Crap Towns / Islington / Heritage at risk
What's falling down in Islington?
26 places in Islington are on England's Heritage at Risk register (2025), the joint 9th most of the 470 English towns with one. They are 12 buildings and structures, 8 places of worship and 6 conservation areas.
| Place | Kind |
|---|---|
| Finsbury Health Centre, Pine Street | Building or structure |
| Finsbury Town Hall, Rosebery Avenue | Building or structure |
| Holy Trinity Church, Cloudesley Square | Building or structure |
| Islington War Memorial Arch, Manor Gardens | Building or structure |
| Odeon Cinema, Holloway Road | Building or structure |
| Part of Former House of Detention, below Kingsway College Clerkenwell Centre, Sans Walk | Building or structure |
| Railings and gates to Islington Tennis Centre and King George's Field, Market Road | Building or structure |
| Railings, Thornhill Square | Building or structure |
| Railings, Wilmington Square | Building or structure |
| Railings, walls, gate piers and gates to Caledonian Park, Market Road | Building or structure |
| Soley Mews Chapel (former), Lloyd Baker Street | Building or structure |
| St Paul's Church, St Paul's Road | Building or structure |
| Church of St Andrew, Bridgeman Road, Islington | Place of worship |
| Church of St Clement with St Barnabas and St Matthew, King Square, Islington | Place of worship |
| Church of St James and attached railings, Clerkenwell Close, Islington | Place of worship |
| Church of St Joseph, Highgate Hill, Islington | Place of worship |
| Church of St Silas, Penton Street, Islington | Place of worship |
| Former Mecca Bingo, 161-169, Essex Road | Place of worship |
| Hope Church (former Church of St Mary Magdalene) and attached railings, Holloway Road, Islington | Place of worship |
| Union Chapel, Compton Terrace | Place of worship |
| Chapel Market | Conservation area |
| Holborn Union Infirmary | Conservation area |
| Moorfields | Conservation area |
| St John's Grove | Conservation area |
| St Lukes | Conservation area |
| Tollington Park | Conservation area |
| Town | Distance | Places on the register |
|---|---|---|
| Camden | 3.3 km | 38 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 7.7 km | 36 |
| Hackney | 3.3 km | 35 |
| Southwark | 8.6 km | 31 |
| Tower Hamlets | 6.4 km | 29 |
| Islington | – | 26 |
| Westminster | 5.2 km | 20 |
| Haringey | 4.7 km | 17 |
| Waltham Forest | 8.5 km | 14 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 9.7 km | 10 |
| City of London | 4.0 km | 2 |