Property, Houses and Flats to Rent in Highbury, North London

Highbury brings to the London Borough of Islington two important assets: Highbury Fields and Arsenal Football Club. Just north of Highbury & Islington train and underground station, Highbury Fields is a large park with an indoor swimming pool & leisure complex, tennis courts, football pitches and plenty of playgrounds. The most sought after properties overlook Highbury Fields where there is a mixture of Georgian and Victorian terraced houses, post war townhouses and modern developments.

In 1913, Woolwich Arsenal Football Club moved to Highbury and dropped 'Woolwich' from its name. In 2006, Arsenal F.C. moved into its new stadium on the west side of Drayton Park railway station, leaving the old ground and stadium to be converted into luxury apartments. Covered by postcode N5, three-bedroom houses to rent in Highbury, in a typical Victorian terrace and close to Arsenal underground station, are in the region of £2,000 per month. Houses offering four bedrooms are from £2,200 per month. Flats to rent in Highbury, offering one bedroom in a terraced-house conversion, are available for a monthly rental starting at £960, with two-bedroom flats from £1,120.

Amenities for properties in Highbury

Highbury has a variety of local shops, including boutiques, florists, newsagents, and specialist food shops, and there is a big Waitrose supermarket in Holloway Road. There are a few watering holes in Highbury but for a much wider choice, residents of Highbury can easily pop into Islington and enjoy its numerous cafés, pubs, bars and restaurants; theatres and cinema. For lovers of loud, live music "The Garage" is a famous venue at Highbury Corner and for soccer fans, there is Arsenal Football Club at the Emirates Stadium.

There are several primary schools in Highbury and for secondary education there is Highbury Grove School, a mixed community school; Highbury Fields, for girls; and Holloway School for boys and girls aged 11-16.

Transport in Highbury

The station in Highbury & Islington is both a tube station and a train station, with underground services running on the Victoria Line. Arsenal tube station is on the Piccadilly Line and there are railway stations in Drayton Park and Finsbury Park.

Surrounding areas

While searching for property to rent in Highbury, or for buy-to-let opportunities, you may also wish to consider neighbouring areas such as Islington, Finsbury Park and Tufnell Park.