13 Facts About Muswell Hill

Muswell Hill is a suburban district of the London Borough of Haringey, north London.

Name Muswell Hill is believed to come from a natural spring or well, said to have miraculous properties.

Parallel with Muswell Hill was a track known as St James's Lane which ran across a triangle of wasteland.

In March 2013 and June 2020 Muswell Hill was named one of the five most desirable places to live in London in the Sunday Times "Best Places To Live" guide.

Muswell Hill was part of the Bishop of London's Manor of Hornsey, an area served from the medieval period by the ancient parish of Hornsey.

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Northern parts of the N10 postal area, sometimes regarded as part of Muswell Hill, were part of the parish of Friern Barnet, which subsequently became Friern Barnet Urban District before becoming part of the London Borough of Barnet.

Close to Alexandra Park and Highgate Woods, Muswell Hill is a mainly Edwardian north London suburb.

Muswell Hill is not directly served by a tube or National Rail station.

A1 passes to the south of Muswell Hill, carrying traffic southbound towards Archway, Islington and the City of London.

Muswell Hill's scanning, rotating disc system was later replaced by a more modern electronic system.

Musician Michael Kiwanuka was born and raised in Muswell Hill; he was the winner of the Mercury Prize 2020 for his album Kiwanuka and a nominee for the 2021 63rd Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.

Resident for a short time in Muswell Hill was the Russian-born England Rugby union star Prince Alexander Obolensky, who died in Suffolk in an aircraft accident in 1940 while training as an RAF pilot.

Musician, author, poet, wit and great English eccentric Vivian Stanshall lived his final years in Muswell Hill, dying in a fire in his Hillfield Park flat in 1995.