Turnpike Lane, Haringey
Turnpike Lane is a street in Haringey, north London.
Description
Turnpike Lane forms part of the A504 route, running roughly east–west for less than one mile.
The road is characterised by independent retailers with flats above the shops. It is also a local transport hub: Turnpike Lane Underground station and Turnpike Lane bus station are both situated near the eastern end of the street.
A small park named Ducketts Common is situated at the eastern end of the road, opposite the Underground and bus stations. It was once an area of common land where people had the right to graze their animals.
Turnpike Lane is a busy cosmopolitan shopping street and an important traffic thoroughfare. Speciality shops remain open until late at night, and there are a number of restaurants.
The name Turnpike Lane is also used to refer more generally to the area at the southern end of Wood Green High Road and its surroundings.
Nearby places
- Crouch End
- Harringay
- Hornsey
- West Green
- Wood Green
Popular culture
- The Bus Driver's Prayer
- Mark Knopfler's song "Junkie Doll"
- Razorlight's song "Los Angeles Waltz"
References
- v
- t
- e
- Bounds Green
- Bowes Park
- Crouch End
- Duckett's Green
- Finsbury Park
- Fortis Green
- Harringay
- Highgate
- Hornsey
- Muswell Hill
- Noel Park
- Northumberland Park
- St Ann's
- Seven Sisters
- South Tottenham
- Stroud Green
- Tottenham (incl. Broadwater Farm and Little Russia)
- Tottenham Hale
- West Green
- Wood Green
- Albert Road Recreation Ground
- Alexandra Park
- Bruce Castle Park
- Chestnuts Park
- Coldfall Wood
- Down Lane Park
- Downhills Park
- Ducketts Common
- Finsbury Park
- Highgate Wood
- Lordship Recreation Ground
- Markfield Park
- Parkland Walk
- Priory Park
- Queen's Wood
- Railway Fields
- Stationers Park
- Tottenham Marshes
- Woodside Park
- Hornsey and Wood Green
- Tottenham
- Category
- Commons
51°35′23″N 0°06′23″W / 51.58960°N 0.10639°W / 51.58960; -0.10639