Guidebook for London

Selina
Guidebook for London

Food Scene

There are a very large number of restaurants within 15 minutes walk of here. And a couple of places with worldwide reputations within 30 minutes walk. Those listed below only cover a few of them. A 30-45 minute walk - or take the bus - gets you to the heart of Shoreditch. The streets are heaving there every evening, if you like that vibe!
This is just a classy restaurant. About 25 minute walk. You'll need to book well in advance.
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Moro
34-36 Exmouth Market
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This is just a classy restaurant. About 25 minute walk. You'll need to book well in advance.
Cheerful gastro pub right next door
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The Drapers Arms
44 Barnsbury St
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Cheerful gastro pub right next door
Traditional coach house style pub, in the next street, very busy garden in the summer
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The Albion
10 Thornhill Rd
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Traditional coach house style pub, in the next street, very busy garden in the summer
Simple bistro less than 5 minutes away
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Le Sacre Coeur
18 Theberton St
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Simple bistro less than 5 minutes away
This is a romantic restaurant in the evening and a much favoured brunch location at weekends - but there's usually a queue
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SUNDAY cafe & restaurant
169 Hemingford Rd
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This is a romantic restaurant in the evening and a much favoured brunch location at weekends - but there's usually a queue
Famous media chef's place - lots of folk there for brunch. 6 minute walk
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Ottolenghi Islington
287 Upper St
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Famous media chef's place - lots of folk there for brunch. 6 minute walk
Simple, and relatively cheap, Turkish bistro. < 10 minute walk
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Gallipoli Cafe & Bistro
119-120 Upper St
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Simple, and relatively cheap, Turkish bistro. < 10 minute walk
THE original modern British restaurant, with a genuinely world wide reputation. You should book well in advance.
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Saint John Restaurant
26 Saint John Street
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THE original modern British restaurant, with a genuinely world wide reputation. You should book well in advance.
This is a really good Turkish restaurant, slightly off the beaten track. But for most evenings you should probably book before. 10 minute walk.
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Liman Restaurant
60 Penton St
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This is a really good Turkish restaurant, slightly off the beaten track. But for most evenings you should probably book before. 10 minute walk.

Arts & Culture

Close access to lots of cinemas, some in the modern lounge-in-the-sofa style. // 30-45max public transport ride into the West End theatres; Barbican centre; Southbank Centre; Globe Theatre. You can walk to them all within an hour. // British Museum is 40 minutes walk; National Gallery 60 minutes; Tate Modern 45 minutes.
Leading out-of-West-End theatre. 5 minute walk
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Teatru Almeida
Almeida Street
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Leading out-of-West-End theatre. 5 minute walk
9 Screen multiplex, 5 minute walk
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Vue Cinema London - Islington
36 Parkfield St
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9 Screen multiplex, 5 minute walk
Club style luxury cinema, 7 minute walk
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Everyman Screen on the Green
83 Upper St
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Club style luxury cinema, 7 minute walk
This is a long standing art-movie theatre. Plenty of places to eat in the centre around it. a brisk 30 minute walk.
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Curzon Bloomsbury
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This is a long standing art-movie theatre. Plenty of places to eat in the centre around it. a brisk 30 minute walk.
This is a new art cinema in a massive urban redevelopment. There are trendy, but rather expensive, restaurants in the canalside warehouses but it is an impressive cityscape.
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Everyman Kings Cross
14-18 Handyside St
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This is a new art cinema in a massive urban redevelopment. There are trendy, but rather expensive, restaurants in the canalside warehouses but it is an impressive cityscape.

Everything Else

Local municipal swimming pool. 7 minute walk
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Cally Pool & Gym
229 Caledonian Rd
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Local municipal swimming pool. 7 minute walk
Local municipal swimming pool
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Highbury Leisure Centre
Highbury Crescent
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Local municipal swimming pool

Sightseeing

Some great walks from our house (plenty of bus alternatives if you don't fancy walking) take you to: St Paul's Cathedral: 40 mins // Millenium Bridge: 45 mins // Tate Modern & Globe Theatre: 45+ minutes (the other side of the Millenium Bridge) // Barbican Centre: 35 mins // Shoreditch: 45 mins // Broadway Market: 45 minutes East along the canal // Camden Market: 45 minutes West along the canal // / Sights such as Houses of Parliament or National Gallery (in Trafalgar Sq) are approx 1 hour walk or 30 minutes by public transport.
It's a nice 45 minute walk along the canal to Camden Lock. Has been a hang out for teenagers and tourists for decades.
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Il-Market tal-Camden
54-56 Camden Lock Pl
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It's a nice 45 minute walk along the canal to Camden Lock. Has been a hang out for teenagers and tourists for decades.
Very buzzy area with a lot of tech start ups and noisy night scene
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Shoreditch
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Very buzzy area with a lot of tech start ups and noisy night scene