Area:
Islington

Postcode:
N1, N5

Boroughs:
Islington

Conservation areas:
Duncan Terrace and Colebrooke Row, The Angel, Chapel Market and Penton Street, Arlington Square, East Canonbury, Upper Street North, Barnsbury.

Parking:
Residents, meters

Schools:
Local authority: Islington Green School, Highbury Fields, Highbury Groves, Art and Media School, St Aloysius College, Elizabeth Garett Anderson School.

Council tax (Band D):
£1049

Properties:
Georgian, Early Victorian, Modern and contemporary homes. 2 bed conversion flats. Smart new flats around the canal basin and Angel.

Attracts:
City and West End Workers, people moving from Maida Vale and Holland Park.

Amenities:
Theatre, galleries, the canal, sport facilities, tennis, libraries. Great small unusual shops, chains, a daily market, restaurant of all types.

Transport:
Fast and good: tube and DLR.

Subareas:
The Angel, Essex Road, Islington Green and Canonbury, Barnsbury, Highbury, De Beauvoir.

Comments:
Very British.