Green Lanes

Green Lanes, London, (N16, N4, N8, N13 and N21) is a main road in North London and forms part of the A105. At approximately 7.5 miles (12.07 km) from end to end, it is one of the longest streets in the capital. Green Lanes is an ancient thoroughfare along which cattle were driven from Hertfordshire towards Smithfield Market in London. It runs from Newington Green in Islington north along the western edge of Stoke Newington, thereby forming the border between Hackney and Islington, until it reaches Manor House at the eastern edge of Finsbury Park. It then runs through Harringay and ends at the junction of Turnpike Lane. Some sections of its route carry other names: the late Victorian terraced mansion houses on the eastern side of the...