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Wonderful park with café, Clissold House, Butterfly dome, ponds, paddling pool, dog-free areas, tennis courts, wide open areas, and gorgeous trees. Great for jogging too!
505 locals recommend
Clissold Park
Green Lanes
505 locals recommend
Wonderful park with café, Clissold House, Butterfly dome, ponds, paddling pool, dog-free areas, tennis courts, wide open areas, and gorgeous trees. Great for jogging too!
Award winning takeout pizzeria - organic, and even does gluten free bases!
12 locals recommend
Organica Pizza Company
4B Gillespie Rd
12 locals recommend
Award winning takeout pizzeria - organic, and even does gluten free bases!
Stoke Newington's wine bar - a unique, historic venue, with a good list and food. Cosy little back yard for when the weather's nice! The Fox Reformed has some connection to Edgar Allan Poe.
11 locals recommend
The Fox Reformed
176 Stoke Newington Church St
11 locals recommend
Stoke Newington's wine bar - a unique, historic venue, with a good list and food. Cosy little back yard for when the weather's nice! The Fox Reformed has some connection to Edgar Allan Poe.
The Castle is a dedicated climbing centre run by climbers for climbers and is one of the premier centres in Europe but caters for all abilities.
81 locals recommend
Castle Climbing Centre
Green Lanes
81 locals recommend
The Castle is a dedicated climbing centre run by climbers for climbers and is one of the premier centres in Europe but caters for all abilities.
For those who enjoy bowling/pool this s a long-lived establishment.
63 locals recommend
Rowans Tenpin Bowl
10 Stroud Green Rd
63 locals recommend
For those who enjoy bowling/pool this s a long-lived establishment.
For football lovers - obviously especially Arsenal fans - and anyone visiting for an event...
385 locals recommend
Emirates Stadium
Hornsey Road
385 locals recommend
For football lovers - obviously especially Arsenal fans - and anyone visiting for an event...
So much to do in Finsbury Park, from cafés , lakes, sports, childrens playgrounds etc etc, as well as events and concerts...
275 locals recommend
Finsbury Park
Station Place
275 locals recommend
So much to do in Finsbury Park, from cafés , lakes, sports, childrens playgrounds etc etc, as well as events and concerts...
To see films in a not-too-processed environment!
177 locals recommend
Everyman Screen on the Green
83 Upper St
177 locals recommend
To see films in a not-too-processed environment!

Food Scene

Extremely tasty, unusual, wonderful food. Always busy, always enjoyable. Both vegetarians and non-vegetarians have a great experience!
171 locals recommend
Rasa South Indian Vegetarian Restaurant
55 Stoke Newington Church St
171 locals recommend
Extremely tasty, unusual, wonderful food. Always busy, always enjoyable. Both vegetarians and non-vegetarians have a great experience!
Because its a Rasa restaurant it is really excellent - and this one serves meat and fish too! There's nowhere like Rasa! Great value too.
15 locals recommend
Travancore Restaurant
56 Stoke Newington Church St
15 locals recommend
Because its a Rasa restaurant it is really excellent - and this one serves meat and fish too! There's nowhere like Rasa! Great value too.
Local, friendly, welcoming and good Sardinian fare.
21 locals recommend
Little Sardegna
170 Blackstock Rd
21 locals recommend
Local, friendly, welcoming and good Sardinian fare.
Very good, long-standing Italian restaurant.
San Daniele Del Friuli
72 Highbury Park
Very good, long-standing Italian restaurant.
Superb Argentinian steak, among other things, at a good price.
12 locals recommend
Garufa
104 Highbury Park
12 locals recommend
Superb Argentinian steak, among other things, at a good price.
Great funky local deli and eatery - unusual and lovely brunches and lunches, late on Thurs, Fris and Sats for food, coffee, wine, and more. Deli for great cheeses and other yummy things. Cater for gluten free diets on request.
N5 2LT
Mountgrove Road
Great funky local deli and eatery - unusual and lovely brunches and lunches, late on Thurs, Fris and Sats for food, coffee, wine, and more. Deli for great cheeses and other yummy things. Cater for gluten free diets on request.
Highly recommended neighbourhood Thai restaurant.
69 locals recommend
Yum Yum
187 Stoke Newington High St
69 locals recommend
Highly recommended neighbourhood Thai restaurant.
Really great, cheap, South Indian Café-style restaurant - vegetarian.
48 locals recommend
Jai Krishna
161 Stroud Green Rd
48 locals recommend
Really great, cheap, South Indian Café-style restaurant - vegetarian.
For fab food that is also gluten-free
Beyond Bread
2 Charlotte Pl
For fab food that is also gluten-free
For local gluten free goodies to go or to eat in!
Artisan Gluten Free Bakery
167 Upper St
For local gluten free goodies to go or to eat in!
It good and it caters for those needing gluten free food!
10 locals recommend
Niche Gluten-free Dining
197-199 Rosebery Ave
10 locals recommend
It good and it caters for those needing gluten free food!
Its a really great gastro-pub and its caters for those of us needing a gluten free diet.
54 locals recommend
The Truscott Arms
55 Shirland Road
54 locals recommend
Its a really great gastro-pub and its caters for those of us needing a gluten free diet.

Drinks & Nightlife

A lively, fun, unpretentious pub/bar. Great variety of things to sup from real ale, unusual ciders, a good selection of wine and good value, tasty food too.
49 locals recommend
The Brownswood
271 Green Lanes
49 locals recommend
A lively, fun, unpretentious pub/bar. Great variety of things to sup from real ale, unusual ciders, a good selection of wine and good value, tasty food too.

Arts & Culture

It does have a bar/café but primarily "A spanking new five-star neighbourhood theatre." Independent - See more at: http://parktheatre.co.uk/about-us#sthash.XC16GheP.dpuf
100 locals recommend
Park Theatre
13 Clifton Terrace
100 locals recommend
It does have a bar/café but primarily "A spanking new five-star neighbourhood theatre." Independent - See more at: http://parktheatre.co.uk/about-us#sthash.XC16GheP.dpuf

Parks & Nature

Its new, its beautiful and its a gem!
64 locals recommend
Woodberry Wetlands
Woodberry Grove
64 locals recommend
Its new, its beautiful and its a gem!
From a review: This is a beautiful unexpected green space between Finsbury Park and Arsenal. Meadows, copses, wildflowers, a lily pad pond, a wind turbine, some random artwork made of repurposed metals
Islington Ecology Centre
191 Drayton Park
From a review: This is a beautiful unexpected green space between Finsbury Park and Arsenal. Meadows, copses, wildflowers, a lily pad pond, a wind turbine, some random artwork made of repurposed metals