Place of interest

Underground Tube  Station/directions

Photograph

Google Map

Konk Studios

This is IT, the Kinks' recording studios. Run by Mick Avory,  and depicted in "X Ray", go here first!

  East Finchley (N)

North onto High Road, right into Fortis Green, which leads into  Queen's Avenue, which leads into Muswell Hill. Bear left into Priory Road, which  leads into High Street, Hornsey. Or take the 144 bus. Konk is on Church Lane and Tottenham  Lane.

Working Man’s Cafe (The Lane Cafe)

Kinks Link : Pictured on the Sleeve of Ray Davies album “Working Man’s Cafe”

Here is a page about the cafe, and here is one about the nearby shop window.

East Finchley (N)

North onto High Road, right into Fortis Green, which leads into  Queen's Avenue, which leads into Muswell Hill. Bear left into Priory Road, which  leads into High Street, Hornsey. Or take the 144 bus. The cafe is on Tottenham  Lane.

Muswell  Hill

Road and Area of north London.

Kinks link : In song title "Muswell  Hillbillies". General area where the Davies brothers were raised. Also mentioned  in "So  Long".

Look out for the Muswell Hill Bookshop.

  East Finchley (N)

North onto High Road, right into Fortis Green, which leads into  Queen's Avenue, which leads into Muswell Hill.

Fortis Green

Kinks link : Dave Davies song  title.

Specific area where the Davies brothers lived.

  East Finchley (N)

North onto High Road, right into Fortis Green, bear right into  Fortis Green Road. The Davies house was 6, Denmark Terrace on Fortis Green Road.  It has a blue door.

William Grimshaw School
(Now Fortismere School)

Kinks link : School attended by the  Davies brothers, from which Dave was expelled.

 East Finchley (N)

Left into High Road, ahead up the Great North Road, right into  Creighton Avenue, School about 1/2 mile on the right.

Clissold Arms

highly recommended Pub in Muswell Hill (this is NOT the pub on  the cover of Muswell Hillbillies. that is the Archway.)

Kinks link : the Davies' father's  "local". Appears in DD song "Fortis Green".

Nice staff there, good beer, and has a Kinks room with signed photos, memorabilia,  records and a plaque of the Muswell Hillbillies logo from the album, a gold  plate plaque that says "site of 1957 performing debut of Ray and Dave Davies,  founding members of the Kinks."
Note:  Appears in the BBC documentary "I'm  Not Like Everybody Else", 

   East Finchley (N).

North onto High Road, right into Fortis Green. The Clissold  Arms is on Fortis Green.

St James' Church  of England Primary School

Kinks link: School attended by the  young Davies brothers.

East Finchley (N)

North onto High Road, right into Fortis Green, bear right into  Fortis Green Road, then turn right into Muswell Hill Road. Turn right into  Woodside Avenue, where the school is located. However, at the time the Davies  brothers attended the school, it was located on Fortis Green, opposite  Fortismere Avenue.

Steeds Road

Street in Muswell Hill

Kinks link: #59 was the home of  Pete Quaife and family.

East Finchley (N)

North onto High Road, right into Fortis Green, left into  Tetherdown, on into Coppets Road, left into Everington Road, Steeds Road is  second on right.

"The site that used to be the local  palais."

Kinks link: location for the song  "Come Dancing"

Formerly a dance hall, called the Athenaeum. Of course they  knocked it down a long time ago. Sainsbury's have built a supermarket on the  piece of land.

East Finchley (N)
 

Directions : North onto High Road, right into Fortis Green,  bear right into Fortis Green Road, left into Athenaeum Place

 B - Bakerloo (brown)

 M - Metropolitan (purple)

 Ce - Central (red)

 N - Northern (black)

 Ci - Circle (yellow)

 P - Piccadilly (dark blue)

 D - District (green)

 V - Victoria (light blue)

 J - Jubilee (grey)