Guidebook for London

5 minutes walk to the Broadway

A few suggestions for nearby places to explore ( Muswell Hill ) Opposite in Highgate Woods – café in the old cricket pavilion follow the signs in the park (5 mins) . Muswell Hill has been voted best high street in the Uk for local, characterful and independent shops Muswell Hill Broadway : many coffee shops and eateries! Breakfast and brunch: Bills café, and around the corner nearby is Bob’s cafe - great brunch Aleion – new August 2019 - small space breakfast lunch etc ( 2nd roundabout in the Broadway ) Lunch & Supper Sable D’Or – great salads Toffs ( - long established ) voted best fish ‘n’ chips in London at 38 Muswell Hill Broadway Stone baked sourdough pizza Franco Manca Muswell Hill, 278 Muswell Hill Broadway, London, N10 2QR - 2nd roundabout Planet Organic - café and deli people watching 111-117 Muswell Hill Road Muswell Hill Carluccios - good pasta and giant meringues Fine dining Italian: ‘Florians 2’ in Crouchend 20 mins walk ( downhill ) book! Jin Kichi in Hampstead Village – a long established tiny sushi restaurant, very good. Must book Supermarkets - Sainsburies in the Broadway 6 minutes walk , Marks and Spencers. Tescos ( larger) by the North Circular Rd ( a car journey away) Ice cream Parlours Oddonos, 8, Flask Walk, Hampstead Village Marine Ices ( an institution ! near Camden Lock Market ) 61 Chalk Farm Rd, Chalk Farm, London NW1 Pubs: The Woodman (on the corner by Highgate Tube Station) The Flask, Highgate Village at the back of Pond Square ( another ) The Flask, Flask Walk, Hampstead The Spaniards Inn - thronging and good Sunday lunch after walk on the Heath The Bull and Last - Highgate Village, gastro pub ( 20 mins walk) Cake shops 8 minutes walk Polish Bakers - great cholla and Polish cheesecake ( after the second roundabout on LHS ) La Dinette – French patisseries and coffee shop – Fortis Green Rd W. Martyns - specialist teas and fresh coffee beans - 135 Muswell Hill Broadway Cinemas: EVERYMAN cinema in the Broadway N10 Crouchend: Arts Picture House and Crouchend Cinema Independent cinema Phoenix in East Finchley Open spaces, walks and Sports Alexandra Palace - spectacular views and bar, newly restored theatre Alexandra Palace Park for walks and artisans and food market Sundays ( look online for events) Highgate Woods - walking and has a good café in the old cricket pavilion Cherry Tree Woods ( beyond Highgate Wood ) has tennis courts Walk through these woods across to East Finchley High Rd - good Italian delicatessen for fresh pasta on the RHS near the Phoenix Cinema Hampstead Heath, Kenwood House and Gardens - 30 mins walk away Swimming Pools Highgate Swimming Ponds Prince of Wales Baths Kentish Town Kings Cross Swimming Pool open air Park Road Pools and Fitness - Crouch End Public Baths Tennis Courts – Waterloo Park in Highgate Village, Tennis Clubs and cricket 10 minutes walk – North London Sports Markets: Alexandra Palace, Camden Town - Camden Lock. Caledonian Road Trendy but expensive - Borough Market East Central London Public Libraries - Muswell Hill Broadway and near Highgate Tube Street food - Camden Market and South Bank SE1 Venues Clubs and Jazz Jazz Café, 5 Parkway, Camden Town, London NW1 7PG The Roundhouse - look online for listings ( was a train turntable now theatre venue and gallery ) Ronnie Scotts Soho Museums/ local places of interest: Highgate Cemetery - burial and memorial to famous people 15 minutes walk Sigmund Freud’s house and museum, Hampstead - 20 minutes walk Arts Centres, yoga - Jacksons Lane Community Centre and theatre, Camden Arts Centre Life drawing – Judy Purbeck ring or email for details My favourite places to visit in London : Sir John Soanes Museum Victoria and Albert Museum Dennis Sever’s House Shoreditch and Hoxton The British Library Kings Cross/St Pancreas Granary Square and the Coal drops Yard, Kings Cross The Serpentine Galleries next door - Zaha Hadid’s designed restaurant ‘Magazine’ The Saatchi Gallery - Duke of Yorks, on the Kings Rd