About Paul
At Paul, 302 Upper Street, N1 2TU you will find Paul, a French bakery serving Islington, London. It leans French, so this is a good stop for a proper baguette or a buttery croissant. It is one of 34 Paul locations we list across the UK.
You will find it trading seven days a week, adding up to roughly 74 opening hours. Early risers are in luck: the earliest opening is 7:30am. Sundays are covered too. At its most recent food hygiene inspection on 20 January 2026, Islington gave the business a rating of 5 out of 5 – a maximum score.
If you are coming by train or tube, Essex Road station is roughly a 7-minute walk. It is not the only option nearby: there are 8 more bakeries within a kilometre, so a bakery crawl is easily done. It is about 2.4 mi from the centre of London.
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