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Encyclopedia > Upper Street

Upper Street is a main road and high street in 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. The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben A red double-decker bus crosses Piccadilly Circus. ... Sign at Junction 1 of the A1(M) at South Mimms in Hertfordshire The A1, at 409 miles (658 km) long, is the longest numbered British road. ... Pentonville Road is road in central London that runs west to east from Kings Cross to City Road. ... Angel tube station Angel tube station is a London Underground station in The Angel, Islington. ... Highbury & Islington station is a mainline and London Underground zone 2 station, to the north of London. ... Holloway Road is a road in London. ...


It contains many fasionable 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. It also includes a famous antiques market at Camden Passage, and also Chapel Market is near Angel which sells fruit n' veg, clothes etc. The Granita was a restaurant in the Islington area of London. ... The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Tony Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the British Chancellor of the Exchequer. ... The Labour Party is a a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...


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 Marys church areas. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Islington is a borough of London to the north of the City of London, west of Hackney, east of Camden, and south of Haringey. ... A hotspot is a Wi-Fi access point or area, in particular for connecting to Internet. ...


External links

  • Upper Street guide (http://www.streetsensation.co.uk/islingtn/is_intro.htm)
  • Pub guide (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/results.shtml?n=&st=upper+st&tc=&pc=&country=&rating=&search=search)
  • The Business Design Centre (http://www.businessdesigncentre.co.uk)
  • Screen on the Green cinema listings (http://www.screencinemas.co.uk/frameset.php?center=pages/green.phtml)

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