The Caterer
Gail’s on track to open 30 bakeries this year
About 30 openings expected this financial year; Highbury Barn was the chain's 200th bakery.
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Homes near GAIL’s
Highbury
11 Highbury Park, London N5 1QJ
Fresh out the oven. GAIL’s has done the research; you do the viewing.
- Opening
- Open by 3 Aug 2026 (Islington Gazette, 3 Aug 2026); not on the store finder on 23 Apr 2026
- Homes within ½ mile
- 73 homes (36 for sale · 37 to rent)
- Median asking price
- £500,000
- Median asking rent
- £3,000 pcm
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The Gail’s Effect index: sold prices before & after
HM Land Registry · postcode sector N5 1£710kMedian of 310 sales in the 2 years before
Too soonNo complete half-year since opening yet
—Too few sales to call (we need 30+ each side)
Medians wobble with the mix of homes sold (a run of flats pulls them down), so this is context, not prophecy. Land Registry data lags a few months.
In the news
All storiesMy London
North London outrage as Gail's unveils newest bakery on street lined with independent shops
Highbury Barn locals question a new branch on a parade of independents, noting three others within a mile.
Time Out Worldwide
Gail’s is opening a new bakery in north London – and it’s already controversial
Time Out on the Highbury Barn opening and worries it will draw trade from neighbouring independent cafés.
Islington Gazette
Fears for 'much-loved terrace of independent shops' as new Gail's bakery opens
Islington paper reports neighbours' concerns as the Highbury Park bakery opens on an independent terrace.