Guidebook for London
Shopping
When you step onto the worn floorboards of this shop and sniff the coffee-scented air you are transported to Muswell Hill of the early 1900s. Pyramids of tinned peaches, mosaics of dried fruit and the hugest choice of jams, pickles, teas, coffees, biscuits, cakes and old schools sweets - wonderful!
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Muswell Hill Broadway
Muswell Hill BroadwayWhen you step onto the worn floorboards of this shop and sniff the coffee-scented air you are transported to Muswell Hill of the early 1900s. Pyramids of tinned peaches, mosaics of dried fruit and the hugest choice of jams, pickles, teas, coffees, biscuits, cakes and old schools sweets - wonderful!
Parks & Nature
It's literally a step across the road from the house and you're in a fabulous open space which also has the BEST view across London. Go there on a clear day and you can see right across the Thames Estuary to Kent. At night you can see the whole capital twinkling most invitingly.
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Alexandra Palace Way
Alexandra Palace WayIt's literally a step across the road from the house and you're in a fabulous open space which also has the BEST view across London. Go there on a clear day and you can see right across the Thames Estuary to Kent. At night you can see the whole capital twinkling most invitingly.
If you like wild swimming then consider visiting the ponds at Hampstead. There are three - women's, men's and mixed. The water is cold and deep but glorious and you will swim with the company of ducklings, lilies, irises and darting dragonflies. A sylvan paradise!
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Hampstead Heath
If you like wild swimming then consider visiting the ponds at Hampstead. There are three - women's, men's and mixed. The water is cold and deep but glorious and you will swim with the company of ducklings, lilies, irises and darting dragonflies. A sylvan paradise!
Getting Around
We love the W7 - it goes up and down the hill all day and night (great for late nights at the weekend). It links Muswell Hill with Finsbury Park and from there you can get anywhere in the capital.
W7
We love the W7 - it goes up and down the hill all day and night (great for late nights at the weekend). It links Muswell Hill with Finsbury Park and from there you can get anywhere in the capital.
Arts & Culture
It's a fabulous gallery full of faces - some famous, some just really interesting. You can spend hours communing with these portraits and then pop up to the restaurant on the top floor for a drink or cuppa and enjoy the view over London.
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Galería Nacional de Retratos
Saint Martin's PlaceIt's a fabulous gallery full of faces - some famous, some just really interesting. You can spend hours communing with these portraits and then pop up to the restaurant on the top floor for a drink or cuppa and enjoy the view over London.
If you like theatre then the Park Theatre is a really great place with at least two productions on at their two theatres. There are loads of good, small fringe theatres all over London. I review plays for The Offies (a sort of Oscars for the fringe theatre world) and see a lot of shows which I can recommend.
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Park Theatre
13 Clifton TerraceIf you like theatre then the Park Theatre is a really great place with at least two productions on at their two theatres. There are loads of good, small fringe theatres all over London. I review plays for The Offies (a sort of Oscars for the fringe theatre world) and see a lot of shows which I can recommend.
Astonishing museum - full of eclectic,collected pieces gathered from around the world by Sir John Soane.
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Museo de Sir John Soane
13 Lincoln's Inn FieldsAstonishing museum - full of eclectic,collected pieces gathered from around the world by Sir John Soane.
Sightseeing
If you want a slice of ancient London then the quiet streets of Clerkenwell are worth wandering. It's an area which is so close to the City and St Paul's but full of small streets based on the old Medieval grid and there are now small shops and old architecture to explore.
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Clerkenwell
If you want a slice of ancient London then the quiet streets of Clerkenwell are worth wandering. It's an area which is so close to the City and St Paul's but full of small streets based on the old Medieval grid and there are now small shops and old architecture to explore.
Food Scene
It's a privately run cafe and shop which is an absolute treasure trove of gifts and useful bits and pieces. You can sit outside (but still covered) and there's always lots of toys for children.
Crocodile cafe
122 Muswell Hill BroadwayIt's a privately run cafe and shop which is an absolute treasure trove of gifts and useful bits and pieces. You can sit outside (but still covered) and there's always lots of toys for children.
Nice, well cooked mainly Italian/French food which is tasty and unpretentious.
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Côte Brasserie - Muswell Hill
311-323 Muswell Hill BroadwayNice, well cooked mainly Italian/French food which is tasty and unpretentious.
Drinks & Nightlife
The building used to be a an old dairy and it's been really well designed to create an interesting venue with lots of different areas to choose from.
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Mossy Well
258 Muswell Hill BroadwayThe building used to be a an old dairy and it's been really well designed to create an interesting venue with lots of different areas to choose from.
It's a local pub, in Crouch End but it's famous for its comedy nights and lots of activities which go on in their downstairs room.
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The Kings Head
2 Crouch End HillIt's a local pub, in Crouch End but it's famous for its comedy nights and lots of activities which go on in their downstairs room.