Upper Street

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Upper Street is the high street in 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 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. Ken Hom also has his Yellow River Cafe towards the northern end edging onto Highbury and Islington tube station. It also not short of bars and pubs with The Albion, Medicine bar and Bierodrome being some of the more notable spots.

A famous antiques market at Camden Passage and Chapel Market near Angel which sells fruit n' veg, clothes etc. are worth a few hours of your weekend and 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 lamposts 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.

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