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The A103 is an A road in
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, England.


Route

It runs from Lower Holloway to
Hornsey Hornsey () is a district of north London, England, in the London Borough of Haringey. It is an inner-suburban, for the most part residential, area centred north of Charing Cross. It adjoins green spaces Queen's Wood to the west and Alexand ...
and includes Hornsey Road, Hornsey Rise, Crouch End Hill, Broadway Parade,
Tottenham Lane Tottenham Lane is a street in Crouch End and Hornsey in the London Borough of Haringey. The street runs from the centre of Crouch End at the clock tower, north to the junction of the High Street and Turnpike Lane (A504). Buildings The street i ...
, before ending in Church Lane, Hornsey. It head northeastwards and almost immediately comes to a roundabout with some unclassified roads by the Arsenal stadium and veers left, under a long railway bridge over which runs the main line to King's Cross and which is always plastered with fly-posters, and over two separate sets of traffic lights with the A503, which is in a one-way system at this point. Past those and up the hill, one sees Hornsey Baths and a cop shop on your right before more traffic lights at the junction of Tollington Park and Hanley Road. The hill steepens to the point of getting a lot into the traffic and being stuc behind
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until it finally flattens out at the top of Hornsey Rise at the junction with the B540 Hornsey Lane, well worth a detour for the road fan as this is the road which goes across the celebrated Archway.


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North London Derby

The northern end of this road is called Tottenham Lane but actually it is Arsenal whose stadium (
Emirates Stadium The Emirates Stadium (known as Arsenal Stadium for UEFA competitions) is a association football, football stadium in Holloway, London, England. It has been the home stadium of Arsenal F.C., Arsenal Football Club since its completion in 2006. ...
, originally Highbury Stadium) it will go past at the other end.


Speed criticism

With an average speed of 5.9 mph, the A103 is the 4th slowest road in the country.


Former train line

The road crosses the route of the former Seven Sisters to Alexandra Palace railway line.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:1-0103 Roads in London Streets in the London Borough of Haringey Streets in the London Borough of Islington