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Good Sunday Strolls
Gillespie Park
small local nature reserve, blackberries in autumn (Michelle)
Clissold Park lovely
trees, including ones to climb; nice café
(Anne)
Finsbury Park try
boating on the lake; new playground equipment; baby water-birds
in spring; new café (Julia)
Parkland Walk linear walk
from Finsbury Park to Ally Pally (Anne)
Canal Walk to Camden Tunnel - start
far side of Islington (Julie)
Abney Park Cemetery Stoke
Newington Church Street (Rowan)
Kenwood House top
of Hampstead Heath - 210 goes all the way there (Sonia)
Highgate & Queens Woods off
A1; Queens Wood wild with tree swings; Highgate Woods have good
playground & café
(Jamie)
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Local Specialist Shops
First Choice
156 Blackstock Road Hardware
shop; helpful (Anne)
Fish & Cook 3
Blackstock Road Old-fashioned
stationers (Julie)
Fiveboys Health Food Highbury
Barn Incredibly wide range;
refills Ecover bottles (Rowan)
Frogs & Fairies 69
Highbury Park Good range
of toys, reasonable price for quality; Startrite shoes (Rowan)
Galaxy 15-19 Benwell Road
Wholesale stationer but sells to the
public (Catriona)
Gathering Moss 193
Blackstock Road Great gifts,
original furniture, friendly staff, very helpful with delivery (Liz)
Godfreys Highbury
Barn Butcher; especially
the sausages (Charlie)
Happening Bagel Bakery corner
Seven Sisters/Blackstock Rd Great
cholla, 12 bagels for £2 (Anne)
Highbury Vintners 71
Highbury Park Friendly
Service, good cheap wine+ fine wines; also party glasses & orders
(Anne)
Lenarow Haberdashers 169
Blackstock Road How
many real haberdashers are left? This one has everything (Liz)
Louis Farouk 113
Highbury Park Good for
last-minute presents for the wife! (John)
Master Cobblers Highbury
Barn Very helpful (Rowan)
Mix DIY 51
Blackstock Road Has everything!
(Sonia)
Second Chance Bookshop 161
Blackstock Road Recycle
all your stuff ; good bargains (Liz)
Steve Hatt 88-90
Essex Road Fishmonger (Rowan)
Sylvanian Families 68
Mountgrove Road Sells full
Sylvanian range (Katie)
Wuchi by Maks 24
Ambler Road Natural
& organic skin products for women, men & children
(Amaka)
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Best Place to Walk the
Dog
Clissold Park great
for early morning (Liz)
Finsbury Park lots
of wide open spaces for dogs to run (Julia)
Highbury Fields good
for late evening - no lock-up (Michelle)
NOT Romilly Road, please! (the
Vicar)
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Recommended
Cafes & Restaurants
Au Lac
82 Highbury Park
Vietnamese, lovely food, good
value (Caroline)
Carluccio
305-307 Upper St
Italian cafe/ deli (Josie)
Cats
79 Stroud Green Rd
Thai (Anne
R)
Desh 78 Highbury Park Tiny
Indian, good for takeout (Rowan)
Exquisite 167
Blackstock Rd Mexican
(Tim)
Good for Food 16
Blackstock Rd Good for
lunches - salads, soups, health foods (Stephen)
Il Bacio 184
Blackstock Rd Great
Italian food, especially pizza; shows Italian football on TV (Jamie)
La Princesse
86 Blackstock Rd
The original Algerian café
(Stephen)
Le Pain d'Or 136
Blackstock Rd Good
bread & cakes (Stephen)
Pizzadelique 1-3
Chatterton Rd Great family
pizza place (Julie)
Small & Beautiful
171 Blackstock Rd
Cheap, excellent vegetarian food.
Claims to open 8 days a week! (Sandra)
Stringray Café
Highbury Barn
Cheap, kid-friendly, fabulous
pizzas (Catriona)
White Swan 251-256
Upper St Pub,
good for families at lunchtime (Anne
L)
Yildiz Ockabasi
163 Blackstock Rd
Turkish, big portions of tasty
BBQ (Sonia)
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