Southgate Road

Southgate Road
Houses on Southgate_Road, Islington
Southgate Road Location within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ325845
London borough	Hackney Islington
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	N1
Dialling code	020

Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London

UK Parliament	Islington South and Finsbury Hackney South and Shoreditch
London Assembly	North East North East
List of places UK England London 51°32′37″N 0°05′03″W / 51.543508°N 0.084237°W / 51.543508; -0.084237

Southgate Road is a street in London, England, that runs from Baring Street in the south to the junction with Mildmay Park and Ball's Pond Road in the north. The street forms a part of the B102 road, leading from Newington Green to The City. The west side of Southgate Road is in the London Borough of Islington; and the east side is in the London Borough of Hackney. Southgate Road lies north of the Regent's Canal, west of De Beauvoir Town and east of Essex Road.

Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky visited Southgate Road for the 5th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1907, which was held at the Brotherhood Church which once stood on the northern corner of Southgate Road and Balmes Road.

In the 1950s the area was a popular area for musicians and artists, so much so that Salvador Dalí and Buddy Holly opened a short lived nightclub called the Loyala on the corner on Balls Pond Road. It closed down after three months due to the lack of a licence.

Today, a number of new developments are assisting in the regeneration of the area.