Places of Interest
Upper Street houses Islington Town Hall, and the adjacent Islington Museum. It also contains the Hope and Anchor, formerly one of the most important venues of the 1970s and 80s punk and new wave scenes, hosting performances by Madness, U2 and Spandau Ballet, among others (and Shakin' Stevens). The Stranglers album Live at the Hope and Anchor was recorded here. The building is still in use as a music venue today.
Upper Street is unusual in being one of the few streets in London (along with adjoining Liverpool Road) to have a "high pavement". This was constructed to protect pedestrians from being splashed by the large numbers of animals using the road to reach the Royal Agricultural Hall; as a consequence, the pavement of the street is approximately 1 m above the road surface for some of the length of the street.
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