Islington

Upper Street is the main focus and it's packed with interesting shops, coffee bars, pubs and restaurants. Chapel Market, a lively fruit and veg street market lies to the west whilst the specialist antiques shops and stalls of Camden Passage are to the east. 

Discover the many literary associations with the area - Charles Dickens, George Orwell and Joe Orton all spent time here. Their stories are brought to life by local walking tour companies such as Angel Walks. 

The Clerkenwell area of Islington has developed a reputation as a trendy gastronomic centre with celebrated restaurants such as Maison Novelli on Clerkenwell Green and the prototype of the English gastro pub, the Eagle on Farringdon Road. It also boasts one of the capital's busiest nightclubs, Turnmills, where the cream of London DJs come to mix and spin.