Barnesbury pubs

Wealthy, labyrinthine and rather beautiful Islington backwater, containing street upon street of unspoilt Georgian terraces. Some decent pubs hidden off the main streets.

The Albion, 10 Thornhill Road, N1 1HW

Map Directions Link Search

Large, with little rooms and passages opening off in various directions, a huge beer garden and an interesting food menu. Dark wood, standard decor, a lovely front lounge opening onto the street. Disorientating toilets keep the beer-addled brain in working order. Set in some kind of utopian parallel-universe London of easy lives and limitless wealth, lost within backstreets of white stucco bliss and urban pleasantry, this is worth taking the trouble to locate. Especially on Saturday afternoons

Reviewed by Fred Flange, Apr 2002

Telephone: 020 7607 7450

Nearby pubs: The Kings Head, 115 Upper St (490 metres), The Drapers Arms, 44 Barnsbury St (150 metres)

Nearest station: Angel, Zone 1 (790 metres)

The Drapers Arms, 44 Barnsbury St, N1 1ER

Map Directions Link Search

Not reviewed yet.

Want to review it?

Nearby pubs: The Hope and Anchor, 207 Upper Street, Islington (440 metres), The Albion, 10 Thornhill Road (150 metres), The Kings Head, 115 Upper St (460 metres), The Florence, 50 Florence Street (430 metres)

Nearest station: Highbury & Islington, Zone 2 (710 metres)