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Crouch End is an area of north London, England, in the London Borough of Haringey. Its postal district is N8.
Geography
Crouch End is in a valley between Crouch Hill and Highgate to the south and west, and Muswell Hill and Alexandra Park to the north.
Living in Crouch End
It is seen by many as a desirable area to live in and has a pleasant town centre with shops and (especially) restaurants in profusion. It is on many bus routes, and though it has no Tube station of its own it is not too far from Highgate Tube, and from Hornsey and Crouch Hill railway stations. It also has very good bus links to Finsbury Park tube.
 Hornsey Town Hall is in the centre of Crouch End Notable Buildings
 A brick clock-tower dominates the junction of Crouch End Broadway "ERECTED BY SUSBSCRIPTION
IN APPRECIATION AND RECOGNITION
OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES RENDERED BY
HENRY READER WILLIAMS ESQ JP
TO THE DISTRICT OF HORNSEY
DURING A PERIOD OF TWENTY FIVE YEARS
JUNE 1895"
Henry Williams was a local wine-merchant who lead the campaign to preserve Highgate Woods against threatened development.
Among its more prominent buildings is Hornsey Town Hall, formerly the headquarters of the Hornsey district council, which governed the area until the creation of the larger Haringey Council.
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