Clerkenwell

Popular with creative firms and dotted with smart apartment blocks in converted warehouses, Clerkenwell is home to cutting-edge restaurants and cosy gastropubs, plus historic pubs, sleek bars, and nightclubs. Hip cafes and indie shops line car-free Exmouth Market, which has a twice-weekly street-food market. Leather Lane Market has food stalls catering to local office workers, as well as clothes and produce.