Islington Green

Islington Green is a small triangle of open land at the convergence of Upper Street and Essex Road (once called Lower Street) in the London Borough of Islington.

It roughly marks the northern boundary between the modern district of Angel and Islington proper.

In 1885, Henry Vigar-Harries described Islington Green "where the young love to skip in buoyant glee when the summer sun gladdens the air" and how "within a mile and a half from this spot there are 1,030 public houses and beer shops".

[2] The green contains a memorial to the dead of both world wars as well as a statue of Sir Hugh Myddleton, designer of the New River that was so important to London's water supply from the 17th century onwards.

The north side of the green also carries a plaque to the once-famous Collins's Music Hall, which burned down in 1958.

Statue of Sir Hugh Myddleton by John Thomas , surmounting a fountain at the southern end of the green.
The green has given its name to the independent cinema.