Crouch End is an area of north London, England, in the London Borough of Haringey.
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.
Gillian Anderson (from the X files) lived in Crouch End from the ages of 2 to 11, when she moved to Michigan, USA.
an urban legend
In the 1990s Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics had a recording studio in Crouch End Hill. According to legend, he invited Bob Dylan to drop in any time he felt like it. Bob took him up on his offer, but the taxi driver dropped him off at the wrong street. Bob knocked on the door of the supposed home of Dave Stewart and asked for Dave. By accident, the plumber who lived there was also called Dave. He was told that Dave was out, and would he like to wait? Twenty minutes later the plumber returned and asked his wife whther there were any messages. "No", she said, " but Bob Dylan's in the living room having a cup of tea".
Notable Buildings
A red-brick clock-tower dominates the north end of Crouch End Broadway. Its stone placard reads:
"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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