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Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfi elds CLERKENWELL | SHOREDITCH | HOXTON | SPITALFIELDS

Neighbourhood Top Five 1 Wandering through 2 Squeezing into some 4 Stepping back through wonderfully preserved skinny jeans and heading the living rooms of time Georgian Spitalfields to Shoreditch (p 211 ) for at the Geffrye Museum (p 208 ), before emerging cocktails and carousing. (p 204 ). onto exuberant and cacoph- 3 Making the agonising 5. Market crawling on a onous Brick Lane to explore choice between the exciting sunny Sunday on Brick Banglatown and the hip foodie options on Exmouth Lane and surrounds (p 215 ). bars, shops and cafes of the Market (p 205).

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C G a r i L o c a g n m k r o d L m L e Mi a n dd e l r Holbo n Wall e c rn Londo W s ia HOLBORN o e l rm x S wo S od St t t Gr esh am St For more detail of this area, see Map p 444 A 202 Lonely Planet’s Top Tip Explore: Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Fancy a late one? Clubs Spitalfi elds Aquarium and Fabric stay These three redeveloped post-industrial areas northeast open until at least dawn. of the city contain a few key areas, sights and shops that Brick Lane Beigel Bake you’ll want to explore in the daytime, but none get too will serve you munchies overrun so there’s no compulsion to head out particularly throughout the night, and early. Which isn’t a bad thing, given this is a haven for for breakfast with a pint, the night owls. All three neighbourhoods have a glut of ex- Fox & Anchor throws back cellent cafes, restaurants, bars and clubs catering to Lon- its doors at 7am (Monday doners’ desires at all hours. There are plenty of options to Friday). Night buses run sprinkled throughout Clerkenwell and Spitalfi elds, but on all the major routes, Shoreditch remains the centre of the late-night activity. and tubes from Old St, Far- Sunday is a great day to join the crowds shrugging off ringdon and Liverpool St their hangovers with a leisurely stroll through Spitalfi elds. start running between 5am and 6am (7am to 7.30am Sunday). Local Life

 The Pho Mile Spend some time working out which Best Places is your favourite Vietnamese eatery on the Kingsland 5 to Eat Rd (p209 ).  Moro (p205 )  Nights Out with a Diff erence Join the table  Leila’s Shop (p 207 ) footballers at Bar Kick (p 211 ), learn to life draw at the Book Club (p 211 ), or take in a moonlit fl ick on the roof  S t J o h n ( p 2 0 5 ) of the Queen of Hoxton (p212 ).  Viet Grill (p 209 ) CLERKENWELL, SHOREDITCH & SPITALFIELDS  Shopping Strip Sashay down Redchurch St (p211 ),  Les Trois Garçons (p 207 ) grab a coff ee in Allpress Espresso (p208 ) and check out For reviews, see p 205 A the designer shops for what the cool kids are wearing this season.  Big Brunch There’s nothing more restorative than a Best Places hearty breakfast and you’re absolutely spoilt for choice 6 to Drink here. Favourites include Leila’s Shop (p207 ), Caravan  Jerusalem Tavern (p210 ) (p 205) and Luxe (p210 ).  Book Club (p211 )  Golden Heart (p213 ) Getting There & Away  Worship St Whistling Shop (p212 )  Underground Farringdon and Barbican are the  Mason & Taylor (p 211 ) stopping-off points for Clerkenwell, on the Circle, For reviews, see p 210 A Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines. Old St is on the Bank branch of the Northern Line. Liverpool St, on the Central Line, gives you access to the City and Best Places the West End, as well as Bethnal Green and Stratford 3 to Dance in the east.

 Overground Shoreditch High St and Hoxton are  Fabric (p210 ) handy stops on the overground, running north to  Cargo (p211 ) Dalston and Highbury & Islington, and south to  XOYO (p212 ) Wapping. For reviews, see p 210 A  Bus Clerkenwell and Old St are connected with Oxford St by the 55 and with Waterloo by the 243. The 38 runs up Rosebery Ave, handy for Exmouth Market, on its way from Victoria to Islington. The 8 and 242 zip through the city and up Shoreditch High St. ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd

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