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Harringay is an area of North London, within the London Borough of Haringey. As this [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&om=1&msa=0&ll=51.587096,-0.104156&spn=0.018052,0.025921&z=15&msid=114664306441918231955.000001135d2f4be1a5fb1 Google map] shows its shape, a bit like Italy, resembles a boot. It is centred on fairly long and busy stretch of a street called Green Lanes. The southern part of Harringay is occupied by Finsbury Park, reaching from the southern end of Green Lanes, Harringay over to [[Finsbury Park Station]] and across to [[Manor House Station]]. The northern point is roughly [[Turnpike Lane Station]], where Green Lanes becomes Wood Green High Road for a half mile or so.
Harringay is an area of North London, within the London Borough of Haringey. It's roughly diamond-shaped, and centred on a fairly long and busy street called Green Lanes. The southern point of Harringay is roughly [[Manor House Station]] at the intersection of Green Lanes with Seven Sisters Road, and the northern point is roughly [[Turnpike Lane Station]], where Green Lanes turns into Wood Green High Road.
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Harringay is neither as universally wealthy as Crouch End just to its west, nor does it face the problems of South Tottenham to its east. It's almost a border town between the two very different halves of Haringey; but it's not at all edgy, it's vibrant and perhaps a little unsure of its own identity. Think of Harringay if you don't live there and it's almost certain that you'll think Green Lanes. But behind the hustle and bustle, most of Harringay is made up of residential streets of Victorian terraced houses. The streets leading off to the west are highly rectilinear and bisected by an alleyway called Harringay Passage, they're known as the Harringay Ladder (see [http://blog.urbanomic.com/tome/archives/2005/09/colour_suppleme.html this obsessive blog post] on the subject, with many photos).
Green Lanes itself is along the lines of a local high street, with a number of Turkish ocakbasi (barbecue/grill) restaurants/cafes as well as various grocery shops and pound shops. The streets leading off to the west of it are mostly residential; highly rectilinear and bisected by an alleyway called Haringey Passage, they're known as the Harringay Ladder (see [http://blog.urbanomic.com/tome/archives/2005/09/colour_suppleme.html this obsessive blog post] on the subject, with many photos).
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Green Lanes itself is along the lines of a local high street. Deserted by the likes of Woolworths and Joe Soap's Fruit & Veg in the 1960s, it was first peppered with Greek and Greek-cypriot shops. Today it has a definite Kurdish/Turkish flavour to it with a number of Turkish and Kurdish ocakbasi (barbecue/grill) restaurants/cafes as well as various grocery shops and pound shops. Yet strangely, relatively few people living in Harringay are either Turkish of Kurdish themselves.
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A842942 This article on h2g2] goes some way towards explaining the spelling issue, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Harringay the Wikipedia article on the history of Harringay] goes into more detail.
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The spelling of Harringay and the reason for the difference to the spelling of the Borough of Haringey has long perplexed locals and non-locals. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Harringay The Wikipedia article on the history of Harringay] gives a detailed explanation.
See also: [http://harringay.ning.com/ The Harringay community on Ning] (requires registration to read; and it's aimed mainly at local residents)
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See also: [http://harringay.ning.com/ The Harringay community on Ning] (Lots of information on the area but it requires registration to go beyond the first page; and it's aimed mainly at local residents)

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Harringay is an area of North London, within the London Borough of Haringey. It's roughly diamond-shaped, and centred on a fairly long and busy street called Green Lanes. The southern point of Harringay is roughly Manor House Station at the intersection of Green Lanes with Seven Sisters Road, and the northern point is roughly Turnpike Lane Station, where Green Lanes turns into Wood Green High Road.

Green Lanes itself is along the lines of a local high street, with a number of Turkish ocakbasi (barbecue/grill) restaurants/cafes as well as various grocery shops and pound shops. The streets leading off to the west of it are mostly residential; highly rectilinear and bisected by an alleyway called Haringey Passage, they're known as the Harringay Ladder (see this obsessive blog post on the subject, with many photos).

This article on h2g2 goes some way towards explaining the spelling issue, and the Wikipedia article on the history of Harringay goes into more detail.

See also: The Harringay community on Ning (requires registration to read; and it's aimed mainly at local residents)

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