Welcome to Crouch End

Crouch Enders are passionate about their buzzing area with its distinctive clock tower and vibrant bars, restaurants and specialist shops. 

About Crouch End 

Standing proud at the heart of the Broadway, the clock tower is a much-loved landmark for locals. Built by public subscription in 1895, it honours a local politician, Henry Reader Williams (1822-97), who fought to protect local green spaces and insisted on tree-lined streets and excellent quality new builds. Thank you Henry. 

Crouch End was once known as ‘the Chelsea of the North’, because its slightly edgy, boho feel with lots of arty students from the Mountview Theatre School, Hornsey College of Art and, later, a well-known recording studio. It still attracts creative people but today the area is definitely a great choice for those looking for a stylish way of life with access to local bars, restaurants and specialist shops. 

Most of the red brick housing stock here is late Victorian and, thanks to the drive of our Henry from the Clocktower, it was built to a very high standard on wide, elegant streets. 

With a famous summer festival, a major symphonic choir, the famous Zombie Walk, two great cinemas, a good library and even a story by Stephen King called Crouch End, the area is a dynamic hub for anyone interested in the arts and attracts many families in the media and acting professions.

Crouch End may not be as high on the northern heights as its neighbouring London villages, but it sits between those of Stroud Green, Alexandra Park and Highgate. The view below, looks over the Hornsey Vale north from Ridge Road. 

Styles are varied - above is a living room in a North View Road maisonette, and on the right a Victorian residence in the English perpendicular style in Shaftesbury Road N19, just to the south of Crouch End.