Quiet and fashionable, Clerkenwell is acknowledged by many as boasting some of the best restaurants in London.

Hatton Garden is the centre of the UK jewellery trade, with nearly three hundred businesses and fifty-five shops showcasing all sorts of desirable trinkets, while Sadler's Wells is an esteemed theatre and modern dance venue.

The Marx Memorial Library hints at the area's historical flirtations with political radicalism. It is rumoured that Lenin and Stalin first met when the latter was visiting Clerkenwell in 1903.

The Eagle on Farringdon Road is reported to be the first example of a gastropub in London.