{"id":514775,"date":"2025-10-20T16:08:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/514775\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T16:08:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:08:24","slug":"the-best-borough-in-london-has-officially-been-crowned-by-secret-londons-followers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/514775\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Borough In London Has Officially Been Crowned By Secret London&#8217;s Followers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shutterstock_1729389829-min-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"A view of London's skyline from above the rooftops of buildings in London\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: Joe Dunckley, Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>    Save<\/p>\n<p>Over on this little corner of the internet, we spend a rather sizeable amount of time sharing our opinions about the<strong> capital city<\/strong>. And as much as we enjoy doing so, we thought it was about time that we let you lovely lot put your two cents in instead. So, we asked the<strong> Secret London Instagram followers<\/strong> to tell us which of <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/london-32-boroughs\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/london-32-boroughs\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">London\u2019s 32 boroughs<\/a> they believe to be the best of the bunch. And, as expected, they delivered in spades.<\/p>\n<p>Something that became abundantly clear is that some of our followers aren\u2019t entirely clued up on what constitutes as a borough (spoiler alert: <strong>Slough and \u2018Palma in Spain\u2019<\/strong> do not). But sprinkled amongst some slightly sillier responses (\u2018all is shit\u2019 being a particularly delightful one); we managed to uncover your <strong>favourite borough of all<\/strong>. So, without further ado, folks \u2013 the results are in.<\/p>\n<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-178751 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shutterstock_2054049488-2.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful Regent's Canal in Islington, North London\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\"  \/>Photo: Alla Tsyganova, Shutterstock The best borough in London (according to Secret London followers) <\/p>\n<p>Topping the charts as the best borough in London is <strong>Islington<\/strong>. The north London neighbourhood is no stranger to an accolade, having recently been named the <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/islington-best-place-to-live-london\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/islington-best-place-to-live-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_internal\">best place to live in London<\/a> by leading lifestyle publication, Muddy Stilettos. It comes as no surprise that our followers are fond of <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/things-to-do-angel-london\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/things-to-do-angel-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Islington<\/a>. I mean, it\u2019s a pretty dreamy spot, after all. It somehow manages to seamlessly blend the <strong>lively atmosphere<\/strong> of a the city with a quaint-and-quiet <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/villages-close-to-london\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/villages-close-to-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_3\" data-category=\"click_internal\">village<\/a> vibe. And it\u2019s certainly got a whole lot to offer.<\/p>\n<p>Islington is home to an extensive offering of <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/islington-restaurants\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/islington-restaurants\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_4\" data-category=\"click_internal\">eateries<\/a>, with independent cafes, restaurants and bars at every turn. There\u2019s plenty of green space, the gorgeous <strong>Regent\u2019s Canal<\/strong>, and plenty of culture waiting to be soaked up, too. The swanky borough of <strong>Kensington and Chelsea<\/strong> nabbed second place, and hip-and-happening <strong>Wandsworth<\/strong> came in third.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-324793 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shutterstock_1022513755-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Albert Bridge in Chelsea as seen with a pink sky at dusk\" width=\"1200\" height=\"796\"  \/>Credit: Joe Choosong, via Shutterstock The ten best boroughs in London (according to Secret London followers): <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Islington<\/li>\n<li>Kensington and Chelsea<\/li>\n<li>Wandsworth<\/li>\n<li>Westminster<\/li>\n<li>Richmond<\/li>\n<li>Hackney<\/li>\n<li>Southwark<\/li>\n<li>Camden<\/li>\n<li>Merton<\/li>\n<li>Tower Hamlets<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>What do you think? Did the <strong>Secret Londoners<\/strong> get it spot on or are you outraged with the results? Be sure to let us know. And if you fancy taking part in our next poll, keep your eyes peeled on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/secret.london\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/secret.london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_5\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">Instagram page<\/a> \u2013 because there will be more coming soon.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Joe Dunckley, Shutterstock Save Over on this little corner of the internet, we spend a rather sizeable&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,17009,257,10763,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-514775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-local-trip","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-trip-travel","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115407362931160024","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}