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Upper Street
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Upper Street is the high street of the Islington district of inner north London, and is part of the A1. It runs from the junction of the A1 and Pentonville Road and City Road, and runs roughly northwards past Angel tube station, then past the Business Design Centre, then splits at Islington Green (where Essex Road branches off) past the Screen on the Green cinema, the town hall and finally at Highbury & Islington tube station on Highbury corner, where the A1 carries on as Holloway Road.
It contains many fashionable shops, pubs, restaurants and theatres, especially towards the northern half of the road including the now closed Granita restaurant where Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were said to have made their deal on leadership once the Labour Party won power. It also not short of bars and pubs with the Medicine Bar and Bierodrome being notable spots.
A famous antiques market at Camden Passage and Chapel Market near Angel which sells fruit and vegetables, clothes etc. and are worth a few hours of your weekend but be prepared to deal with some crowds.
In 2005 Islington Council launched "Technology Mile", a project to turn Upper Street in a large scale wi-fi hotspot. Using routers mounted on lampposts anyone with a wireless enabled device can connect to Council services and the internet the entire length of Upper Street, although the best signal is found in the Islington Green/St. Mary's church areas.
- Business Design Centre
- Hope and Anchor - public house