Tufnell Park is close to Hampstead Heath and Camden. It has been able to combine the best of all areas with much lower prices than its neighbours.
Tufnell Park has managed to remain an area with a community spirit even though it is close to really busy areas.
Both those with young families and young professionals are attracted to Tufnell Park. It is becoming more of a desirable place to live and is home to many people working in the media including journalists, writers and those in the film and television industries.
The local primary schools have a good reputation and senior schools such as La Sainte Union and William Ellis had above average GCSE results in 2007.
Transport links are good as are the local amenities.
There are several good pubs in the area including Lord Palmeston, Junction Tavern and the Dartmouth Arms, plus the Dirty Water Club on Junction Road.
The cost of houses in the most popular areas of Lady Margaret Road and Huddleston Road fetch between £700,000 and £1.5m getting more expensive towards Dartmouth Park.
Although the Holloway Road side of Tufnell Park is not as green it does have bargains in as much as flats near Holloway Prison can be bought for £250,000 and on the Hilldrop Estate ex-authority well maintained property can be bought for under the stamp duty rate.
Tufnell Park is on the tube’s Northern Line.
Rental property is available with costs around £1040-£1300pcm for a l bed flat, £1300-£1410pcm for a 2 bed flat, and £1650pcm for a 3 bed house.
People living in the area consider it a nice place to live because of the mix of residents, being close to transport links including night buses and being very central.
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