Kandara GuestHouse

Kandara Guest House has operated from 68 Ockendon Road in Islington since the 1950s, run today by the Hamon family, including Avril and Omar and their children. The four-storey terraced house holds ten rooms without en suite bathrooms, sharing five bathrooms between guests in the manner of a traditional guest house rather than a hotel. Breakfast is included and served in a dedicated room each morning, prepared by cook Helen. The quiet residential street sees little through traffic, a contrast to Islington's busier commercial roads a short walk away. Canonbury station lies within a few minutes' walk, giving guests direct rail access into the City without needing the Underground. Long-term regulars return for the personal service the family has maintained across successive generations of ownership.