Editing Turnpike Lane, Haringey

{{Short description|Street in Haringey, north London}}
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[[Image:Turnpike lane 20080210.jpg|thumb|top|right|250px|Turnpike Lane, looking south-east towards [[Ducketts Common]]]]

'''Turnpike Lane''' is a street in [[London Borough of Haringey|Haringey]], north [[London]].

==Description==

Turnpike Lane forms part of the [[A roads in Zone 5 of the Great Britain numbering scheme|A504]] route, running roughly east–west for less than one mile.

The road is characterised by independent [[retailing|retailers]] with [[apartment|flats]] above the shops. It is also a local transport hub: [[Turnpike Lane tube station|Turnpike Lane Underground station]] and [[Turnpike Lane bus station]] are both situated near the eastern end of the street.

A small park named [[Ducketts Common]] is situated at the eastern end of the road, opposite the Underground and bus stations. It was once an area of common land where people had the right to graze their animals.

Turnpike Lane is a busy cosmopolitan shopping street and an important traffic thoroughfare. Speciality shops remain open until late at night, and there are a number of restaurants.

The name Turnpike Lane is also used to refer more generally to the area at the southern end of Wood Green High Road and its surroundings.

==Nearby places==
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* [[Crouch End]]
* [[Harringay]]
* [[Hornsey]]
* [[West Green, London|West Green]]
* [[Wood Green]]

== Popular culture ==
* The [[Bus Driver's Prayer]]
* Razorlight's song "[[Razorlight (album)|Los Angeles Waltz]]"

==References==
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[[Category:Streets in the London Borough of Haringey]]
[[Category:Transport in the London Borough of Haringey]]