THE THORNHILL ARMS

"From The Thornhill to The Hemmy." If you know the lyric, you know the pub. Name-checked in Louis Dunford's "North London Forever," the song that plays before every home match at the Emirates. Victorian corner pub on the Cally with original Charrington's glazed tiles on the outside and Arsenal on every wall inside. Quieter than the Blackstock Road circus. You can actually get a pint without losing a rib. Sound on, decent pub grub, and a crowd that knows its football. Ten minutes' walk from King's Cross if you're coming off the train.