Traditional county: London · Unitary authority: Greater London · Region: London
Explore Upper Holloway, London with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Upper Holloway map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | Upper Holloway |
| Traditional County | London |
| Unitary Authority | Greater London |
| District / Borough | Islington |
| Region | London |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.567791 |
| Longitude | -0.131637 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Upper Holloway, a suburban stratum within the Islington district of London, England, breathes with a quiet persistence. It lies 6.5 km north-north-west of City of London (from City of London: bearing 335°T, OS grid TQ 295 870). The very air here seems to hold a certain gentle hum, a blend of the everyday and the enduring, as sunlight, when it breaks through, catches the worn brickwork of Victorian terraces with a soft, almost apologetic glow. Here, the green spaces are less grand pronouncements and more intimate pockets, where the rustle of leaves offers a constant, understated counterpoint to the distant city's murmur. Though not defined by grand historical monuments, Upper Holloway carries the quiet dignity of a place that has simply continued, a neighbourhood where the passage of time is marked by the changing seasons on its modest streets and the persistent blooming of front gardens. It is a canvas of ordinary life, painted with the subtle hues of a thousand individual stories unfolding beneath the vast London sky.
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Explore Upper Holloway, London, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.567791, -0.131637. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |