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Canonbury, England

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Amee

June 18, 2022

Overall. It’s perfect for walking and even better for experiencing local pubs, museums, and restaurants. Very central and incredibly beautiful, it has a lot going for it. Getting around. There’s an Overground station in the area (it’s called Canonbury station), and Essex Road train station and Highbury and Islington Station serving the neighbourhood. There are lots of local buses that stop on convenient Upper Street and Essex Road locations, too. Canonbury is very close to other London neighborhoods like Islington, Barnsbury, Angel, Highbury, Stoke Newington, Newington Green, Dalston, and Hackney, New River Walk in Canonbury. This skinny park runs alongside a waterway, and it’s part of a 28-mile (45-kilometer) long-distance footpath called the New River Path. The route follows the course of a 17th-century water supply aqueduct called the New River. It runs from its source in Hertfordshire to its original end in Islington, passing through Canonbury just before its final stop. The New River Walk in Canonbury is a great place to get into nature in London. There are lots of birds on the water, a walking path alongside it, and benches and greenery galore. Some of the roads that border it are full of beautiful brick houses with colorful doors, too. Green spaces. When it comes to green spaces, Canonbury Square is one of the most well-known in the area. The garden dates back to the 1840s, and the square is lined with elegant brick houses. Over the years, Canonbury Square has been home to notables like George Orwell, Evelyn Waugh, Samuel Phelps, and members of the Bloomsbury Group like Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell. Very close to the property is a very quite park called The Shrubberies, but if you want something busier and bigger then Clissold Park and Highbury Fields are within walking distance. Pubs. The Canonbury Tavern is set in a heritage building on Canonbury Place, and it’s home to a sunny beer garden. George Orwell is rumored to have written chapters of Nineteen Eighty-Four under a tree here. Other good watering holes in the area include The Snooty Fox, which is conveniently located by Canonbury station, The Canonbury, which has great Victorian architecture, and The Compton Arms, which partly inspired George Orwell’s pub-themed “The Moon Under Water” essay. And super close by is the Alma for something lively and full of character. Art. Also on Canonbury Square is the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art. This small museum in London is home to the United Kingdom’s only gallery devoted to modern art from Italy. Set in a Grade-II listed Georgian townhouse, the Estorick Collection brings together works by Italian artists that were created in the first half of the 20th century. It’s best known for its Futurist pieces. The museum also has a pretty garden out back where visitors can enjoy Italian food and drink from the in-house cafe.