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Tufnell Park is a north London district in the London Borough of Camden and London Borough of Islington. Its presence as a neighborhood or locality in Inner London is strengthened by its London Underground Tufnell Park station on the Northern line.
Tufnell Park N7 takes its name after William Tufnell. In 1753, Tufnell became the owner of the manor of Barnsbury. The manor stood where Tufnell Park Road intersects the A1. Until the 19th century, the area was known for its dairy farms that supplied milk to the City of London.
Gospel Oak station, Upper Holloway station and Kentish Town station are the nearest London Overground railway stations in the area. Tufnell Park Playing Fields is a 2-hectare (5-acre) area that provides the only grass football field (full-size) in Islington. It is adjacent to a playground, a small public park, 2 tennis courts and cricket nets.
Notable residents of Tufnell Park include writer Julian Barnes, musician Jonny Buckland, DJ Zane Lowe, singer and songwriter A.R. Rahman, painter Fermin Rocker, singer Suggs, journalist Jon Snow, director Roger Michell, and singer Sophie Habibis. There are many actors who are from the area as well such as Bill Nighy, Christopher Lee, Ben Miller, Shazad Latif, Damian Lewis, and Michael Garner.
Tufnell Park Football Club was founded in 1907. In 1950, it merged with Edmonton Borough and formed Tufnell Park Edmonton. In 1973, Tufnell Park Edmonton merged Wood Green Town and formed Haringey Borough Football Club. Tufnell Park N7 served as a filming location for Killing Eve and Fleabag.