links into King’s Cross, the West End and the City.

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• Walking distance to Holloway Road (Piccadilly Line)
• Close to Highbury & Islington (Victoria Line & Overground), Upper Holloway (Overground) and Archway (Northern Line)
• Strong bus routes along Holloway Road
• Quick access to King’s Cross (under 10 minutes by tube)

Ideal for businesses needing easy staff commutes and straightforward client access.

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Location

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Floor plans

First Floor Mews

Second Floor Mews

First Floor Gatehouse

Contact�

Blink Industries�hello@blinkindustries.tv