Guidebook for London
Food Scene
The Highbury Barn Tavern
26 Highbury ParkIl Guscio
231 Blackstock RdIt's small, friendly, intimate and nearby!
Great at lunch time for the £9.00 for 3 amazing salads deal. More expensive in the evening and lots of little tasting menus then.
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Ottolenghi Islington
287 Upper StGreat at lunch time for the £9.00 for 3 amazing salads deal. More expensive in the evening and lots of little tasting menus then.
Drinks & Nightlife
There are 84 restaurants along Upper Street so you can usually find something you like to eat there.
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Upper Street
Upper StreetThere are 84 restaurants along Upper Street so you can usually find something you like to eat there.
Arts & Culture
It shows English middle class homes through the ages, from around the 1600s to the present day. And presented in Victorian almshouses - very sweet and interesting in themselves. Lovely cafe too. And easy to get to direct from Highbury and Islington station to Hoxton.
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Museum of the Home
136 Kingsland RoadIt shows English middle class homes through the ages, from around the 1600s to the present day. And presented in Victorian almshouses - very sweet and interesting in themselves. Lovely cafe too. And easy to get to direct from Highbury and Islington station to Hoxton.
Go and see just a few things as its exhausting to try and see everything.
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I-National Gallery
Trafalgar SquareGo and see just a few things as its exhausting to try and see everything.
I've listed as a museum but it's more like a very beautiful private home from the 18th Century that happens to have a Rembrandt, some Gainsboroughs and a Vermeer, set in the stunning north part of Hampstead Heath. Great cafe there too.
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London
I've listed as a museum but it's more like a very beautiful private home from the 18th Century that happens to have a Rembrandt, some Gainsboroughs and a Vermeer, set in the stunning north part of Hampstead Heath. Great cafe there too.
You can usually get tickets on the day (as it's such a big venue) for an opera that will be sung in English.
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English National Opera
Saint Martin's LaneYou can usually get tickets on the day (as it's such a big venue) for an opera that will be sung in English.
Sightseeing
It's easy to get to from us, direct on the 4 bus and it was built in the 1600s and is so important in our history and the story of London! And if you're brave, you can climb right up inside to the cupola at the top!
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I-Cathedral yeSt. Paul
It's easy to get to from us, direct on the 4 bus and it was built in the 1600s and is so important in our history and the story of London! And if you're brave, you can climb right up inside to the cupola at the top!
Shopping
It has lovely quirky artist shops with the flower market in the middle. Full of atmosphere. Only open on Sundays though and shuts by 3.00pm so get there early!
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Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia RoadIt has lovely quirky artist shops with the flower market in the middle. Full of atmosphere. Only open on Sundays though and shuts by 3.00pm so get there early!
Louis Farouk
113 Highbury ParkCarol sells lovely gifts, jewellery and clothes from Egypt and elsewhere - great shop!
Brilliant local independent bookstore - highly recommended!
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Ink@84
84 Highbury ParkBrilliant local independent bookstore - highly recommended!
I love one-off shops like Stanfords (maps!) and the humans scale of Covent Garden shops. Nice atmosphere there too.
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Covent Garden
41 James StI love one-off shops like Stanfords (maps!) and the humans scale of Covent Garden shops. Nice atmosphere there too.
Essentials
A nice 10 minute walk across Highbury Fields. Open from 7.00am till late and has most things you need.
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Little Waitrose & Partners Highbury Corner
28-32 Highbury CresA nice 10 minute walk across Highbury Fields. Open from 7.00am till late and has most things you need.
Seasons & Blossoms
92 Highbury ParkGreat fresh fruit and veg and healthy food!
Parks & Nature
It's smaller and prettier than Hyde Park and very central and right next to Buckingham Palace
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St. James's Park Station
It's smaller and prettier than Hyde Park and very central and right next to Buckingham Palace
It's like the countryside with Hampstead itself a village still. There are ponds to swim in too - mens, womens and mixed.
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Hampstead Heath
It's like the countryside with Hampstead itself a village still. There are ponds to swim in too - mens, womens and mixed.
It's a 10 minute walk to get to it and is very pretty with ponds with swans in, an adventure playground for kids, a lovely posh cafe, deer and goats (admittedly in an enclosure). I walk friends' dogs here often.
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Clissold Park
Green LanesIt's a 10 minute walk to get to it and is very pretty with ponds with swans in, an adventure playground for kids, a lovely posh cafe, deer and goats (admittedly in an enclosure). I walk friends' dogs here often.
Our nearest park, and the only one technically in Islington. Has tennis courts at the top end and a swimming pool and adventure playground at the southern end, near Highbury and Islington station and nice open space in between, surrounded by beautiful Georgian houses
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Highbury Fields
Highbury CrescentOur nearest park, and the only one technically in Islington. Has tennis courts at the top end and a swimming pool and adventure playground at the southern end, near Highbury and Islington station and nice open space in between, surrounded by beautiful Georgian houses