N1, N5, N7
Islington
Georgian squares, the canal and Upper Street on the doorstep
Average sale price
£1.19m
Average rent
£3,250 pcm
Price per sq ft
£1,120
Change in a year
+2.4%
Garden squares and Georgian terraces a short walk from King's Cross, with the Regent's Canal, Upper Street and some of London's best state schools.
Islington's appeal is that it feels like a village and behaves like a city. The Georgian squares of Barnsbury and Canonbury are as quiet as anywhere in London, yet the City is a fifteen-minute cycle away and King's Cross a single stop on the Northern line.
Most of our buyers here want a house: flat-fronted Georgian terraces around Barnsbury and Thornhill Squares, or the larger Victorian villas of Highbury New Park. Flats come in two kinds: lateral conversions in period houses, and the warehouse buildings along the Regent's Canal around City Road Basin.
Upper Street does most of the eating and drinking, with Camden Passage for antiques on a Wednesday and Saturday. Families tend to settle between Highbury Fields and the canal, where the primary schools are strong and the streets are wide enough for a bicycle.
Best for
Period houses
Young families
Restaurants
Commute
12 min to King's Cross
Living here
Day to day in Islington
Getting around
Angel and Highbury & Islington stations
Overground to Canary Wharf
Cycle superhighway to the City
Schools
Canonbury Primary
Highbury Fields School
Dallington School
Parks and open space
Highbury Fields
Regent's Canal towpath
Barnsbury Square gardens
Eat and drink
Upper Street and Camden Passage
Chapel Market
Exmouth Market, ten minutes south
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