Southgate Road

infobox UK place
country = England
map_type = Greater London
region = London
population =
official_name = Southgate Road
latitude = 51.543508
longitude = -0.084237
os_grid_reference = TQ325845
post_town = LONDON
postcode_area = N
postcode_district = N1
london_borough = Hackney
london_borough1 = Islington
dial_code = 020
constituency_westminster = Islington South and Finsbury
consituency_westminster1 = Hackney South and Shoreditch

Southgate Road is a street that runs from Baring Street in the south to the junction with Mildmay Park and Ball's Pond Road in the north. The street forms a part of the B102 road, leading from Newington Green to the City. The west side of Southgate Road is in the London Borough of Islington; and the east side is in the London Borough of Hackney. Southgate Road lies north of the Regent's Canal, west of De Beauvoir Town and east of Essex Road.

Stalin, Lenin and Trotsky all visited Southgate Rd for the 5th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1907, which was held at the Brotherhood Church which once stood on the corner of Southgate Road and Balmes Road.

Today, a number of new developments are assisting in the regeneration of the area.

Transport

Southgate Road has 3 main bus routes that provide residents direct routes into the City and West end as well as the outer London areas.

* 21: Newington Green - Lewisham
* 76: Tottenham - Waterloo
* 141: Palmers Green - London Bridge Station

Nearest Areas

* Canonbury
* De Beauvoir Town
* Hoxton
* Mildmay
* Newington Green