Guidebook for London
Parks & Nature
We can give you a map to show the best way to walk to Clissold Park where you can see deer, goats, and an aviary, have lovely food or coffee in the old manor house/now cafe in the middle of the park and kids can let off steam in the great playground. There are also two large ponds with fountains and swans and ducks.
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Clissold Park
Green LanesWe can give you a map to show the best way to walk to Clissold Park where you can see deer, goats, and an aviary, have lovely food or coffee in the old manor house/now cafe in the middle of the park and kids can let off steam in the great playground. There are also two large ponds with fountains and swans and ducks.
The beautiful 18th Century house (think Jane Austen) is set in the north part of Hampstead Heath - rolling countryside-like park. The house has a Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Vermeer and beautiful decor. Lovely cafe next door too.
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London
The beautiful 18th Century house (think Jane Austen) is set in the north part of Hampstead Heath - rolling countryside-like park. The house has a Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Vermeer and beautiful decor. Lovely cafe next door too.
Arts & Culture
The Almeida is a top London theatre venue on our local high street.
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I-Almeida Theatre
Almeida StreetThe Almeida is a top London theatre venue on our local high street.
It's built in a series of Victorian almshouses and shows the history of the English middle class home through the ages. Very well curated and with a lovely cafe!
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Museum of the Home
136 Kingsland RoadIt's built in a series of Victorian almshouses and shows the history of the English middle class home through the ages. Very well curated and with a lovely cafe!
The English National Opera is our more accessible opera house - the operas are all sung in English and you can usually get tickets on the day for £20 (or less if you're happy to sit right up in 'the gods'). Availability is partly because the venue is the biggest seater theatre in the whole of London - so it takes a lot of people to fill it.
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English National Opera
Saint Martin's LaneThe English National Opera is our more accessible opera house - the operas are all sung in English and you can usually get tickets on the day for £20 (or less if you're happy to sit right up in 'the gods'). Availability is partly because the venue is the biggest seater theatre in the whole of London - so it takes a lot of people to fill it.
My favourite room is the Tudor Room (upstairs) because it's small and it shows the history of our kings and queens with beautiful bejewelled pictures of Queen Elisabeth I and others, using lots of gold. It's like a treasure box. The upstairs cafe there also has the best roof-top view of any in London (literally, of roof tops).
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I-National Portrait Gallery
Saint Martin's PlaceMy favourite room is the Tudor Room (upstairs) because it's small and it shows the history of our kings and queens with beautiful bejewelled pictures of Queen Elisabeth I and others, using lots of gold. It's like a treasure box. The upstairs cafe there also has the best roof-top view of any in London (literally, of roof tops).
Essentials
Highbury Barn shops are nearer and sell most essentials.
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Little Waitrose & Partners Highbury Corner
28-32 Highbury CresHighbury Barn shops are nearer and sell most essentials.
Seasons & Blossoms
92 Highbury Parkgreat fruit and veg and healthy food nearby
Food Scene
It's also a pub, but has a restaurant at the back
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The Highbury Barn Tavern
26 Highbury ParkIt's also a pub, but has a restaurant at the back
Highness Cafe & Tea Room
21a Highbury ParkIt's just brilliant!
Il Guscio
231 Blackstock Rdsmall, intimate and friendly
Drinks & Nightlife
There are 84 restaurants and bars on Upper Street so you could start at one end and walk down, looking to see which would be your favourite place.
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Upper Street
Upper StreetThere are 84 restaurants and bars on Upper Street so you could start at one end and walk down, looking to see which would be your favourite place.
Sightseeing
St Paul's is just such an important part of the story of London and you can visit for free during morning or evening services or pay to visit during the daytime (helps with the upkeep). If feeling fit and adventurous, you can even climb up to the whispering gallery and then further up to the gold cupola at the top, with amazing views over London. Easy to get to from us on the 4 bus.
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I-Cathedral yeSt. Paul
St Paul's is just such an important part of the story of London and you can visit for free during morning or evening services or pay to visit during the daytime (helps with the upkeep). If feeling fit and adventurous, you can even climb up to the whispering gallery and then further up to the gold cupola at the top, with amazing views over London. Easy to get to from us on the 4 bus.
Shopping
Brilliant gem of a local independent bookshop. Has cafe there too.
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Ink@84
84 Highbury ParkBrilliant gem of a local independent bookshop. Has cafe there too.
Louis Farouk
113 Highbury ParkGreat for gifts and Carol, the owner, is just such a lovely woman!