Guidebook for Greater London

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Guidebook for Greater London

Drinks & Nightlife

Cheese and wine in a relaxed shop with really helpful staff. The shop supplies some top restauraunts.
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Provisions
167 Holloway Rd
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Cheese and wine in a relaxed shop with really helpful staff. The shop supplies some top restauraunts.
Relaxed, candle-lit pub serving standard beers.
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The Lamb
94 Lamb's Conduit St
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Relaxed, candle-lit pub serving standard beers.
Good selection of beers on tap and good quality pub fare from a big pub group with a winning formula.
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The Alwyne Castle
83 St Paul's Rd
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Good selection of beers on tap and good quality pub fare from a big pub group with a winning formula.
Big Irish sports bar with a pretty beer garden out the back and a large space with long tables. Cheap Thai food served in the long tables area and there are big screens in the long tables area showing the big games. Arsenal pub.
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The Faltering Fullback
19 Perth Rd
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Big Irish sports bar with a pretty beer garden out the back and a large space with long tables. Cheap Thai food served in the long tables area and there are big screens in the long tables area showing the big games. Arsenal pub.
If you must - if you want to stay out all night that is.
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Egg London Nightclub
5-13 Vale Royal
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If you must - if you want to stay out all night that is.
Renowned for having the best booking policy in the city: house, techno, drum and bass, garage, grime - check RA for listings.
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Fabric London
77A Charterhouse St
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Renowned for having the best booking policy in the city: house, techno, drum and bass, garage, grime - check RA for listings.
Nightclub in a converted horse stables, check listings but usually a fun night to end a pub crawl in Camden.
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Proud Embankment
8 Victoria Embankment
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Nightclub in a converted horse stables, check listings but usually a fun night to end a pub crawl in Camden.
Grungy Camden pub with a great playlist of classic hits and it's full of character - classic Camden.
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The Hawley Arms
2 Castlehaven Rd
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Grungy Camden pub with a great playlist of classic hits and it's full of character - classic Camden.

Food Scene

Best pizza in town (Try to ignore the tatty menus and the long queue)
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Zia Lucia
157 Holloway Rd
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Best pizza in town (Try to ignore the tatty menus and the long queue)
Primeur wines and tasting plates in a converted old laundry - book well in advance or take a table at the counter if there is space.
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Westerns Laundry
34 Drayton Park
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Primeur wines and tasting plates in a converted old laundry - book well in advance or take a table at the counter if there is space.
Excellent coffee and vegan food.
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EZ & Moss
183 Holloway Rd
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Excellent coffee and vegan food.
One of the best places to buy French cheese in the city. There is a humidified room at the back.
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La Fromagerie
30 Highbury Park
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One of the best places to buy French cheese in the city. There is a humidified room at the back.
New Italian restaurant getting excellent reviews.
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Radici
30 Almeida St
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New Italian restaurant getting excellent reviews.
Great coffee.
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Vagabond N7
105 Holloway Rd
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Great coffee.
Australian (sic) coffee joint with a short list of tasty brunch options in a small space.
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Maison d'etre
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Australian (sic) coffee joint with a short list of tasty brunch options in a small space.
Sharing plates and mezze's of superb middle-eastern / European fusion cuisine. This was the first of Yotam Ottolenghi's London success stories - see also Nopi, Soho.
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Ottolenghi Islington
287 Upper St
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Sharing plates and mezze's of superb middle-eastern / European fusion cuisine. This was the first of Yotam Ottolenghi's London success stories - see also Nopi, Soho.
Low-key cocktail bar. There is a guest gin every week, a weekly pub quiz night and there are pop-up restaurants serving food. Small beer garden out the back, ping pong table downstairs.
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Highbury Library
66A Drayton Park
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Low-key cocktail bar. There is a guest gin every week, a weekly pub quiz night and there are pop-up restaurants serving food. Small beer garden out the back, ping pong table downstairs.
Go for brunch - it's outstanding. Ignore the hostess if they tell you it will take 90 mins for a table - it probably won't.
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Caravan King's Cross
1 Granary Square
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Go for brunch - it's outstanding. Ignore the hostess if they tell you it will take 90 mins for a table - it probably won't.
Longstanding, atmospheric Italian restauraunt - a local favourite.
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Trullo
300-302 St Paul's Rd
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Longstanding, atmospheric Italian restauraunt - a local favourite.

Essentials

It's got everything you need, including an ATM.
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Co Op
136 New N Rd
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It's got everything you need, including an ATM.
Large, well-stocked, medium-high end supermarket chain. Good beer and wine selection, butchers counter, fish mongers, fresh fruit and veg. (Tip - Free coffee if you sign up for the free member points card)
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Waitrose & Partners
366 Holloway Rd
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Large, well-stocked, medium-high end supermarket chain. Good beer and wine selection, butchers counter, fish mongers, fresh fruit and veg. (Tip - Free coffee if you sign up for the free member points card)
Butchers.
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Godfreys.co
7 Highbury Park
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Butchers.
Hornsey Road Pharmacy
84 Hornsey Rd
Pharmacy.
Snow White Dry Cleaners
78 Stroud Green Rd
Holloway Road Post Office
118 Holloway Rd
Men's and ladies' hairdressers.
Chaps & Dames
203 Tollington Park
Men's and ladies' hairdressers.

Parks & Nature

They are one of the few London parks that allow you to BBQ - buy a disposable in the Co-op and stock up on food to BBQ. (There are containers for BBQ disposal at the park).
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Highbury Fields
Highbury Crescent
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They are one of the few London parks that allow you to BBQ - buy a disposable in the Co-op and stock up on food to BBQ. (There are containers for BBQ disposal at the park).
Hop on the Overground at H&I and head to this lovely viewing point - there are beautiful views of the city from the top.
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Видовищна площадка Parliament Hill
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Hop on the Overground at H&I and head to this lovely viewing point - there are beautiful views of the city from the top.
It's worth the trip down town to walk through this beautiful park in the heart of Westminster. There is a good cafe in the park that has several snack options for lunch - no need to book , always plenty of seating indoors or out and in the summer they have a BBQ and ice cream stand outside.
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Парк Сент-Джеймс
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It's worth the trip down town to walk through this beautiful park in the heart of Westminster. There is a good cafe in the park that has several snack options for lunch - no need to book , always plenty of seating indoors or out and in the summer they have a BBQ and ice cream stand outside.
It's hipster central - go for people watching or to do a BBQ in the designated area.
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Лондонські поля
London Fields West Side
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It's hipster central - go for people watching or to do a BBQ in the designated area.

Arts & Culture

It's probably the best 'off-West End' theatre in London, but with prices to match. The quality of productions can be even higher. Book early to avoid disappointment
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Театр Алмейда
Almeida Street
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It's probably the best 'off-West End' theatre in London, but with prices to match. The quality of productions can be even higher. Book early to avoid disappointment
Often hosts 'Work in Progress' comedy gigs from some of the biggest names on the UK scene.
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The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar
109 St Paul's Rd
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Often hosts 'Work in Progress' comedy gigs from some of the biggest names on the UK scene.
An offshoot of its famous Edinburgh sister venue - good for low budget theatre productions, and work in progress comedy (Michael McIntyre, Dara O'Briain, Frankie Boyle ... etc)
Pleasance Theatre Carpenters Mews
North Road
An offshoot of its famous Edinburgh sister venue - good for low budget theatre productions, and work in progress comedy (Michael McIntyre, Dara O'Briain, Frankie Boyle ... etc)

Entertainment & Activities

Small, upscale movie theatre that serves luxury options like alcoholic drinks, barista coffees and homemade sweets.
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Everyman Screen on the Green
83 Upper St
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Small, upscale movie theatre that serves luxury options like alcoholic drinks, barista coffees and homemade sweets.

Shopping

Go here early on a Sunday and plan to spend a couple of hours there soaking up the atmosphere at this long-running flower market. Plan to have lunch in one of the cafe's alongside.
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Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road
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Go here early on a Sunday and plan to spend a couple of hours there soaking up the atmosphere at this long-running flower market. Plan to have lunch in one of the cafe's alongside.