Whilst Hornsey was formerly the name of a parish and later a municipal borough of Middlesex, today, the name refers only to the London district.

The area is the location of the Greig City Academy and the Hornsey School for Girls. It is the base of the Hornsey Housing Trust. It forms part of the Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.

Much of Hornsey was built up in Edwardian times, but the tower of the original parish church still stands in its ancient graveyard in Hornsey High Street, at the centre of the old village. Other notable places are the Doragh Gasworks, the former Hornsey Town Hall in Crouch End, and Highpoint and Cromwell House in Highgate.

• Map of area: Crouch End
• Postcode: N8
• Population: 10,075
• Average age: 34.7
• Average house price: £386,019
• Local authority: Haringey
• Within the congestion zone: No
• Train/tube: Hornsey NR
• Bus routes: 41, 91, 144, W3, W5
• Banks: 5
• Cinemas: 0
• Doctors: 12
• Dentists: 14
• Leisure facilities: 4
• Libraries: 2
• Supermarkets: 4
• Theatres: 0
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