Highbury

Highbury is a place in the London Borough of Islington. Highbury has the post code N5. The population of Highbury is 21,959 (2001 census). The Arsenal Stadium, home of Arsenal football club, is located in Highbury, and is often referred to by that name.

Highbury in the arts

Highbury was home to a movie/TV/recording studio, which was established at 65A Highbury New Park with a related training school next door in a disused church hall. The studios were built in 1890, originally as a music conservatoire, then a recording studio in 1926 for the Piccadilly label. In 1933 they became the Highbury (film) Studios and in 1945 they were acquired by the Rank Organisation. Due to economic difficulties, Rank closed the studios down and they were demolished in 1960. Athenaeum Court, a block of flats, now occupies the site.

Related Topics:
Church - Rank Organisation

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The following books and films feature parts of Highbury:

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• The book A London Family 1870-1900 by Molly Hughes, ISBN 0-19-282896-7. In particular it mentions Highbury New Park.
• The film Killing Her Softly was partially filmed on Highbury New Park.
• The film Fever Pitch was filmed around the Arsenal stadium and along Highbury Hill.
• The film Four Weddings and a Funeral ends in front of the houses that run along the edge of Highbury Fields.
• The film The Arsenal Stadium Mystery was filmed in and around the Arsenal stadium.
• The poem Summoned by Bells by John Betjeman. This verse autobiography mentions Highbury several times, including St Saviours Church on Aberdeen Park, which he used to attend. St Saviours closed in 1980 and is now an art studio.