With great hidden cafes and plenty of charity shopping and vegetarian eating to be done, Stoke Newington is a must-go to for anyone visiting London or staying for a lengthy period of time.

I used to live and work in "Stokey" from 1982 to 1987 when it was a real neighbourhood full of local characters. Now it's been gentrified to such a level that it's become a shadow of its former self with the local people and shopkeepers...More

as a local resident I would say the Stoke Community has been growing for many many years. The movement of the Turkish/Kurdish communities has enriched the community in so many ways.It has not been fast growing but the rebuilding of a local communiity that was...More

Buzzing street, good food shopping, nice restaurants and the Royal Bakery is a must. The people are the warmest, the bread is delicious

Had a great weekend catching up with friends during the Six nations tournament and end up in the red lion....great place and lovely crawl back through Clissold park to end a lovely day....lots of places to chill ....do it!

We live locally and stoke newington is a great place to get out and about. There is the church in which you can go and look around. Clissold park with a cafe, park, tennis courts and animals. Up church street there is the library, local...More

This is a very large area and doesn't seem to have a main high street, just an extremely long road with shops, bars, pubs, etc every so often. Nothing to bring you to this area. Shame the policeman we stopped to ask for directions, sent...More