Guidebook for London
Food Scene
Best coffee in the area, 30 seconds walk from the flat. Expensive coffee and breakfasts, but very good!
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Bear + Wolf
153 Fortess RdBest coffee in the area, 30 seconds walk from the flat. Expensive coffee and breakfasts, but very good!
Great for sitting outside in the sun, watching the world go by. Good coffee and breakfast, and Turkish dishes for lunch.
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Cinnamon Village 2
162 Blackstock RdGreat for sitting outside in the sun, watching the world go by. Good coffee and breakfast, and Turkish dishes for lunch.
The Spice
161 Fortess RoadGood local Indian take-away and restaurant.
Good but expensive pizza. Delicious brunch - I love the eggs and avocado! - and fun for drinks.
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Pizza East Kentish Town
79 Highgate RdGood but expensive pizza. Delicious brunch - I love the eggs and avocado! - and fun for drinks.
This is a gourmet pub opposite Parliament Hill Fields where you can get great food. Expensive and you generally need to book, but worth it. Mostly meat so not great if you're a vegetarian.
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The Bull & Last
168 Highgate RdThis is a gourmet pub opposite Parliament Hill Fields where you can get great food. Expensive and you generally need to book, but worth it. Mostly meat so not great if you're a vegetarian.
Not a restaurant but a take-away where you can get the best thick-cut chips. Also fish and chips are good, and kebabs.
Although not as good as Mono's kebabs down on Kentish Town Rd!
Tufnell Park Kebab Fish Bar
233 Brecknock RdNot a restaurant but a take-away where you can get the best thick-cut chips. Also fish and chips are good, and kebabs.
Although not as good as Mono's kebabs down on Kentish Town Rd!
If you fancy an ice cream come here, right across the road from the flat for artisan ice cream.
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Ruby Violet
3 Wharf RoadIf you fancy an ice cream come here, right across the road from the flat for artisan ice cream.
Patron Cave à Manger
26 Fortess RdGood but expensive French bistro.
Best bakers. Lovely bread, pastries, and just try their bread and butter pudding!
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The Spence Bakery
161 Stoke Newington Church StBest bakers. Lovely bread, pastries, and just try their bread and butter pudding!
Parks & Nature
One of the best views you can get of London.
Walk up the steep hill and enjoy it when you get to the top! Only a 10/15 min walk from the flat.
Then you can walk on up the Heath to Kenwood House for your tea.
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Parliament Hill kilátópont
One of the best views you can get of London.
Walk up the steep hill and enjoy it when you get to the top! Only a 10/15 min walk from the flat.
Then you can walk on up the Heath to Kenwood House for your tea.
This is house and gardens at the top of Dartmouth Park Hill. Lovely to walk around, and there is a cafe in the house.
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Waterlow Park
Highgate HillThis is house and gardens at the top of Dartmouth Park Hill. Lovely to walk around, and there is a cafe in the house.
The best park in London, no contest! You can book tennis courts at the bottom, at Parliament Hill; enjoy the Farmers' Market on Saturday mornings - 10-2pm; swim in the ponds; or tramp through the woods...
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Hampstead Heath
The best park in London, no contest! You can book tennis courts at the bottom, at Parliament Hill; enjoy the Farmers' Market on Saturday mornings - 10-2pm; swim in the ponds; or tramp through the woods...
Arts & Culture
At the top of Hampstead Heath you have the 17th century villa, Kenwood House. Here you can get tea, coffee and something to eat in the Buttery.
There is also free entry to the house where there is a remarkable collection of art, including a late Rembrandt self-portrait, Constable, and a Vermeer, amongst others.
The film 'Belle' was about the mixed race illegitimate girl who was brought up here by her uncle; a remarkable story.
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Kenwood House station
At the top of Hampstead Heath you have the 17th century villa, Kenwood House. Here you can get tea, coffee and something to eat in the Buttery.
There is also free entry to the house where there is a remarkable collection of art, including a late Rembrandt self-portrait, Constable, and a Vermeer, amongst others.
The film 'Belle' was about the mixed race illegitimate girl who was brought up here by her uncle; a remarkable story.
This is a beautiful house where the poet Keats lived. Just the other side of the Heath from the flat, you could walk over there in 30 minutes and then get lunch in one of the lovely cafes over at South End Green.
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Keats House
10 Keats GroveThis is a beautiful house where the poet Keats lived. Just the other side of the Heath from the flat, you could walk over there in 30 minutes and then get lunch in one of the lovely cafes over at South End Green.
Shopping
if you've got the money, there's this gorgeous clothing shop, Diverse, just down the road from the flat.
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Diverse
294 Upper Stif you've got the money, there's this gorgeous clothing shop, Diverse, just down the road from the flat.
This unusual shop sells all sorts of lovely, funky things, from cards and soap to tables and vases.
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Insidestore
53-79 Highgate RdThis unusual shop sells all sorts of lovely, funky things, from cards and soap to tables and vases.
Drinks & Nightlife
This is the nearest pub to the flat, literally 30 seconds from away, which sells good ale and drinks. Also serves quite good food. Lovely manager, John.
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The Junction Tavern Kentish Town
101 Fortess RdThis is the nearest pub to the flat, literally 30 seconds from away, which sells good ale and drinks. Also serves quite good food. Lovely manager, John.
Unique drinking hole which has been made underground in what was an old public toilet. Only room for few tables but very atmospheric and great cocktails.
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Ladies and Gentlemen
7 Highgate RdUnique drinking hole which has been made underground in what was an old public toilet. Only room for few tables but very atmospheric and great cocktails.
This is a pub and restaurant, with good food, downstairs, and a cocktail lounge upstairs with piano and singer in the evenings. What more could you want?!
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Bull & Gate
389 Kentish Town RdThis is a pub and restaurant, with good food, downstairs, and a cocktail lounge upstairs with piano and singer in the evenings. What more could you want?!
Tiny gorgeous drinking hole on this picturesque, candy-coloured street. You can also eat good Thai food here.
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The Pineapple
53 Hercules RdTiny gorgeous drinking hole on this picturesque, candy-coloured street. You can also eat good Thai food here.
Essentials
This is right opposite the flat and has pretty much all you will need, in terms of basic food stuffs, alcohol, newspapers, and things for the house.
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Sainsbury's Local
1-3 Bryanston StThis is right opposite the flat and has pretty much all you will need, in terms of basic food stuffs, alcohol, newspapers, and things for the house.
Getting Around
This is 30 second walk from the flat, and will take you into Oxford Street in 15 minutes.
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Tufnell Park station
This is 30 second walk from the flat, and will take you into Oxford Street in 15 minutes.