Sadler's Wells
One of London's leading dance venues, on a site in Islington that's hosted a theatre in some form since 1683, when it began as a music house built around a discovered medicinal spring.
- Landmark
- Price: Free
Did you know
This is the sixth actual theatre building on the same site since 1683. Earlier incarnations staged everything from sea battles in an on-stage water tank to Samuel Phelps's celebrated Shakespeare seasons in the 1840s–60s, before falling derelict and being revived by Lilian Baylis in the 1930s specifically so north Londoners had the same access to theatre as those south of the Thames.
Local tip
It's a dance-and-ballet specialist today, not a general theatre, so check what's actually on before booking if you're expecting drama. It hosts some of the world's leading contemporary dance and ballet companies.
Finding it
- Address
- Rosebery Avenue, Angel, Clerkenwell, London Borough of Islington, Greater London, England, EC1R 4TN
- Nearest station
- Angel (Tube), 403 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
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- Camden Passage Antiques MarketA pedestrian lane off Upper Street in Islington lined with antiques shops and market stalls selling vintage jewellery, clothing and collectables.