The Kinks' Muswell Hill — The Clissold Arms Pub Walk

We'd love to hear from you!Where did The Kinks play their first gig? The Clissold Arms in Muswell Hill, North London — the same pub where the full band gathered for the last time, 36 years later.Ray and Dave Davies grew up at 6 Denmark Terrace, directly across Fortis Green from the pub their father drank in. In this Love Letter to Pubs short, Expat Andy walks the North London streets where one of Britain's most influential bands was made.You'll hear how a slashed speaker cone from a Muswell Hill radio shop produced the guitar sound behind "You Really Got Me"; why the pub carries two plaques giving two different dates for the same first gig; how Alexandra Palace turned a village built around a medieval well into an Edwardian suburb; and why Muswell Hill still has no Tube station.Also on the walk: the Grade II* listed Everyman cinema, the site of the first ever Wetherspoons, and the railway line that became London's longest nature reserve.Planning a London trip and want to get past the guidebook into the real neighbourhoods? This is your London travel toolkit — historic London pubs, hidden London, and the things most visitors walk straight past.Nearest Tube: East Finchley (Northern line). Allow half a day.