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Islington Attractions
Listed below are attractions in Islington:
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The Almeida Theatre is tucked away in Islington, just off Upper Street on a residential road. The theatre is renowned as being one of the best outside of the central London venues, staging a wide variety of dramatic production...
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The Angel Clock Tower is one of the best recognised man made landmark features at the centre of Islington, close to the Angel Underground Station. The clock tower was built by local company J. Smith and Son and donated...
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Angel Wings is one of the centrepieces of Islington town centre, a beautiful sculpture commissioned by the borough to provide a fascinating talking point in the main shopping area. It was designed in 2003 and is the work of...
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This delightful and spacious park offers something a little different from other parks in the North London borough of Islington. It feels like an escape from the city when you wander through the quiet woodland area, and there is plenty...
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A variety of paths wind around this small park, and it is surrounded by residential buildings. No dogs are allowed to be walked around Arlington Square, and a lot of effort has been put into making this a pretty park...
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Barnard Park is one of the largest green open spaces in the north London borough of Highbury and Islington. The area has for generations been a place of meeting and recreation for the people of the suburb and visitors...
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This small but well-equipped park is ideal for taking young children to so they can burn off some energy. There are plenty of activities for children to enjoy in the playground, including a slide and seesaw. Older children and adults...
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Battishall Street Gardens are one of the most beautiful public gardens in Islington. Popular with locals and visitors alike the gardens have served as a place of rest and relaxation for the people of the suburb for many generations....
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Bingfield Park is a medium sized park located in the North London borough of Islington. Sport facilities are the main focus of this park, although there is a sizable green space to enjoy here as well. Bingfield Park is home...
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Bunning Way Garden is a pleasant green space located in the North London borough of Islington. The emphasis here is on appearance, and the garden has been equipped with circular brick flower beds where a variety of different plants...
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The Business Design Centre is without a doubt one of the most stylish venues in north London. The great looking complex is home to a range of events, shows and fairs throughout the year. The facility is designed...
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This large park is found just off busy Market Road, in the heart of the North London borough of Islington. A large Victorian clock tower overlooks the grounds, which are considered to be of Grade 1 importance to nature conservation...
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The Candid Arts Trust is an Islington based artists community and gallery which has been established to help encourage new talent and cultivate existing artists skills to make a better art scene in London. The venue which has many...
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Canonbury Park is a small public park just off the main road of Upper Street that intersects Islington. The park has provided a place of rest and relaxation to local and visitors for generations and still today is a...
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Canonbury Sqaure Gardens is a large public garden at the centre of the wonderful Canonbury Square in the heart of Islington. The gardens are similar in style to the many tens of gardens in Kensington in south west London....
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The Celestial Church of Christ is the main north London facility for worshippers of this sect of Christianity. The church is housed in a beautiful 19th Century building that forms part of the eclectic Islington street scape. It...
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This well-equipped park is located in the North London borough of Islington. It is a small park popular with local residents, and is often busy with people using the facilities here. It hosts a children’s playground and a tarmac ball...
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This small park is found in the North London borough of Islington. An area of the park is dedicated to a children’s playground, which does make it rather noisy when it is busy. But don’t let that put you off,...
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Compton Terrace Gardens is a medium sized community park and gardens managed by the local authority. The gardens are situated adjacent to Upper Street in the heart of Islington close to Highbury Corner. For many generations the gardens...
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A local park that is often used by the neighbouring residents, Cornwallis Park is a located next to Cornwallis Youth Club in the borough of Islington, North London. The park features a collection of shrub beds and a few benches...
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The Crypt Gallery is a small art gallery based in the crypt of St. Mary's Church on Upper Street at the heart of Islington. The gallery exhibits an eclectic mixture of work from British and foreign artists over a...
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Culpeper Gardens is also known as Culpeper Community Gardens, and is a long established community garden located within the borough of Islington, North London. Residents that live nearby the gardens are enthusiastic when it comes to its upkeep, and it...
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Dr. Jabez Bunting enjoyed his time living at the heart of London in this charming old house in the quiet Myddelton Square. Born and raised in the busy streets of Manchester, London's leafy suburbs were quite different from what...
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Duncan Terrace is one of the oldest and most interesting architecturally in central Islington. The street at the centre of the north London suburb has for generations been the site of a beautiful shady public garden. Just a...
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The Education and Artefacts Library is located in Islington in North London and has been put together from both real and replica artefacts that have been collected from many hundreds of years of local history. The idea is to...
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Elthorne Park is a large green space located in the London borough of Islington, and boasts a multitude of features offering something for everyone. There is a path running through the park that is lined with silver birch trees and...
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The Estorick Collection is somewhat unusual in Britain as it is entirely focussed on modern Italian art. The excellent collection offers visitors the chance to indulge themselves in many of the finest painters and sculptors that are being produced...
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The Estorik Collection opened in 1998 in Canonbury Square, a leafy garden square at the heart of Islington. The collection is home to an impressive variety of Italian artworks and treasures. The collection is known internationally for its...
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Fenner Brockway lived much of his adult life in this beautiful town house in the charming Myddelton Square close to the very heart of London. Brockway was a noted politician and anti-war activist of the 20th Century. A...
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Freightliners City Farm is a wonderful project designed for children and young people at the heart of the north London suburb of Islington. The farm provides access to countryside animals and farm conditions not only for the young children...
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George Orwell was without a doubt one of the most influential writers of the 20th Century in Britain. He lived much of his life in London in several locations including this house and one in Notting Hill a few...
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Gibson Square is a beautiful example of an historic north London residential square. At the centre of the town houses is a large green parkland that is open to the public. The square has for many generations served...
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The HTTP Gallery is a first in the art world, and very proud to be at the cutting edge of taking art into cyberspace. The idea behind the project is to allow artists the chance to exhibit their works...
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This fine statue stands on the edge of Islington Green at the intersection with Upper Street close to the centre of the suburb. The reason this position has been chosen is largely because it is close to the site...
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For many generations this grand old public building has stood at the centre of community life in the eclectic and bustling north London suburb of Islington. The library has always served as a place of meeting and of reference...
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Islington Green is one of the oldest and most well used green areas in the leafy London Borough of Islington. For centuries the green has been the focus of public life in the area, a place of trading, meeting,...
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Islington Library is located at the heart of this busy London community and carries a large collection of books, music, video and specialist materials available for loan. The library also boasts a proud reference section within which you will...
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Islington Local History Centre has been established in order to help visitors and local people understand a little more about how this community has developed both as part of the great city of London, and as an independent entity....
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Islington Museum was re-housed in 2008, and carries an extensive collection that relates to the history of this London borough. The actual borough is relatively young, coming into being in 1965. On display are a series of the...
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Islington Town Hall is housed in an impressive piece of 'public' architecture from the late 19th Century. It is home to the administrative centres of the Borough of Highbury and Islington which is one of the constituent boroughs of...
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The King’s Head Theatre was established in 1970 by the much loved landlord of the King’s Head in Islington Dan Crawford. His vision was to build a medium sized theatre that would stage quality productions all year round....
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Laycock Park is a community facility close to Highbury Corner at the very heart of Islington in north London. The park has for many years been a place of rest and relaxation for the people of the area and...
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The Lillian Bayliss Studio Theatre is a forum for people of all ages to learn more about the skills involved in acting, dance and theatre. The studio runs regular programmes for students and teachers, young and old to get...
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Madras Place Park is a large open area in the suburb of Islington in north London. The park is primarily a place of recreation as it has been for many generations of north Londoners. The park becomes quite...
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The Methodist Central Hall in Islington isn't quite as grand as the church of the same name close to Westminster Abbey in central London, but it is still just as significant a place of worship to the large and loyal...
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Myddelton Park is a beautiful cultured gardens at the centre of the historic and beautiful Myddelton Square in the leafy suburbs of north London. The park and square have been the focus of public life in the area for...
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The N1 Centre is the central shopping centre at the heart of Islington town centre. It offers a range of High Street retailers covering almost everything one could desire. A good range of food and drink outlets is...
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Newington Green is a large and busy park within the borough of Islington, North London, that has won the Green Flag Award and the Green Heritage Award. This expanse of green space is home to dedicated wildlife areas, a variety...
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The North London Buddhist Centre is a large multi purpose facility situated on one of the busy trunk road, Holloway Road, leading out of the suburb to the north. The centre provides a place of calm, relaxation and worship...
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The Old Red Lion Theatre has been a popular fixture at the heart of Islington since it was first opened as The Old Red Lion Theatre Club in 1979. The theatre has always prided itself on being a place...
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The building in which this museum is housed is steeped in history and was constructed in 1504 as the English headquarters of the Crusading Knights. The display is made up of an impressive collection of precious artefacts that have...
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Owen Fields is a large public park that has been reserved for public use for many generations. It stands close to the centre of Islington and is well used during the summer months as a place of rest and...
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Paradise Park is one of the larger green areas and open spaces in the north London borough of Islington. The park has a range of recreation activities available to visitors including sports pitches for organised and casual sports games....
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The Pleasance Theatre is one of the most exciting and popular fringe venues in the capital, located within easy reach of the heart of London. It opened in 1995, and since that time has been dedicated to providing a...
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Rights of Man is an impressive piece of public artwork situated in Angel Court close to Angel Underground Station at the very heart of Islington in north London. The piece was designed and created by Kevin Jordan in 1991...
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Sadler’s Wells is an enormous theatre with a commitment to staging the very best i international and UK contemporary dance shows. The current theatre was opened in 1998 after being funded by a National Lottery grant which helped to...
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Samuel Phelps was one of the most important English actors of the 19th Century. He was born in Devonport but moved to London to peruse a career in the theatre that led him to living in this fine house...
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Spa Green is a medium sized area of parkland and garden in Islington. The green has for generations been a significant place of recreation for the townspeople of Islington in north London. The green is well sheltered from...
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St Mary Magdalene Church Gardens is a small and quiet park that surrounds the St Mary Magdalene Church in the St Mary’s ward of Islington, North London. The garden has a variety of rose and shrub beds, and every year...
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St. Marks is a beautiful old church befitting of the historic square that it stands within. The church has been the focus of public life and religious observation in the area for many centuries and towers above the...
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There is thought to have been a a place of worship on this site since the Norman conquest of England in 1066, although the origins of this building can be found in the 20th Century after a rebuild in the...
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St. Mary's Gardens are situated just off the major thoroughfare of Upper Street in the heart of Islington. Less gardens and more of a park, the area has for centuries been set aside as a place of rest and...
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St. Stephen's is a beautiful parish church in the Canonbury area of Islington in north London. The building towers above the surrounding residential areas and serves as one of the major parts of the suburban skyline. The church...
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Standpoint Gallery is located in the heart of Islington and represents one of the most inspirational contemporary art facilities in the area. It has an extensive programme of events throughout the year that draw on the talents of local...
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The Garage is a small but well known music venue at the heart of Highbury and Islington. It's just a stones throw from the main tube station and has great bus access from central and north London. The...
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The Mall is an antiques arcade located at the very heart of Islington town centre close to Islington Green. The centre contains a wealth of antiques shops that sell a great range of products. Tourists travel from far...
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The Word Centre brands itself quite boldly as 'Church Not as Usual'. The centre is in fact a church that serves a good many of the local people of the area and is always open to new members and...
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Thornhill Park is a small but beautifully well kept green area in the residential suburbs of Islington in north London. The park is popular with local people because it is so peaceful, and more often than not you will...
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Thornhill Square and Thornhill Crescent are two green spaces that are located adjacent to one another within the borough of Islington, North London. St. Andrews Church is next to the gardens and the church spire towers above the two parks....
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The Unity Church is a Unitarian Church based in Islington in the north of London. The church has a long and illustrious history in the suburb, flying in the face of the Church of England's autonomy in the 1600s....
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This war memorial is understated, a simple structure it carries a great deal of meaning to the people of this quiet north London area. The memorial serves as a reminder to those of us lucky enough to live in...
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Wilmington Square is a small and pleasant garden square surrounded by residential property and packed with an interesting selection of different flowers and trees. A number of rose beds can be found within the garden and it is surrounded by...
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The Young Actors Theatre serves as a dual purpose facility. In capacity the centre is a school of theatre, helping to nurture young talented children by giving them great facilities and teaching in the art of acting. The...
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