Islington Ecology Centre  Gillespie Park - entrance on Drayton Park
Tai Ji (Wednesday evenings)/ Yoga (Thursday evenings)  Islington Council website
Sonia

Heathside Running Club  Finsbury Park running track (3-4 times a week)
Excellent club for juniors at all levels. Cheap to join  www.londonheathside.org.uk/juniors
James

Finsbury parkrun  Finsbury Park - Saturdays 9.00am
Free non competitive 5km run - good for adults of all shapes and sizes! Register online and receive a personal barcode that allows you to track your results.  
Philip

Finsbury Park on Foot  outside Arsenal shop (next to Finsbury Park station) - Wednesdays 10.30 - 11.45am
Islington Walks, part of Islington Council, offer local residents (regardless of your age or fitness level) the opportunity to walk regularly in a relaxed and friendly environment
www.wfh.naturalengland.org.uk/walkfinder/region/London/Islington+Walks/643.html
Nick

Capital Ring Walk  section from New River path (Green Lanes) to Stoke Newington reservoir
Explore the green spaces of Haringey and have a nosey into people's back gardens. Download maps and more information here:
www.haringey.gov.uk/index/community_and_leisure/greenspaces.htm
Nick

Parkland Walk  Finsbury Park to Alexandra Palace
The Parkland Walk (part of the Capital Ring walk) runs for four miles from Finsbury Park to Alexandra Palace, following the path of a disused railway line that passed from Finsbury Park to Highgate and had a branch off towards the palace.
www.parkland-walk.org.uk
Anne

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Tasty Takeaways

Organica Pizza Company  4B Gillespie Road  Organic Pizzas  Jules

Sunderban Tandoori  50 Blackstock Road  Good Indian food delivered  Rob

Yildiz  163 Blackstock Road  Get a Turkish 'wrap'. Inexpensive and little packaging!  Sonia

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Cafés, Bars & Restaurants

Small and Beautiful  171 Blackstock Road  Cheap and cheerful modern European food (no credit cards!)  Jules

Petek  96 Stroud Green Road Turkish restaurant  Anne

Il Bacio 178-184 Stroud Green Road Italian restaurant  Dorothy

Little Sardegna  170 Blackstock Road  Intimate sardinian restaurant  Dorothy

Pizzadelique  1 Chatterton Road  Great value (especially before 7pm). Good for kids. No cover charges  Chris

Garufa  104 Highbury Park  Argentinian - great steaks!  Penny

Olive Tree  177A Blackstock Road (entrance on Mountgrove Road)  Greek. Family-run business. Great value and suitable for vegetarians  Samora

Good for Food  16 Blackstock Road  Lovely garden, great salads and strong coffee!  Sonia

Cinnamon Village  109 Highbury Park  Two cafés serving excellent coffee and snacks  Jaslyn

San Daniele del Fruili  72 Highbury Park  Well known Italian restaurant popular with the Arsenal players  Rob

Oasis Cafe  Highbury Fields  Café with lots of outside tables and chairs on the grass  Rob

Juniper  100 Highbury Park  Modern British - fantastic fish. Kids eat free before 7pm!  Rob

Stringray Cafe  36 Highbury Park  Cheap and cheerful Italian - good for children  Marc

Litro Bar  66A Drayton Park (opposite the Arsenal letters)  Italian-run bar that's a favourite with the mums (probably due to the reasonably priced carafes of fizzy white wine). Snacks include Tiramisu and Pizzas. There's also a small garden  Nick

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Specialist Shops

The Knitting Shop  79 Gillespie Road  New and exciting yarns and great patterns  Julia

Fish & Cook  3 Blackstock Road  Stationers par excellence!  Sonia

Mix DIY  51 Blackstock Road  Do not be deceived by its exterior, the shop has (almost) everything  Rob

Arsenal Food & Wine  68B Blackstock Road (corner of Ambler Road)  Fill up your Ecover bottles and buy lovely jam and chocs!  Sonia

Highbury Butchers  Blackstock Road (opposite Gillespie Road)  My mother used to come to lunch in eager anticipation. The best meat  Stephen

Animal Aid bookshops  Blackstock Road - two shops opposite each other near Il Bacio  Excellent charity bookshops with hard-to-find titles  Anne

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Special Interest Groups

N4 Knitters  The Noble pub, 29 Crouch Hill N4 4AP  - Thursdays 7.30pm
It's now officially hip to knit! Join this free knitting group for all levels  laurencara@hotmail.com
Michelle

The London Knitting Group  79 Gillespie Road
Free knitting group for all levels  www.knittingwoolandyarnshop.co.uk/shop/tips/groups
Michelle

Knit for Nothing  St Johns Church, Gloucester Drive - Mondays 2.00pm
Free knitting group for all levels in partnership with the Homeless Families Project
Michelle

Grow N4  St John's Church, Gloucester Drive  - 4th Sunday of every month  3.00-4.30pm
Come and share your gardening wisdom and get involved with food growing in our local area
Nick

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