Hackney Road is a

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arterial route running from

Shoreditch Church Shoreditch is a district in the East End of London in England, and forms the southern part of the London Borough of Hackney. Neighbouring parts of Tower Hamlets are also perceived as part of the area. In the 16th century, Shoreditch was an impor ...

London Borough of Hackney London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

Cambridge Heath Cambridge Heath is an urban area of Bethnal Green in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, approximately north east of Charing Cross. It is named after a former heath in the East End of London. The northern boundary is formed by the Regent's Can ...

in the

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. The route runs along the northern edge of

Bethnal Green Bethnal Green is an area in the East End of London northeast of Charing Cross. The area emerged from the small settlement which developed around the common land, Green, much of which survives today as Bethnal Green Gardens, beside Cambridge Heat ...

and southern edge of

Hoxton Hoxton is an area in the London Borough of Hackney, England. As a part of Shoreditch, it is often considered to be part of the East End – the historic core of wider East London. It was historically in the county of Middlesex until 1889. I ...

and

Haggerston Haggerston is a locale in East London, England, centred approximately on Great Cambridge Street (now renamed Queensbridge Road). It is within the London Borough of Hackney and is considered to be a part of London's East End. It is about 3.1 mi ...

. It lies close to the border between the boroughs of London Boroughs of Hackney and Tower Hamlets. In recent years, Hackney Road has begun to experience the

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of nearby

Columbia Road Columbia Road is a street in Washington, D.C., that forks from Connecticut Avenue north of Dupont Circle, and branches north and east through 16th Street to the McMillan Reservoir. Along its route, it marks the southern border of the Kalorama ...

or Broadway Market. Despite this, a number of derelict buildings still remain, including the empty Children's Hospital. The road also has

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venues such as ''Browns'' and ''The Olde Axe'' (Clifton 2002), a bingo hall, fast-food outlets and building sites.

Hackney City Farm Hackney City Farm is a city farm and independent alternative school in Haggerston in the London Borough of Hackney. It is situated at the junction of Hackney Road and Goldsmith's Row. The farm was established in 1984 as a community and education ...

is located at the junction of (intersection with) Goldsmith's Row on the northern ( Hackney) side of the road. Next to the farm is

Haggerston Park Haggerston Park is an open space in Haggerston, in the London Borough of Hackney. It is bounded by Whiston Road (to the north), Hackney Road (south) and St Saviour's Priory, Queensbridge Road (west) and Goldsmith's Row (east). The park was orig ...

. In 2008 a 178-room Days Hotel London Shoreditch opened at the junction with Pritchard's Road. This has since become the RE Hotel London Shoreditch.

Transport

Hackney Road is served by the

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26 and 55.

Cambridge Heath station Cambridge Heath is a railway station operated by London Overground in Bethnal Green, East London. The station is down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between and on the Lea Valley lines to and . Its three-letter station ...

is situated at the east end of Hackney Road, at the junction with Cambridge Heath Road. The west end of Hackney Road is served by London Overground services from

Hoxton railway station Hoxton is a train station, station on the East London line in the London Borough of Hackney, Greater London. It is on the Kingsland Viaduct and served by London Overground. The station entrance is on Geffrye Street near Dunloe Street and Cremer S ...

July 2005 bombings

On 21 July 2005 at 13:30 BST a small explosion occurred on the Number 26 bus travelling from Waterloo to

Hackney Wick Hackney Wick is a neighbourhood in east London, England. The area forms the south-eastern part of the district of Hackney, and also of the wider London Borough of Hackney. Adjacent areas of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets are sometimes a ...

, on Hackney Road at the corner with Columbia Road. There were no fatalities in the

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References

*Clifton, L. (2002) ''Baby Oil and Ice: Striptease in East London''. The Do-Not Press Limited: London. *Harrison, P. (1985) ''Inside the Inner City: Life Under the Cutting Edge''. Penguin: Harmondsworth.

External links

London Borough of Hackney
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