Guidebook for London

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Guidebook for London

Entertainment & Activities

Fantastic, leafy park with a brilliant playground for younger children. Tennis courts and other sports facilities. Nice cafe too.
505 locals recommend
Clissold Park
Green Lanes
505 locals recommend
Fantastic, leafy park with a brilliant playground for younger children. Tennis courts and other sports facilities. Nice cafe too.
Excellent adult swimming pool - light and airy. Has a great training pool and a lovely toddler pool with shallow water and lots of toys to play with. Also has soft play areas set up on the weekends (check the site for timings) and a nice cafe!
72 locals recommend
Clissold Leisure Centre
63 Clissold Rd
72 locals recommend
Excellent adult swimming pool - light and airy. Has a great training pool and a lovely toddler pool with shallow water and lots of toys to play with. Also has soft play areas set up on the weekends (check the site for timings) and a nice cafe!
Hidden away nature reserve, small and beautiful, a great place to while away a half hour
38 locals recommend
Gillespie Park
10 Gillespie Rd
38 locals recommend
Hidden away nature reserve, small and beautiful, a great place to while away a half hour

Food Scene

Best. Pizza.
52 locals recommend
Trattoria N16
44-45 Newington Grn
52 locals recommend
Best. Pizza.
Great brunch place!
74 locals recommend
The Blue Legume
101 Stoke Newington Church St
74 locals recommend
Great brunch place!
Really delicious tapas, sometimes has jazz in the evenings
30 locals recommend
Highbury Arts Club
73 Highbury Park
30 locals recommend
Really delicious tapas, sometimes has jazz in the evenings
Delicious vietnamese and they deliver - our go-to place to order in when we're too tired to cook.
22 locals recommend
Âu Lạc
82 Highbury Park
22 locals recommend
Delicious vietnamese and they deliver - our go-to place to order in when we're too tired to cook.
small, hip, crowded, excellent coffee, lovely little yard if the sun is shining. Try the croque monsieur if you're peckish...
78 locals recommend
Le Péché Mignon
6 Ronalds Rd
78 locals recommend
small, hip, crowded, excellent coffee, lovely little yard if the sun is shining. Try the croque monsieur if you're peckish...
Trendy, excellent coffee and delicious open sandwiches
71 locals recommend
Fink's Salt and Sweet
70 Mountgrove Rd
71 locals recommend
Trendy, excellent coffee and delicious open sandwiches
Hands down the best breakfast around. Queues on the weekend, but go midweek!
136 locals recommend
The Good Egg Stoke Newington
93 Stoke Newington Church St
136 locals recommend
Hands down the best breakfast around. Queues on the weekend, but go midweek!
Wonderful south asian cuisine - much more exciting than your average curry. Jamie Oliver's favourite! There's a meat one opposite, but the veggie is delicious!
171 locals recommend
Rasa South Indian Vegetarian Restaurant
55 Stoke Newington Church St
171 locals recommend
Wonderful south asian cuisine - much more exciting than your average curry. Jamie Oliver's favourite! There's a meat one opposite, but the veggie is delicious!

Essentials

Our local store with everything - good selection of most things you'll need for a short stay
Shopping Garden
156 Green Lanes
Our local store with everything - good selection of most things you'll need for a short stay
Just an incredible experience - the best cheese shop in London. Worth visiting just for the enticing aromas... A must for any food-lover
143 locals recommend
La Fromagerie
30 Highbury Park
143 locals recommend
Just an incredible experience - the best cheese shop in London. Worth visiting just for the enticing aromas... A must for any food-lover

Shopping

Wine shop with a great selection of all drinks - locally-run store with very knowledgeable and friendly staff
22 locals recommend
Highbury Vintners
71 Highbury Park
22 locals recommend
Wine shop with a great selection of all drinks - locally-run store with very knowledgeable and friendly staff
Award-winning butchers with ethical, organic meat. Try the lamb burgers they are out of this world!
18 locals recommend
Godfreys.co
7 Highbury Park
18 locals recommend
Award-winning butchers with ethical, organic meat. Try the lamb burgers they are out of this world!
Excellent fishmongers - the smoked salmon costs an arm and a leg but is worth it for a special treat...
17 locals recommend
Bourne's Fishmongers
13 Highbury Park
17 locals recommend
Excellent fishmongers - the smoked salmon costs an arm and a leg but is worth it for a special treat...
Our wonderful local bookstore holds some lovely evening events with authors / music / film. They serve great coffee - it's a lovely place to hang out! Great kids section too with a large table to stay and read.
13 locals recommend
Ink@84
84 Highbury Park
13 locals recommend
Our wonderful local bookstore holds some lovely evening events with authors / music / film. They serve great coffee - it's a lovely place to hang out! Great kids section too with a large table to stay and read.
Gorgeous and on trend boutique. There's a men's version on the same road.
22 locals recommend
Hub Womenswear
49 Stoke Newington Church St
22 locals recommend
Gorgeous and on trend boutique. There's a men's version on the same road.

Drinks & Nightlife

very nice local pub with a friendly atmosphere and good beer
70 locals recommend
The Rose & Crown
199 Stoke Newington Church St
70 locals recommend
very nice local pub with a friendly atmosphere and good beer

Parks & Nature

Another lovely park on the way to the tube - has a great outdoor cafe with kids' toys, and a big playground with wild areas and a huge slide.
209 locals recommend
Highbury Fields
Highbury Crescent
209 locals recommend
Another lovely park on the way to the tube - has a great outdoor cafe with kids' toys, and a big playground with wild areas and a huge slide.

Everything Else

great selection but can be pricey...
6 locals recommend
Mrs Lovell's Greengrocers
1c Highbury Park
6 locals recommend
great selection but can be pricey...