Seven Sisters Road is a road in north London

London

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, England

England

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 which runs within the boroughs of Islington

London Borough of Islington

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, Hackney

London Borough of Hackney

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 and Haringey

London Borough of Haringey

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. It is an extension of Camden Road

Camden Road

Camden Road is a main road running from the junction of Camden Town and Camden Town tube station up to Holloway Road....

, running from Holloway Road

Holloway, London

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 (the A1 road

A1 road (London)

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) at the Nags Head

Nag's Head, London

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 crossroads then on to another crossroads with Blackstock Road

Blackstock Road

Blackstock Road is a major road in north London, England, running from Seven Sisters Road south westerly to Highbury. It runs along the border between the London Borough of Hackney and the London Borough of Islington...

 and Stroud Green Road. It carries on uphill alongside Finsbury Park

Finsbury Park

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 to Manor House

Manor House tube station

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, and from there downhill to the junction with Tottenham High Road

Tottenham High Road

Tottenham High Road is the main thoroughfare through the district of Tottenham, in the London Borough of Haringey. It runs from Edmonton in the North to Stamford Hill in the South . It follows, for the whole of its length, the course of the erstwhile Roman Road, Ermine Street...

 (the A10 road) at Seven Sisters Corner

Seven Sisters, London

Seven Sisters is an area of North London in the United Kingdom and part of the London Borough of Haringey. It is located at the east end of Seven Sisters Road, which runs from Tottenham High Road to join the A1 in Holloway.-Etymology:...

. The road was authorised in 1829 and constructed in 1833 by the Metropolitan Turnpike Trust

Metropolitan Turnpike Trust

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. Seven Sisters Road is part of the A503. The stretch running past Finsbury Park is open to the park on the west side, and on the east side are large Victorian villas now used mainly as hotels.

History

The "Seven Sisters" after which the road is named were seven trees located opposite its junction with Tottenham High Road

Tottenham High Road

Tottenham High Road is the main thoroughfare through the district of Tottenham, in the London Borough of Haringey. It runs from Edmonton in the North to Stamford Hill in the South . It follows, for the whole of its length, the course of the erstwhile Roman Road, Ermine Street...

. This is made clear in the legislation authorising its construction, where the route of the road was described as running:

...from the Stamford Hill Road in the Parish of Tottenham , in the said County of Middlesex, nearly opposite to certain Trees called the Seven Sisters...

Until the mid 1970s the junction was known as Wards Corner, reflecting the name of the large department store that stood on this corner. The Hetchins

Hetchins

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bicycle shop and frame factory was situated in Seven Sisters Road, on the site of what is now Apex House.