Welcome to our guide for the area around Old Street in Islington. Below we present a selection of upcoming events, local attractions and great places to eat and shop. The nearest station to Old Street is 'Old Street Tube' which is about 2 minutes to the West.
The End of the World - Zombie Attack!
Village Underground, 54 Holywell Lane, EC2A 3PQ
Saturday 31st October 2009
Don your best zombie-killer clobber and make a bee-line... More
Shoreditch Festival 2009
Shoreditch Park, N1 6TA
16th - 23rd July 2009
The Shoreditch Festival has been brought forward to July for 2009. The opening event in ... More
Shoreditch Festival 2009
Shoreditch Park, N1 6TA
16th July - 23rd July 2009
The Shoreditch Festival has been brought forward to July for 2009. The opening event in... More
Sh! Women's Erotic Emporium
57 Hoxton Square, N1 6PB
This friendly erotic boutique in Hoxton Square is usually one for the girls with men only allowed in if... More
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road, Hackney, E2 7RG
If your Valentine's more of a country bumpkin than a city slicker, you'll just love the straight-from-the-garden feel... More
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Learn how to make your own glass baubles this Christmas at The Making Space where they're running a special Tree Decorations Workshop. Simon, a prop ...More
Small, wooded dissenters' cemetery in the city centre.
William Blake, John Bunyan and Daniel Defoe are among over 120,000 nonconformists whose bodies are squeezed closely together ... More
A leading part of the ferociously fashionable East London art scene, White Cube Hoxton Square, the first of White Cube's two galleries, is invariably filled ... More
We love this great little book shop. As the name suggests, you'll find books on art but, more specifically, they specialise in artists' books - ... More
Tea and sex, how very British! This friendly boutique in Hoxton Square offers girlies the chance to seek out kinky playthings, books and erotica, in ... More
Formerly serving Indian cuisine, Anakana has switched to offering Thai street-food although the décor remains as vibrant and stylish as before with its spectra red ... More
City’s Print Journalism course is recognised as the best in London. Although places like Goldsmith’s are trendier, City is respected in the industry thanks to ... More
Learn some crafty manouveurs at Making Space where classes on mask making, glass engraving, pyrography (burning patterns into wood or leather), chainmail knitting, and book ... More
Fantastic education in the complete selection of circus arts, including a degree in circus performance and an affordable six-week clowning course. They also present regular ... More
There's a real art to making cocktails. Don't be fooled into thinking it's all about shaking vigorously and pouring because, to be a proper cocktail ...More
This bohemian boozer was an integral part of the Shoreditch explosion. Tucked away down a cobbled East End alley it was originally a mecca for ... More
Plastic People boasts the best sound system in Shoreditch. This friendly, unpretentious space serves up seriously fresh music to a loyal crowd. Their no-frills ...More
Cargo were pioneers of the multi-tasking MDF concept (that's Music-Dance-Food, not cheap fibreboard) and boast one of the most imaginative live music line-ups in the ... More
The conference and meeting facilities at Inmarsat Headquarters were purpose-built to meet the needs of an international inter-governmental organization. The facilities were developed to host ...More
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