De Beauvoir Town ( /də ˈbiːvər/ or /ˌdiː boʊˈvwɑr/, US dict: dē bō·vwâr′) is a district of the London Borough of Hackney that partly falls within the London Borough of Islington. Its borders are Kingsland Road in the east, Southgate Road to the west, the Regent's Canal in the south and Tottenham Road to the north. These are the official borders; however, some residents to the west of Southgate Road in the London Borough of Islington also consider themselves to be within this highly desirable area of central north London.
It shares the northern London postal district of N1 with neighbouring Islington, Barnsbury, Canonbury and Hoxton.
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