Conservation Area No. 5 - Crouch End

The Crouch End Conservation Area is on the southern boundary of the borough between Finsbury Park to the south, Highgate to the west, Muswell Hill to the north and Wood Green to the north-east. It covers an area of approximately 94.5 hectares and shares part of its west boundary with the adjoining Highgate Conservation Area. To the south east is the Stroud Green Conservation Area and to the north the Hillfield Conservation Area.

The Conservation Area is centred on the town centre that includes the Broadway and Tottenham Lane and contains the former Hornsey Town Hall, Hornsey Central Library and many popular small shops and restaurants. The clock tower provides a notable and memorable landmark. This centre is surrounded by residential streets on the rising land to the west and south, with a wide range of domestic architecture of the later 19th and early 20th Century.

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Conservation Area Map

The extent of the Crouch End Conservation Area is shown in the map above. A large PDF of the map can be downloaded from the attached files section at the bottom of this page.  Please note this file may be large and take some time to download.

You can also view a map of the conservation area, along with other Planning Designations (including other Heritage Designations such as Statutorily Listed and Locally Listed Buildings) on the Interactive Haringey Map (opens in a new window).

Designation and Character Appraisal

The first designated Conservation Area in Crouch End, on 25 October 1974, was the Crescent Road Conservation Area covering small area on the western side of Crouch End Hill. The Conservation Area was subsequently extended on three occasions firstly on 26 March 1976 to incorporate the Broadway and the areas immediately to the north, south and east, when it was renamed Crouch End. It was further extended on 31 July 1990 and 29 November 1994 to include the large residential area to the west of the Broadway and the residential streets to the east.

On 14 September 2010 the Council approved and adopted a Character Appraisal for the Crouch End Conservation Area.  You can download minutes of the Cabinet Meeting and the Appraisal Report from the September Cabinet Meeting page.  Appraisals are formal planning documents setting out what gives the conservation area its special historic and architectural character and are used to guide decision-making on planning applications within the conservation area. Comments received as a result of the public consultation, which is primarily aimed at local conservation, amenity, environmental, business and residents' groups, but also with comments from interested individuals, have been incorporated into the appraisal, as explained in the report.

The appraisal documents are available electronically in the table below:

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Attached Files