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Holloway, London — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Holloway is a district of London strung along Holloway Road, holding the Rainbow Theatre and the Arsenal Football Club Museum.
About Holloway
Where to stay in Holloway
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Holloway suits travellers who want an ordinary, well-connected pocket of London rather than the tourist core. Beds sit on residential streets off Holloway Road, within reach of the Rainbow Theatre and the Arsenal Football Club Museum. The scale stays low.
If you would rather wake beside St Mary Magdalene Church on Holloway Road than in the middle of the capital, Holloway keeps rooms plainer and the pace unhurried while the whole city stays a short ride away.
About Holloway
What are the main landmarks in Holloway?
Holloway carries its landmarks along and around Holloway Road. The Rainbow Theatre anchors the strip, with the Arsenal Football Club Museum close by and The Rock Tower rising nearby. Churches do the rest.
St Mary Magdalene Church, Christ Church and a scatter of parish buildings trace the older street pattern, while the Cattle Market Ground marks a former cattle market. It is a working district, not a monumental one.
What is the history of Holloway?
Holloway began as open ground beyond the built-up city, later filling with the streets and terraces of London. Its churches track that growth. St Mary Magdalene Church, Christ Church and their neighbouring parishes rose as new quarters took shape, each serving a stretch of houses.
Trade shaped it too. The Cattle Market Ground remembers a cattle market once held here, while Holloway Road hardened over the years into the shopping street that runs the length of the district.
Where is Holloway?
Holloway sits within London, its streets running off Holloway Road around the Rainbow Theatre and St Mary Magdalene Church.
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Updated July 2026