Its southern border is formed by the New River and its northern boundary by the Gospel Oak to Barking Line.
Except for those few that are used for purely commercial purposes, most of the remaining industrial buildings have become home to a growing number of live-work spaces.
Inhabited by a largely creative community, until recently the development of the area was in the main undertaken without official sanction.
As a result, the area and its development as a mixed live-work zone is now part of the recently published Haringey Council Site Allocations Plan.
In the following decade, creative industries began to get a foothold and companies including Rough Trade Records moved in.