Albion is an archaic and poetic name for the island of Great Britain.

Albion may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Fictional elements

  • Albion (Blake), a character in the poetry of William Blake
  • Albion, a High School DxD character
  • Albion, the fictional setting of Fable (video game series)
  • Albion, a place in the game Destroy All Humans! 2
  • Albion, a realm in the game Dark Age of Camelot
  • Albion, a nation of Warhammer Fantasy
  • Albion, a private security company in Watch Dogs: Legion
  • Albion (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
  • Albion, a setting in The Familiar of Zero Japanese light novels by Noboru Yamaguchi
  • Albion, a sword in Robin of Sherwood
  • Albion, a gang in Captain Earth

Games

  • Albion (video game), a 1995 game and its fictional setting
  • Albion Online, a 2017 medieval fantasy MMORPG
  • X3: Albion Prelude, a 2011 space flight simulator whose main storyline heavily features a planet named Albion (also central in the sequel X Rebirth)

Literature

  • Albion (comics), a 2005 comic-book limited series
  • Albion (novel series), a trilogy of historical novels by Patrick McCormack
  • Albion (magazine), devoted to the board game Diplomacy, published from 1969 to 1975

Music

  • The Albion Band, a former English folk band
  • Ferry Corsten or Albion, electronic music producer/DJ
  • Albion: An Anthology, a 2009 compilation album by the English folk musician and composer Chris Wood
  • Albion (Ginger Wildheart album), 2013
  • Albion (Ten album), 2014
  • "Albion" (song), a 2005 song by Babyshambles
  • "Albion", a piece for brass band by Jan Van der Roost
  • Albion, a 2013 album by Ginger Wildheart

Businesses

  • Albion Co., Ltd., a Japanese cosmetics manufacturer and distributor
  • Albion Ale House, a Grade II listed public house in Conwy, North Wales
  • Albion Brewery, also known as Albion Ale And Porter Brewing Company, a former beer brewery in San Francisco, active 1870 to 1919
  • Albion Colliery, a former coal mine in Wales
  • Albion Fine Foods, a British company owned by Vestey Holdings
  • Albion Hotel (disambiguation)
  • Hotel Albion, Portland, Oregon, United States
  • Albion Motors, a vehicle manufacturer in Glasgow, Scotland 1899–1980
  • Albion Swords, an American company manufacturing European sword replicas
  • Albion, a brand of agricultural machinery by David Brown Ltd.
  • Albion Shipping Company, a 19th-century shipping company of P Henderson & Company
  • Albion Yard, a Charles Hill & Sons shipbuilding yard in Bristol, England, 1848–1977

People

  • Albion (given name), including list of people with the name
  • Robert G. Albion (1896–1983), Harvard's first professor of Oceanic History

Places

Australia

  • Albion, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane
  • Albion, Queensland (Richmond Shire), a locality
  • Albion, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
  • Albion Park, New South Wales, a suburb of Shellharbour

Canada

  • Albion, British Columbia, a neighbourhood of Maple Ridge
  • Albion Falls, Ontario, a waterfall
  • Albion Township, Ontario, in the town of Caledon, in the Greater Toronto Area

United States

  • Albion, California, a census-designated place
  • Albion River, California
  • Albion, Idaho, a city
  • Albion, Illinois, a city
  • Albion Precinct, Edwards County, Illinois, a defunct precinct
  • Albion, Indiana, a town
  • Albion, Scott County, Indiana, an unincorporated community
  • Albion, Iowa, a city
  • Albion, Kansas, a ghost town
  • Albion, Maine, a town
  • Albion, Michigan, a city
  • Albion, an early name in the history of Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Albion, Nebraska, a city
  • Albion, New Jersey, an unincorporated community
  • Albion, Orleans County, New York, a town
  • Albion (village), New York
  • Albion, Oswego County, New York, a town
  • Albion, North Carolina, an unincorporated community
  • Albion, Ohio, an unincorporated community
  • Albion, Oklahoma, a town
  • Albion, Pennsylvania, a borough
  • Albion, Rhode Island, a village and historic district in Lincoln
  • Albion (Winnsboro, South Carolina), a plantation home on the National Register of Historic Places
  • Albion, Texas, an unincorporated community
  • Albion, Washington, a town
  • Albion, Dane County, Wisconsin, a town
  • Albion (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
  • Albion, Jackson County, Wisconsin, a town
  • Albion, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, a town
  • Albion Township (disambiguation)

Elsewhere

  • Mount Albion (disambiguation)
  • Albion, Guyana, a town
  • Albion, Mauritius, a village
  • 15760 Albion, a minor planet

Schools

  • Albion College, a liberal arts college in Albion, Michigan, United States
  • Albion State Normal School, a former public institution of higher learning in Albion, Idaho, United States
  • Albion High School (disambiguation)
  • Albion Academy, a former academy in Albion, Wisconsin, United States
  • The Albion Academy, a coeducational secondary school in Pendleton, Salford, England

Ships

  • List of ships named Albion
  • HMS Albion, the name of several Royal Navy ships
  • Albion-class landing platform dock

Sports

UK

  • Albion Rovers F.C., a Scottish Football League team from the North Lanarkshire town of Coatbridge
  • Albion Rovers F.C. (Newport), a Welsh football team from the city of Newport
  • Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton & Hove, Sussex
  • Burton Albion F.C., a professional English association football club based in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire
  • Forfar Albion F.C., a Scottish football club based in Forfar, Angus
  • Ossett Albion A.F.C., an English football team in the Northern Premier League Division One North, based in Ossett, West Yorkshire
  • Plymouth Albion R.F.C., a rugby union club who play in Plymouth, England
  • Shepshed Albion F.C., a defunct English football club also known as Shepshed Charterhouse from 1975 to 1992
  • Stirling Albion F.C., a Scottish football club currently playing in the Scottish First Division
  • Tadcaster Albion A.F.C., an English football club based in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire
  • West Bromwich Albion F.C., an English professional association football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands
  • Witton Albion F.C., an English football team in the Northern Premier League Division One North based in Northwich, Cheshire

Elsewhere

  • Albion Football Club (WRFL), an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Albion
  • Albion Cricket Club (Dunedin), a cricket club based in Dunedin, New Zealand
  • Albion F.C., a football club based in Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Albion San Diego, a football club based in San Diego, California, United States

Transportation

  • Albion Motors, a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer
  • Albion Municipal Airport, Albion, Nebraska, United States
  • Albion railway station (disambiguation)
  • Albion Road (disambiguation)
  • Albion Viaduct, a railway viaduct in Melbourne, Australia

Other uses

  • Albion Correctional Facility, a medium security women's prison in Albion, New York, United States
  • Operation Albion, a 1917 German operation to occupy the West Estonian Archipelago
  • Albion (Blake), the primeval man in William Blake's mythology
  • Alebion or Albion, a son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
  • Albion (Winnsboro, South Carolina), United States, a plantation house on the National Register of Historic Places
  • Albion (journal), a former peer-reviewed journal about British history
  • Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination, a 2002 non-fiction work by Peter Ackroyd
  • Albion, an equatorium constructed by Richard of Wallingford in 1326

See also

  • Albion Park, New South Wales, Australia, a suburb
  • Albiones, a pre-Roman Celtic tribe of the Iberian Peninsula
  • Blue Albion, a breed of cattle
  • Albon (disambiguation)
  • Albone (disambiguation)
  • New Albion (disambiguation)