Crouch Hill
In this Crouch Hill virtual tour, you can see the old church in front of you. This was once Park Congregational Chapel, built in the Victorian neo-Gothic style and then extended massively over time, eventually capable of seating over 1,400. The church has long ceased to be a place of worship, instead becoming a recording studios, famously owned by Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics. In the 1990's, the urban legend arose that Bob Dylan had responded to an open invitation from Dave Stewart to drop in. He knocked at the wrong door and asked for Dave - and by coincidence a Dave lived there. Dave's wife explained that her husband was out but would be back shortly. Dylan asked if he could wait and was furnished with a cup of tea. Dave the plumber eventually arrives home to be told that Bob Dylan was in the living room having a cup of tea!
Visible just further down the hill on the left is the Harringay Arms, one of the last real old-fashioned boozers remaining in an area which has mostly been 'gastro-ed'. It's small, lacking in pretension, pours a mean pint and hosts one of the best (and most challenging) pub quizzes in London on a Tuesday night. Crouch Hill ascends to an area known as Mount Pleasant, and then leads down to Stroud Green and on to Finsbury Park. To view the virtual tour at full-size, please click the thumbnail panorama below.
