Owens Field, Islington

Owens Field is a really small park about a hundred yards from the Angel, Islington, near the City and Islington College Centre for Applied Sciences. These photographs make it look larger and more pleasant than it really is.

There should probably be some comment about the value of urban spaces here, but the thing is, right across the road is a bunch of flats that look like this...

... and no amount of greenery is going to make that a heart-warming sight to return home to. We are not talking "leafy" anything here. But then I've never got the attractions of North London.