Family goes on vacation to North London borough (8)
I believe the answer is:
kingston
'london borough' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'family goes on vacation to north' is the wordplay.
'family' becomes 'kin' (synonyms).
'on vacation' suggests removing the centre (after the inside letters have vacated the word).
'north' becomes 'N' (abbreviation).
'goes' with its centre removed is 'gs'.
'kin'+'gs'+'to'+'n'='KINGSTON'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kingston that I've seen before include "Capital of Jamaica" , "island capital" , "Royal borough on river Thames" , "Jamaican capital" .)