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Seven Sisters Road is a road in north London, England which runs within the boroughs of 
The "Seven Sisters" after which the road is named were seven trees located opposite its junction with Tottenham High Road. This is made clear in the legislation authorising its construction, where the route of the road was described as running "from the ''Stamford Hill Road'' in the Parish of ''Tottenham'' , in the said County of ''Middlesex'', nearly opposite to certain Trees called the ''Seven Sisters''".
This junction is known as Wards Corner, reflecting the name of the large department store that stood on this corner. The Hetchins bicycle shop and frame factory were situated in Seven Sisters Road, on the site of what is now Apex House.
In the early morning hours of 19 June 2017, a man rammed a vehicle, hitting pedestrians on Seven Sisters Road near the Finsbury Park Mosque. One person was killed and about 10 were injured during the attack.
Islington
Islington ( ) is an inner-city area of north London, England, within the wider London Borough of Islington. It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington's #Islington High Street, High Street to Highbury Fields ...
, Hackney and Haringey. It is an extension of Camden Road, running from Holloway Road (the A1 road) at the Nags Head crossroads then on to another crossroads with Blackstock Road and Stroud Green Road. It carries on uphill alongside Finsbury Park
Finsbury Park is a public park in Harringay, north London, England. The park lies on the southern-most edge of the London Borough of Haringey. It is in the area formerly covered by the historic parish of Hornsey, succeeded by the Municipal ...
to Manor House
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal mea ...
, and from there downhill to the junction with Tottenham High Road (the A10 road) at Seven Sisters Corner. The road was authorised in 1829 and constructed in 1833 by the Metropolitan Turnpike Trust.Metropolitan Turnpikes Act 1829 (c.59) Seven Sisters Road is part of the A503. The stretch running past Finsbury Park is open to the park on the west side, and on the east side are large Victorian villas now used mainly as hotels .
The "Seven Sisters" after which the road is named were seven trees located opposite its junction with Tottenham High Road. This is made clear in the legislation authorising its construction, where the route of the road was described as running "from the ''Stamford Hill Road'' in the Parish of ''Tottenham'' , in the said County of ''Middlesex'', nearly opposite to certain Trees called the ''Seven Sisters''".
This junction is known as Wards Corner, reflecting the name of the large department store that stood on this corner. The Hetchins bicycle shop and frame factory were situated in Seven Sisters Road, on the site of what is now Apex House.
In the early morning hours of 19 June 2017, a man rammed a vehicle, hitting pedestrians on Seven Sisters Road near the Finsbury Park Mosque. One person was killed and about 10 were injured during the attack.
Buildings
Notable buildings along the road include: * The Rainbow Theatre * The Sir George Robey (pub; demolished 2015) *Finsbury Park station
Finsbury Park () is an intermodal passenger transport, intermodal interchange station in North London for London Underground, National Rail and London Buses services. The station is the third busiest Underground station outside Zone 1, with over ...
(side entrance)
References in popular culture
Welsh singerShirley Bassey
Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey (; born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer. Known for her career longevity, powerful voice and recording the James Bond music, theme songs to three James Bond films - the only artist to officially perform more than o ...
was a resident of Seven Sisters Road during the 1950s before she became famous.
The 1979 single "Saturday Night (Beneath the Plastic Palm Trees)" by the Leyton Buzzards features the line "I discovered heaven in the Seven Sisters Road".
Portland, Oregon
Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, ...
based rock band Dan Reed Network released a song written by Dan Reed called ''Seven Sisters Road'' on the album ''Slam'' in 1989.Dan Reed Network: Slam (1989), Mercury/Polygram Records, 838 868-2 The song was also included on the album ''Live at Last'' in 1997.
The Suede song "By the Sea" from the 1996 album '' Coming Up'' contains the line "And we said our goodbyes to the bank, left Seven Sisters for a room in a seaside shack".
Rob Fleming, the main character in Nick Hornby's book ''High Fidelity
High fidelity (hi-fi or, rarely, HiFi) is the high-quality reproduction of sound. It is popular with audiophiles and home audio enthusiasts. Ideally, high-fidelity equipment has inaudible noise and distortion, and a flat (neutral, uncolored) ...
'', lives in Seven Sisters Road.
The Swedish singer Meja's 1998 album "Seven Sisters" featured a track called Seven Sisters Road and contained the lyric "I'm going home on the Seven Sisters Road".
London electropop band Real Lies released a 2015 single entitled Seven Sisters which followed their earlier single, of a similar road theme, 'North Circular'.
The road is immortalised in the song 'Seven Sisters' by London-based rock band Desperate Measures. It's included on their 2024 album ''Sublime Destruction'', released through Cadiz Music.
References
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