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Islington, London
PocketsCanonbury East & Mildmay Park (St Paul's Park · south-east · Rosemary Gardens)Islington North & Canonbury West (New River Walk · New River · Essex Road)Islington East & Arlington
Canonbury sits north of Angel, framed by Essex Road, Upper Street, the Overground and New River Walk. The whole ward is inside a conservation area, and the listed-building stock is deep at sixty-six entries, including the Grade II* Canonbury Tower — the oldest building in Islington, built for the Canons of St Bartholomew's Priory in the 1520s — the Grade II* St Paul's Church and the Grade II* 6-9 Canonbury Place. Public-transport access is very good via Highbury & Islington, Essex Road and Canonbury Overground. Schools are strong with forty-one outstanding nearby. Rosemary Gardens provides the main green within a modest 7.4 hectare total. The drawbacks are cost and environment: market affordability is tight, air pollution is poor given the Essex Road and Balls Pond Road corridors, and safety sits below the London median.
Dense with listed buildings and conservation-area coverage
Excellent public-transport access
Little recent major-development activity
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Canonbury Tower, Grade II* listed, is the oldest building in Islington and survives from the manor house built for the Canons of St Bartholomew's Priory between 1509 and 1532.
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
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For Canonbury: 131 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
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Median public-transport access is excellent (TfL PTAL 6.0 of 8 across this ward).
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For Canonbury: — min by TfL to 8 major hubsaccess rank —
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90 open venues nearby — 44 food & drink, 46 other.
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For Canonbury: the mix behind 90 open venues—% independent
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For Canonbury: 2 schools, each with its inspection record
66 listed buildings · 100% under a conservation area
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Largest green space: Rosemary Gardens (3 ha). ~7 ha of green space in total.
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For Canonbury: 131 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price history £—24-mo crime trend to Jun 2026TfL times to 8 hubs — min2 schools' inspection records90 venues mapped
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