Nag's Head is a locality within the Holloway area of the

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Toponymy

The area is named after the Nag's Head

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. The pub, also previously called the Mustang Diner and O'Neills, closed in 2004; the original early Victorian building is in use today as a gambling establishment.

Governance

Nag's Head Town Centre is a shopping arcade between Morrisons and Selby's, and it is governed by the Nag's Head Town Centre Management Group.

Geography

The name refers to the junction of Holloway Road (the A1) with Seven Sisters Road, where the Nag's Head pub stood, and also to the surrounding area, particularly the stretch of Holloway Road between the former pub and its junction with Camden Road.

Economy

The area is identified in the

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as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. The shopping and entertainment area includes the Nag's Head Market (behind Holloway Road on the northwest corner of Hertslet Road) and the Nag's Head Shopping Centre. It hosts a James Selby department store.

References

{{Areas of London Areas of London Districts of the London Borough of Islington Major centres of London