Clapham

Clapham seems wealthier than its neighboring Brixton, but the atmosphere has some similarities. Nice pubs, parks and restaurants. There aren't that many sights in Clapham, but there are nice places to visit. This is a nice residential area close to Brixton's nightlife, where you can also enjoy the nature.

Fulham

Fulham is a lot shabbier than it's neighboring Chelsea, although some fancier areas can be found near Fulham Palace. Rows of regular London houses and few pubs here and there. The proximity of the Thames gives it a good location, when it comes to jogging. Fulham has a suburban feel even though it's quite close to the city centre.

Kew

Kew is a nice, but very upper class neighbourhood close to Richmond. The area is mostly known for enormous botanical gardens, but the small village around it is nice and worth a visit. When I visited here, there were stalls on the street selling delicious pastries, flowers etc. They also had a few nice looking cafés and restaurants.

Crystal Palace & Gipsy Hill

Crystal Palace has it all, poverty, wealth, great eateries and pubs and a park with all sorts of interesting stuff like dinosaurs, ruins, maze and a TV tower. It's a bit far away in the south, but it's definitely worth a visit. There's a sense of not being in London in here due to hills and oddities. The southern part downhill is a quite poor area with not much to offer, but the northern part on the hill could be to the liking of many hipster and artist-like people. Gipsy Hill, just a bit north from Crystal Palace, is a more relaxed area with some great pubs for hanging out.

Harringay

Harringay is a quiet area north of Finsbury Park. The railway divides Harringay into east and west. The west side is full of expensive looking houses for prosperous people. The east side is rougher, but there are more services on this side. A couple of really nice looking restaurants and a large shopping area caught my eye on my first visit to this area. Apparently this is the place to come to for delicious Turkish food, but I need to investigate more. This area used to be somewhat notorious as a rough neighbourhood, but more recently it has become much more relaxed.

Finsbury Park

Finsbury Park obviously has a big park. There are other interesting outdoor areas as well, nice little restaurants and great connections to all other areas in London. The area consists mainly of residential areas, but there are lots of places worth visiting here, whether it's the pubs, entertainment or restaurants you're looking for.

Crouch End

Crouch End is a bit isolated village in North London. I call it isolated because there's no tube station here and it's not easily reached even by trains. There are some really nice places here though, so it might be worth the visit. There are nice but quiet pubs, ethnic restaurants and small shops. Some of the houses look really fancy, but the area itself is not too posh. Most of the film Shaun of the Dead was filmed here.

Wood Green

Wood Green is a suburb-like area. It's got all the basic services such as shops, cinema, restaurants and pubs. I'm not too familiar with this place though. I know the place basically because of it's proximity to Alexandra Palace and the park in front of it. Areas to the south are a bit rougher when you approach Harringay, but even the Green lanes are now showing some signs of gentrification.

Harrow

The buildings around Harrow on the Hill station are just like any others in the dull suburbia of London, but the old historic Harrow on the Hill with it's old magnificent school buildings and churches make it worth visiting. That's why this page is solely on the old historic centre rather than the whole area of Harrow. If I ever find anything worth visiting in the rest of the Harrow, I'll let you know.

Newington (Elephant & Castle)

Elephant & Castle gets its name from the old pub. The pub itself is not that old, since the original pub has been destroyed. Now, there's a huge roundabout with modern art piece commemorating Michael Faraday. Some people say that this area is the most unpleasant place in Central London, but there is something interesting here as well. The huge soviet-style estates were recently taken down and modern space age buildings are starting to appear with some signs of gentrification.

Holloway

Holloway is a quite peaceful neighbourhood with old Victorian houses as well as innovative modern ones. There are not many sights or cool bars, but it's a nice neighbourhood for walks. It's a bit more deprived than the surrounding areas and has quite affordable accommodation in otherwise expensive part of London. Obviously I need to investigate more. And its location is great near Islington and Camden Town.

Limehouse

Limehouse used to be London's first Chinatown. The area got an exaggeratedly bad reputation as hosting opium dens. Nowadays there is a large basin that connects the river Lee, Regent's Canal and the Thames. There are modern houses and fancy boats all around the basin. The riverside is really nice and there are some great pubs as well. Limehouse has recently gotten cooler with artistic people living in the area and creating an atmosphere for interesting places.

Wimbledon

Wimbledon is known for tennis, but it's not just that. Wimbledon is a small village that looks like a town of its own. Enormous parks, rich people's mansions, churches and a buddha temple. It's a great place to escape the noise and crowds of central London. It's also a place to see how super rich people live in London. There are mostly chain restaurants in central Wimbledon, which don't look too appealing, but I'm sure there are some good places as well.

De Beauvoir Town

De Beauvoir Town is a mixture of council flats, trendy canal side bars and small gardens. It's one of East London's hip neighbourhoods with pop-up events and hipsters. in the northern areas there are nice quiet neighbourhoods of Victorian houses. It's not the most active neighbourhood and you sometimes have to look for back allies to find all the cool places, but when you find them, it's worth it.

Wapping

Wapping is an old dockland district beside the Thames. It's full of narrow streets, pubs, stairs to the river and small parks. It was once a very uneasy district but now there are no traces of unorderly behaviour. It's a great place to just walk around minding your own thoughts and staring at the river. Some of the pubs in this area are among the oldest pubs in London (from around 1500's). They're still there, since the fire of London didn't extend here. Here and there you can reach the river and walk by the Thames when the tide is down.