Noel Road in Islington runs parallel to the Regent’s Canal, near the entrance to the Islington Tunnel. Though Douglas Adams never lived here himself, the street is part of the same creative and eccentric North London world that shaped *The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy*.
SEARCH 51.5333969, -0.1013701 Noel Road, Angel, Islington, London Borough of Islington, London, Greater London, England, N1 8HQ, United Kingdom
The area has long been home to artists, writers, and outsiders — including playwright **Joe Orton**, whose darkly comic sensibility helped define a generation of British humor that influenced Adams. Orton lived at 25 Noel Road before his death in 1967, and his fearless, absurdist style can be seen as a direct ancestor of Adams’ cosmic comedy. For *Hitchhiker’s* fans tracing Adams’ London, Noel Road represents the undercurrent of creative rebellion and irony that powered his imagination. Just beyond the surface of ordinary London streets — behind polite terraces and canal locks — lies the improbable energy that makes everything in Adams’ universe slightly too interesting to be real.
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