Guidebook 13 Northampton Grove
Sightseeing
This can be found at the end of Northampton park (turn right out of the end of our road Northampton Grove). Cross the road and go through the gate. The walk can go all the way to the Costa Coffee in Angel. There are parts where the walk seems to end but you have to cross the road and go back into it.
Absolutely beautifully planted the whole way, a peaceful oasis that takes you right out of the city. Particularly stunning in autumn when the leaves all change colour and again in spring with all the blossom.
It was an old viaduct that has been transformed into a gorgeous walk way of approximately 20minutes and features a lot of wildlife like ducks and moorhens, even sometimes a tortoise or two!
If you start the walk in Angel, you can connect it to the greenways from past canonbury station going towards stoke newington's clissold park.
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New River Walk
This can be found at the end of Northampton park (turn right out of the end of our road Northampton Grove). Cross the road and go through the gate. The walk can go all the way to the Costa Coffee in Angel. There are parts where the walk seems to end but you have to cross the road and go back into it.
Absolutely beautifully planted the whole way, a peaceful oasis that takes you right out of the city. Particularly stunning in autumn when the leaves all change colour and again in spring with all the blossom.
It was an old viaduct that has been transformed into a gorgeous walk way of approximately 20minutes and features a lot of wildlife like ducks and moorhens, even sometimes a tortoise or two!
If you start the walk in Angel, you can connect it to the greenways from past canonbury station going towards stoke newington's clissold park.
Camden passage is quite a cute shopping area tucked away from the main streets in Angel. It has an almost undisturbed Victorian architecture and feels very Dickinson, like your in the world of Oliver Twist.
It features lots of antique shops and sometimes antique market stalls. Redempton Roasters found at the angel end of the passage make the best coffee round here. Paul A Young the famous chocolatire has a chocolate shop here and there are a number of great cafe's and restaurants. Lots of good (not tacky) shops for gifts here too
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Camden Passage
Camden PassageCamden passage is quite a cute shopping area tucked away from the main streets in Angel. It has an almost undisturbed Victorian architecture and feels very Dickinson, like your in the world of Oliver Twist.
It features lots of antique shops and sometimes antique market stalls. Redempton Roasters found at the angel end of the passage make the best coffee round here. Paul A Young the famous chocolatire has a chocolate shop here and there are a number of great cafe's and restaurants. Lots of good (not tacky) shops for gifts here too
A much-loved 55-acre Victorian park in north-west Stoke Newington, there is a large water course through the middle, in front of Clissold House , which hosts a cafe and is popular for weddings in the summer. There is also a number of animals to see deer / goats even an aviary full of birds.
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Clissold Park
Green LanesA much-loved 55-acre Victorian park in north-west Stoke Newington, there is a large water course through the middle, in front of Clissold House , which hosts a cafe and is popular for weddings in the summer. There is also a number of animals to see deer / goats even an aviary full of birds.
A leafy green space with a sunken basket ball court in the middle and a kids play park at the end. If you fancy taking betty for one of her painfully slow walks this is the place to go.
It is about 30second walk from the house (without Betty!). There's an entrance half way up st.pauls road and about 1/4 way up northampton park
A nice shady place to go and sit and read a book on a hot day.
St Paul's Shrubbery
Saint Paul's PlaceA leafy green space with a sunken basket ball court in the middle and a kids play park at the end. If you fancy taking betty for one of her painfully slow walks this is the place to go.
It is about 30second walk from the house (without Betty!). There's an entrance half way up st.pauls road and about 1/4 way up northampton park
A nice shady place to go and sit and read a book on a hot day.
Local Food scene
Eateries close to the house (5-10mins walk)
A few doors up from the Alma is Oi Vita Pizza. One of the Best Pizza places in London hands down. Very authentically italian with high quality toppings and cooked in proper stone oven. It can get very busy particularly on sunny evenings. But you can also get takeaway. Highly Highly recommended
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Oivita Pizzeria
67 Newington Green RdA few doors up from the Alma is Oi Vita Pizza. One of the Best Pizza places in London hands down. Very authentically italian with high quality toppings and cooked in proper stone oven. It can get very busy particularly on sunny evenings. But you can also get takeaway. Highly Highly recommended
Found opposite the green in the area with the iron raised flower beds. Here is a good place for a good quality and affordable brunch or lunch. There is an extensive but not particularly adventurous menu. Friendly and helpful staff.
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Acoustic Brasserie
60 Newington GrnFound opposite the green in the area with the iron raised flower beds. Here is a good place for a good quality and affordable brunch or lunch. There is an extensive but not particularly adventurous menu. Friendly and helpful staff.
It is the little hut found on the entrance to the green. The hot sandwiches and toasties are pretty good. I love their B.L.A.T. (bacon, lettuce, avocado, tomato) or their fish finger sandwich. They have little tables on the decking area or its nice to sit on the green on a good day. Their vegan cakes are also good.
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Lizzy's On The Green London
Newington GreenIt is the little hut found on the entrance to the green. The hot sandwiches and toasties are pretty good. I love their B.L.A.T. (bacon, lettuce, avocado, tomato) or their fish finger sandwich. They have little tables on the decking area or its nice to sit on the green on a good day. Their vegan cakes are also good.
On Newington Green, on the opposite side to Yield. Its a small plates restaurant & bakery. They make all their bread (which you can buy to take away along with amazing pastries) and pasta from ancient and unaltered grains and everything is made from sustainable sources using responsible farming practices. The bakery side is open from the morning until about 3pm then onwards its a restaurant serving good (albeit a bit pricey £££) pasta dishes. They also do very good coffee, the best in the area by far. I think the whole place is closed on Mondays. Don't leave London without trying their white sourdough bread!
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Jolene
21 Newington GrnOn Newington Green, on the opposite side to Yield. Its a small plates restaurant & bakery. They make all their bread (which you can buy to take away along with amazing pastries) and pasta from ancient and unaltered grains and everything is made from sustainable sources using responsible farming practices. The bakery side is open from the morning until about 3pm then onwards its a restaurant serving good (albeit a bit pricey £££) pasta dishes. They also do very good coffee, the best in the area by far. I think the whole place is closed on Mondays. Don't leave London without trying their white sourdough bread!
Further up towards the Green, past the Veg shop. It’s a wine shop and bar selling delicious natural, organic and BioDynamic wines, if that’s your thing! You can try a selection of wines by the glass as well as buying bottles. It also stocks posh cheeses & dehli meats as well as other store cupboard item. Nice for foodie gifts
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Yield N16
45 Newington GrnFurther up towards the Green, past the Veg shop. It’s a wine shop and bar selling delicious natural, organic and BioDynamic wines, if that’s your thing! You can try a selection of wines by the glass as well as buying bottles. It also stocks posh cheeses & dehli meats as well as other store cupboard item. Nice for foodie gifts
An absolute must when you stay! Food from the most famous chef from Jerusalem. Make a visit even if its just to get a takaway of one of the many small cakes they display in the window or a small salad box to take to the park for a picnic. Found on upper street in Angel
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Ottolenghi Islington
287 Upper StAn absolute must when you stay! Food from the most famous chef from Jerusalem. Make a visit even if its just to get a takaway of one of the many small cakes they display in the window or a small salad box to take to the park for a picnic. Found on upper street in Angel
on the corner of the green. Great food, good booze selection, nice people! The best pub in the area probably.
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Lady Mildmay London
92 Mildmay Parkon the corner of the green. Great food, good booze selection, nice people! The best pub in the area probably.
Very very good small French restaurant about 5mins away from the house on Essex road. Its quiet pricey and definitely needs prior booking but its worth it.
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Salut! Restaurant Islington
412 Essex RdVery very good small French restaurant about 5mins away from the house on Essex road. Its quiet pricey and definitely needs prior booking but its worth it.
About half-way to stoke Newington from the Green. This social enterprise bakery is well worth a visit for their lovely & tasty selection of cakes and pastries.
They are a charity who train women who are abuse survivors to bake to a professional level and help them find work in the bakery or other catering fields
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Luminary Bakery
71-73 Allen RdAbout half-way to stoke Newington from the Green. This social enterprise bakery is well worth a visit for their lovely & tasty selection of cakes and pastries.
They are a charity who train women who are abuse survivors to bake to a professional level and help them find work in the bakery or other catering fields
A bit of a nightmare to find. Its hidden at the end of an alleyway in Dalston between MacDonalds and a Mexican restaurant.
This is a tin-shack hipster paradise, sourdough bread is their speciality but they also do an impressive pastry. In the summer you can get a table outside in the shack-like diner and get very tasty sandwiches, salads and wood-fired pizza's
Get there early to grab yourself one of their semi-famous sandwiches which they load onto a milk float and send around london.
Open hours:
Monday 8am-1pm for bread/pastry/coffee only.
Tuesday-Sunday 8am - 3.30pm, serving breakfast & lunch too!
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The Dusty Knuckle Bakery
Abbot StreetA bit of a nightmare to find. Its hidden at the end of an alleyway in Dalston between MacDonalds and a Mexican restaurant.
This is a tin-shack hipster paradise, sourdough bread is their speciality but they also do an impressive pastry. In the summer you can get a table outside in the shack-like diner and get very tasty sandwiches, salads and wood-fired pizza's
Get there early to grab yourself one of their semi-famous sandwiches which they load onto a milk float and send around london.
Open hours:
Monday 8am-1pm for bread/pastry/coffee only.
Tuesday-Sunday 8am - 3.30pm, serving breakfast & lunch too!
In the other direction from the Green. this cafe is found on Essex Road heading into Angel and is opposite the sainsburiy's/tesco there. The coffee is very good and so are their soughdough cheese toasties and cakes. More of a lunch / brunch place but worth a visit if you're in the area
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Trade
160 Old StIn the other direction from the Green. this cafe is found on Essex Road heading into Angel and is opposite the sainsburiy's/tesco there. The coffee is very good and so are their soughdough cheese toasties and cakes. More of a lunch / brunch place but worth a visit if you're in the area
The best place round these parts for a hipster brunch.
Its an East London Cafe and Bakehouse, serving Australian inspired brunch and speciality coffee, their cocktails are pretty good too. its only about 15mins away by foot
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Brunswick East
Gillett StreetThe best place round these parts for a hipster brunch.
Its an East London Cafe and Bakehouse, serving Australian inspired brunch and speciality coffee, their cocktails are pretty good too. its only about 15mins away by foot
local shops
is a three minute walk up the road (out of the end of the street, turn left and immediately left again and go up past the Alma pub, that’s the way up to the Green). You’ll see why we love it so much when you get there…you can literally buy any type of fruit or vegetable
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Newington Green, fruits & vegetables London
109 Newington Green Rdis a three minute walk up the road (out of the end of the street, turn left and immediately left again and go up past the Alma pub, that’s the way up to the Green). You’ll see why we love it so much when you get there…you can literally buy any type of fruit or vegetable
Independent Multiple Award-Winning but very small Garden Centre about a 10-15 min walk from the house.
They have a larger collection of indoor plants than outdoor. They are quite expensive but worth the short walk to stare at the pretty foliage. They also have a decent selection of indoor plant pots.
Stop after for a pint in the beer garden at the Scolt Head opposite
N1 Garden Centre
25A Englefield RoadIndependent Multiple Award-Winning but very small Garden Centre about a 10-15 min walk from the house.
They have a larger collection of indoor plants than outdoor. They are quite expensive but worth the short walk to stare at the pretty foliage. They also have a decent selection of indoor plant pots.
Stop after for a pint in the beer garden at the Scolt Head opposite
The closest coffee shop to us, and the coffee is pretty good (Joelene's on the green is better) but this is handy and near to a useful bus stop. They also do some pastries and sandwiches
KHP Coffee House
8 Newington Green RdThe closest coffee shop to us, and the coffee is pretty good (Joelene's on the green is better) but this is handy and near to a useful bus stop. They also do some pastries and sandwiches
Coal Drops Yard
Stable StreetNeighbourhoods
A greenspace in the middle of a large roundabout with a cafe and childrens play park and plenty of green lawn-space for chilling in. Around the edges of the park are quirky cafes, restaurants and shops
Newington Green
Newington GreenA greenspace in the middle of a large roundabout with a cafe and childrens play park and plenty of green lawn-space for chilling in. Around the edges of the park are quirky cafes, restaurants and shops
Stoke Newington's Church street is famous for its cute shops, cafes and restaurants. Its a 15-20 minute walk or a 5min bus ride from the Green, take Bus 73 or 476. Clissold park and Abney Cemetary are great visitor attractions and can be accessed from Church Street
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Stoke Newington Church Street
Stoke Newington Church StreetStoke Newington's Church street is famous for its cute shops, cafes and restaurants. Its a 15-20 minute walk or a 5min bus ride from the Green, take Bus 73 or 476. Clissold park and Abney Cemetary are great visitor attractions and can be accessed from Church Street
The road located from Angel Green all the way up to Highbury & Islington station. There are lots of homeware shops, restaurants & posher shops here than can be found closer by Angel underground station
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Upper Street
Upper StreetThe road located from Angel Green all the way up to Highbury & Islington station. There are lots of homeware shops, restaurants & posher shops here than can be found closer by Angel underground station
This is a not so obvious, but fun neighbourhood. Notable places include the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden & bar, Arcola Theatre & bar, Rio Cinema and numerous fun places for a boogy at the weekend like Ridley Road Market Bar, shackwell arms, Brilliant Corners, servant jazz quarters, The victoria, Ruby's Bar or Dalston Roof park
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Dalston
This is a not so obvious, but fun neighbourhood. Notable places include the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden & bar, Arcola Theatre & bar, Rio Cinema and numerous fun places for a boogy at the weekend like Ridley Road Market Bar, shackwell arms, Brilliant Corners, servant jazz quarters, The victoria, Ruby's Bar or Dalston Roof park
Local Entertainment
Gorgeous independent cinema with a lush interior with only one screen. You can even book a double sofa seat or more standard cinema seats. There is a bar that serves beer, cocktails and posh snacks. Very nice movie going experience. They often show old movies one night a week too. Worth the little bit extra £ for your cinema ticket.
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Everyman Screen on the Green
83 Upper StGorgeous independent cinema with a lush interior with only one screen. You can even book a double sofa seat or more standard cinema seats. There is a bar that serves beer, cocktails and posh snacks. Very nice movie going experience. They often show old movies one night a week too. Worth the little bit extra £ for your cinema ticket.
Right at the end of the road! you can actually access it through the blue door in the daytime. The food here is not good, but the buzzing atmosphere makes up for it. It seems to be popular for sports watching. On a Thursday & sometimes Saturday night there’s often an Irish band playing which is usually pretty fun.
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The Alma Pub Islington
59 Newington Green RdRight at the end of the road! you can actually access it through the blue door in the daytime. The food here is not good, but the buzzing atmosphere makes up for it. It seems to be popular for sports watching. On a Thursday & sometimes Saturday night there’s often an Irish band playing which is usually pretty fun.
A lovely quaint theatre just off upper street. The newer shows they put on here quite often end up getting scaled up and taken on at the National. The cheap seats can also be got away with because of the small size of the theatre. I've not seen a bad show here
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Théâtre Almeida
Almeida StreetA lovely quaint theatre just off upper street. The newer shows they put on here quite often end up getting scaled up and taken on at the National. The cheap seats can also be got away with because of the small size of the theatre. I've not seen a bad show here
A very small theatre thats a bit more edgy and less polished than shows at the Almeida (also mentioned in this guide). Seats are much cheaper too usually £10-20 each.
The small bar attached to the theatre is a nice space to sit and have a drink even if your not seeing a show.
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Arcola Bar
24 Ashwin StA very small theatre thats a bit more edgy and less polished than shows at the Almeida (also mentioned in this guide). Seats are much cheaper too usually £10-20 each.
The small bar attached to the theatre is a nice space to sit and have a drink even if your not seeing a show.
A community garden right in the middle of a very urban Dalston. stop by and grab a table and one of their 'botanically inspired' cakes. Or for a tea, a mulled wine in winter and a cocktail on a sunny summer evening.
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Jardin de la courbe est de Dalston
13 Dalston LnA community garden right in the middle of a very urban Dalston. stop by and grab a table and one of their 'botanically inspired' cakes. Or for a tea, a mulled wine in winter and a cocktail on a sunny summer evening.
A bit further away from Angel underground station is this Dance Theatre that shows nothing but Dance performances from some of the best contemporary dance around. Cheap seats can be brought for about £10 and are ok if you don't mind heights!
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Sadlers Wells Theatre (Stop UB) station
A bit further away from Angel underground station is this Dance Theatre that shows nothing but Dance performances from some of the best contemporary dance around. Cheap seats can be brought for about £10 and are ok if you don't mind heights!
They do a great massage if you need to unwind after your travels.
All the practitioners are of a high standard and much better than any of the posh spa massages I have had. Highly recommend by me :-) They will ask you what problem area's you have and then really do a good job of getting rid of any knots etc. They have about 3 small rooms which are super clean and each decorated in a tranquil spa like style.
They are located about a 10 minute walk away from the house on Essex Road. My fave is Kaisa but she only works a couple of days per week. Katia-Diana is also excellent but can be a bit 'chatty' but maybe some people like that (i do not).
Soma Therapy Rooms Ltd
338 Essex RoadThey do a great massage if you need to unwind after your travels.
All the practitioners are of a high standard and much better than any of the posh spa massages I have had. Highly recommend by me :-) They will ask you what problem area's you have and then really do a good job of getting rid of any knots etc. They have about 3 small rooms which are super clean and each decorated in a tranquil spa like style.
They are located about a 10 minute walk away from the house on Essex Road. My fave is Kaisa but she only works a couple of days per week. Katia-Diana is also excellent but can be a bit 'chatty' but maybe some people like that (i do not).
A great community yoga studio that offers a range of different styles and paced yoga & pilates classes. For beginners up to the more experienced. Its about a 15min walk from my place and on the same road as the Luminary Bakery (also listed in this guide). So I highly recommend stopping by post class for a sweet treat and coffee. You need to bring your own mat since covid-19 happened but they have some for hire at £2 per go.
The building is a quirky space and has a small cafe/waiting area and even featured a paid-for workspace should you need it. They have numerous classes throughout the day, the schedule is found online.
They have offers for people new to the studio the two classes for £15 might be the best if your stay with me is short. the £35 for a month of unlimited classes is great for stays longer than a week or more.
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Yogahome
14 Allen RdA great community yoga studio that offers a range of different styles and paced yoga & pilates classes. For beginners up to the more experienced. Its about a 15min walk from my place and on the same road as the Luminary Bakery (also listed in this guide). So I highly recommend stopping by post class for a sweet treat and coffee. You need to bring your own mat since covid-19 happened but they have some for hire at £2 per go.
The building is a quirky space and has a small cafe/waiting area and even featured a paid-for workspace should you need it. They have numerous classes throughout the day, the schedule is found online.
They have offers for people new to the studio the two classes for £15 might be the best if your stay with me is short. the £35 for a month of unlimited classes is great for stays longer than a week or more.