Upper Holloway

For "Upper Holloway", an area of the village of Holloway, in Derbyshire, see Holloway, Derbyshire.

Upper Holloway is a district in the London Borough of Islington, London, centred around the A1 Holloway Road.

Overview

The name has fallen out of common use and the area is generally regarded as being a part of Archway or Holloway. The use of 'Upper Holloway' is most often used for Upper Holloway railway station. Upper Holloway is the original designation of the N19 postal district and the term is still used by the Royal Mail.

Media

The classic late Victorian comic novel Diary of a Nobody is set in Upper Holloway. The BBC's BBC Doomsday Project has some content for this area here:. Digital Public art project landscape-Portrait asked respondents about themselves and their area. The responses below relate to the postcode N19 4EH which is in Upper Holloway or the ward of Tollington .

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How you been able to make friends here ?