Finsbury Park

Finsbury Park is a Zone 2 Inner North London location with great transport links, actual green spaces and lots of things to do. Add pretty houses, tree lined streets and more places to eat and drink than you can shake a (baguette) stick at and you have a rather lovely place to live, work and play. An array of good pubs, coffee houses and the pull of the burgeoning restaurant scene have seen young families, creative professionals and couples move to the area in their droves. A neighbour of the more upmarket Highbury and the decidedly grittier Manor House, Finsbury Park is like that cool cousin you really wanted to be friends with when you were a kid – friendly, unassuming and quietly trendy. The area has a longstanding musical and arts heritage running through its veins, which goes some way to explaining that undercurrent of ‘cool’ that you just can’t quite place your finger on.

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New Beacon Books

Address
76 Stroud Green Road

John La Rose and his wife Sarah White set up New Beacon Books to share the history and politics of Black Britain and Europe. Filled to the rafters with 35,000 books, they cover an impressive bit of history that shaped the area, the city and the nation. The shop is the first independent publisher for Caribbean and Black interest fiction and nonfiction. Spend an afternoon in this little treasure chest of vibrant books, postcards and retro TVs. Make sure to have a chat with Sarah, who runs the shop to this day.

New Beacon Books
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New Beacon Books
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New Beacon Books
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New Beacon Books
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New Beacon Books
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New Beacon Books
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New Beacon Books
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Oven and Hearth

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