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Hackney Central is a sub-district of Hackney in the London Borough of Hackney in London, England and is four miles (6.4 km) northeast of Charing Cross.. The Hackney Central area is focused on Mare Street and the retail areas to the north of it including Narrow Way and surrounding local area around Hackney Downs railway station.
Hackney Central is a station on the Mildmay line of the London Overground, located in the London Borough of Hackney. It lies between Dalston Kingsland and Homerton in Travelcard Zone 2 . [ 4 ] The station and the trains serving it are operated by Transport for London .
Hackney is a district in East London, England, forming around two-thirds of the area of the modern London Borough of Hackney, to which it gives its name. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Charing Cross and includes part of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park .
Current opinion is that the name "hackney", to refer to a London taxi, is derived from the village name. [6] (Hackney, associated with high-stepping horses and horse-drawn carriages, is the root of the French word haquenée, a term used for a small breed of horse, [7] and the Sardinian achetta horse.) Construction of the railway in the 1850s ...
John Strype's map of 1720 describes London as consisting of four parts: The City of London, Westminster, Southwark and the eastern 'That Part Beyond the Tower'. [1] As London expanded, it absorbed many hundreds of existing towns and villages which continued to assert their local identities.
London Borough of Hackney, a local authority area created in 1965; Hackney Central, a sub-district of Hackney which forms the commercial and administrative centre; Hackney Wick, a sub-district of Hackney; South Hackney, a sub-district of Hackney; West Hackney, a sub-district of Hackney; Hackney Central railway station; Hackney Downs railway station
London Fields is a park in Hackney, London, although the name also refers to the immediate area in Hackney surrounding it and London Fields station. It is common land adjoining the Hackney Central area of the London Borough of Hackney. The park covers an area of 12.65 hectares (31.3 acres), [1] and includes sporting and recreation facilities ...
Hackney Central is a neighbourhood in London, England. Hackney Central could also refer to: Hackney Central railway station; Hackney Central (UK Parliament constituency) Hackney Central (electoral division), Greater London Council; Hackney Central (London County Council constituency)