Islington Property Market at a Glance
Avg Property Price
£675,000
Avg Flat Price
£515,000
Avg House Price
£960,000
Avg Monthly Rent
£2,500
Living in Islington
Islington is one of inner North London's most desirable and expensive boroughs, with Georgian and Victorian townhouses commanding premium prices throughout. Angel and Upper Street are synonymous with London's brunch culture and boutique shopping, while Highbury, Barnsbury, and Canonbury offer quieter tree-lined streets that attract media professionals, lawyers, and young families. The borough has exceptional transport connections at the intersection of the Northern, Victoria, and Piccadilly lines, and has long been popular with media and political figures.
Islington is particularly popular with media and creative professionals, lawyers and financiers, affluent young families, political and NGO workers.
Known for Exceptional central location — 15 minutes to the City, Premium Victorian and Georgian housing stock, Upper Street's restaurants and independent retail.
Transport: Angel, Old Street, Highbury & Islington, Caledonian Road, Holloway Road, Arsenal — Zone 1/2
Things to do in Islington
Explore the highlights, hidden spots, and must-visit places across Islington
lastminute.com London Eye
4.5 Riverside Building, County Hall, London
The British Museum
4.7 Great Russell Street, London
Hyde Park
4.7 London
Harrods
4.4 87-135 Brompton Road, London
Tower of London
4.7 London
Madame Tussauds London
4.4 Marylebone Road, London
Tate Modern
4.5 Bankside, London
The O2
4.5 Peninsula Square, London
Science Museum
4.6 Exhibition Road, London
Victoria and Albert Museum
4.7 Cromwell Road, London
Westfield London
4.5 Ariel Way, London
St James's Park
4.7 London
The National Gallery
4.7 Trafalgar Square, London
The Regent's Park
4.7 London
London Zoo
4.3 Outer Circle, London
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
4.5 London
Natural History Museum
4.7 Cromwell Road, London
Imperial War Museum
4.7 Lambeth Road, London
Kensington Gardens
4.7 London
Greenwich Market
4.5 5B Greenwich Market, London
SEA LIFE London Aquarium
4.3 Riverside Building, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London
The Green Park
4.6 Green Park, London
Stratford Shopping Centre
4.2 54A Broadway, London
Battersea Power Station
4.6 Circus Road West, London
Alexandra Palace
4.6 Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, London
Battersea Park
4.7 London
Tate Britain
4.7 Millbank, London
The Sherlock Holmes Museum
4.3 221b Baker Street, London
Hampstead Heath
4.7 London
Victoria Park
4.7 Grove Road, London
National Portrait Gallery
4.7 Saint Martin's Place, London
His Majesty's Theatre
4.7 Haymarket, London
Churchill War Rooms
4.6 King Charles Street, London
Primrose Hill
4.7 Primrose Hill Road, London
the Design Museum
4.4 224-238 Kensington High Street, London
Foyles
4.7 107 Charing Cross Road, London
Russell Square
4.5 Russell Square, London
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
4.7 Catherine Street, London
Flip Out Brent Cross
4.6 Unit 7, Staples Corner Retail Park, Geron Way, London
Saatchi Gallery
4.5 Duke of York's HQ, King's Rd, Chelsea, London
The Wallace Collection
4.8 Hertford House, Manchester Square, London
Tottenham Hale Retail Park
4.1 Broad Lane, London
London Museum Docklands
4.6 No 1, West India Quay, Hertsmere Road, London
One New Change
4.2 New Change, London
BFI IMAX
4.6 Waterloo, 1 Charlie Chaplin Walk South Bank
The Wolseley
4.4 160 Piccadilly, London
Cardinal Place
4.3 Victoria Street, London
The Brunswick Centre
4.2 Unit 57, Bernard Street, London
W12 Shopping
4 Shepherd's Bush Green, London
Kenwood House
4.7 Hampstead Lane, London
O2 Centre
4.1 255 Finchley Road, London
St Stephen's Tavern
4.2 10 Bridge Street, London
Sir John Soane's Museum
4.7 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London
Barbican Centre
4.6 Silk Street, London
Duke of York Square
4.5 80 King's Road, London
Kingsland Shopping Centre
3.7 Kingsland High Street, London
The Breakfast Club Soho
4.3 33 D'Arblay Street, London
Mudchute Park and Farm
4.6 Pier Street, London
Prince Charles Cinema
4.7 7 Leicester Place, London
Queen's Park
4.6 Queens Park Lodge, Harvist Road, London
Brent South Shopping Park
4.2 119 Brent Terrace, London
The British Library
4.5 96 Euston Road, London
Hyde Park Winter Wonderland
4.2 Louisa Duckworth Walk, London
BFI Southbank
4.6 Belvedere Road, London
Buckingham Palace Garden
4.6 Buckingham Palace, Constitution Hill, Spur Road, London
Burlington Arcade
4.5 51 Piccadilly, London
The Photographers' Gallery
4.6 16-18 Ramillies Street, London
Whitechapel Gallery
4.3 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London
Maison Bertaux
4.4 28 Greek Street, London
ODEON Luxe Holloway
4.1 419-427 Holloway Road, London
Monmouth Coffee Company
4.5 2 Park Street, London
Vue Cinema London - Islington
3.9 36 Parkfield Street, London
The Table Café
4.3 83 Southwark Street, London
Battersea Park Children's Zoo
4.3 Battersea Park, London
Rich Mix
4.5 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London
Chelsea Physic Garden
4.6 66 Royal Hospital Road, London
Serpentine Gallery
4.4 London
Village Underground
4.5 54 Holywell Lane, London
Royal Academy of Arts
4.5 Burlington House, Piccadilly, London
The London Bridge Experience & London Tombs
4.2 2-4 Tooley Street, London
Curzon Soho
4.5 99 Shaftesbury Avenue, London
ODEON Tottenham Court Rd
3.7 Central Cross, 30 Tottenham Court Road, London
Somerset House
4.4 Strand, London
Vue Cinema London - Piccadilly
4.1 19, Lower, Regent Street, London
Clowntown
4.2 Unit c, Coppetts Centre, North Circular Road, London
Vue Cinema London - Fulham Broadway
4.2 Fulham Broadway Centre, Retail Centre, London
Babylon Park London
4.2 8 Castlehaven Road, London
Clapham Picturehouse
4.4 76 Venn Street, London
Leighton House
4.6 12 Holland Park Road, London
ODEON Camden
3.7 14 The Parkway, London
Jubilee Gardens
4.5 Belvedere Road, London
Wigmore Hall
4.8 36 Wigmore Street, London
Institute of Contemporary Arts
4.4 The Mall, London
Hayward Gallery
4.6 Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London
The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret
4.6 9a Saint Thomas Street, London
Lost Society
4.2 339 Battersea Park Road, London
Leyton Leisure Centre
3.8 763 High Road Leyton, London
Curzon Bloomsbury
4.4 The Brunswick Centre, London
Grant Museum of Zoology
4.8 Rockefeller Building, 21 University Street, London
L'Escargot Restaurant
4.5 48 Greek Street, London
Spitalfields Arts Market
4.4 1 Market Street, London
Britannia Leisure Centre
3.5 Pitfield Street, London
West One
4.1 75 Davies Street, London
Curzon Mayfair
4.5 38 Curzon Street, London
Everyman Baker Street
4.5 96-98 Baker Street, London
Churchill Place Shopping Mall
4.3 2 Churchill Place, London
iFLY London Indoor Skydiving at The O2
4.4 Indoor Skydiving at The O2, Peninsula Square, London
Bomber Command Memorial
4.7 The Green Park, along, Piccadilly, London
Old War Office Building
4.6 Whitehall, London
The Phoenix Garden
4.6 21 Stacey Street, London
ODEON Luxe West End
4.6 38a Leicester Square, London
Camden Passage, Islington
4.3 1 Camden Passage, London
Science Museum Shop
4.4 64 Exhibition Road, London
Leytonstone Leisure Centre
4 Cathall Road, London
Brook Green
4.4 Brook Green, London
The Arzner
4.3 10 Bermondsey Square, London
Stonebridge Lock Waterside Cafe
4.7 Watermead Way, London
Sunglass Hut
4.2 332 Oxford Street, London
West Reservoir Centre
4.4 West Reservoir Water Sports Centre, Green Lanes, Woodberry Down, London
WakeUp Docklands
4.8 1 Dock Road, London
The Brick Lane Gallery
3.8 216 Brick Lane, Bethnal Green, London
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
4.7 Southern Grove, London
Royal College of Physicians
4.6 11 Saint Andrews Place, London
Dock Beach
4.2 London
Barnard Adventure Playground
4.1 Junction with, Charlotte Terrace, Copenhagen Street, London
Statue of Oliver Cromwell
4.1 2 Saint Margaret Street, London
The Horse Hospital
4.5 Colonnade, London
Penguin Beach
4.8 The Regent's Park, London Zoo, London
WeJam - The Immersive Rockstar Experience
5 23 Chalk Farm Road, London
Butterfly Paradise
4.4 The Regent's Park, ZSL London Zoo, London
Splash Pad Clissold Park
4.5 Clissold Park Mansions, Stoke Newington Church Street, London
Land of the Lions
3.7 Regent's Park, London
All Hallows-On-The Wall
4.6 83 London Wall, London
Machine Gun Corps Memorial
4.3 4 Duke of Wellington Place, London
Granville Square garden
4.2 Granville Square, London
Clissold Park Deer
4.8 Stoke Newington, London
In with the Monkeys
4.6 Regent's Park, London
Flanders Fields Memorial Garden
4.7 Westminster, London
London Zoo Parrots
4.3 The Broad Walk, London
London Funfairs
4.4 Clissold Park, Green Lanes, London
Urban Street Art Tours London
4.4 160 Brick Lane, London
Goats Park
4.6 Stoke Newington, London
Yellow Mongooses
4.5 London
Three Island Pond
4.4 London
Blackburn Pavilion
4.6 Regent's Park, London
Galapagos Tortoises
4.8 London
LLL Getaways
4.6 776-778 Barking Road, London
Fisherman's Walk
4.7 Canary Wharf, LondonWhy Islington Stands Out
Exceptional central location — 15 minutes to the City
Premium Victorian and Georgian housing stock
Upper Street's restaurants and independent retail
Arsenal Emirates Stadium in Holloway
Outstanding connections via Angel and King's Cross
Islington's proximity to King's Cross St Pancras — one stop by tube — gives residents access to Eurostar, six tube lines, and major National Rail services.
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Islington
Islington is an inner-city area of north London, England, within the wider London Borough of Islington. It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington's High Street to Highbury Fields and Regent's Canal, encompassing the area around the busy High Street, Upper Street, Essex Road, and Southgate Road to the east.
London Borough of Islington
The London Borough of Islington is a borough in North London, England. Forming part of Inner London, Islington has an estimated population of 215,667. It was formed in 1965, under the London Government Act 1963, by the amalgamation of the metropolitan boroughs of Islington and Finsbury.
Islington London Borough Council
Islington London Borough Council, also known as Islington Council, is the local authority for the London Borough of Islington in Greater London, England. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2010. The council meets at Islington Town Hall.
City of London Academy Islington
City of London Academy Islington is an 11–18 mixed, secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Islington, Greater London, England. It was established in 1966 and adopted its present name after becoming an academy in September 2008.
