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Heated open air swimming pool open all year round
591 locals recommend
London Fields
London Fields West Side
591 locals recommend
Heated open air swimming pool open all year round
Great Saturday Market selling street foods, cakes and vintage jewellery and clothing. In the dayhang out in the cool cafes and browse in the boutiques. In the evening soak up the East End night life.
1735 locals recommend
Broadway Market
Broadway Market
1735 locals recommend
Great Saturday Market selling street foods, cakes and vintage jewellery and clothing. In the dayhang out in the cool cafes and browse in the boutiques. In the evening soak up the East End night life.
Sunday institution. Great flowers and plants together with some brunch...East end style.
1660 locals recommend
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road
1660 locals recommend
Sunday institution. Great flowers and plants together with some brunch...East end style.
Bohemian style club specialising in dubstep, Afrobeat, Reggae ,Folk music.
49 locals recommend
Passing Clouds
1 Richmond Road
49 locals recommend
Bohemian style club specialising in dubstep, Afrobeat, Reggae ,Folk music.
Local Theatre has rave reviews
Arcola Street
Arcola Street
Local Theatre has rave reviews
Local Theatre has rave reviews
199 locals recommend
Arcola Bar
24 Ashwin St
199 locals recommend
Local Theatre has rave reviews
Lots to see at this melting pot Market and shopping area. Also check out the curries.
878 locals recommend
Brick Lane
Brick Lane
878 locals recommend
Lots to see at this melting pot Market and shopping area. Also check out the curries.
Interior decorating in Britain throughout the centuries
326 locals recommend
Museum of the Home
136 Kingsland Road
326 locals recommend
Interior decorating in Britain throughout the centuries
Children's toys throughout the centuries
418 locals recommend
V&A Museum of Childhood
Cambridge Heath Road
418 locals recommend
Children's toys throughout the centuries
English furniture and lighting designer
Lee Broom
93 Rivington St
English furniture and lighting designer
For the sweet toothed beautiful cakes
133 locals recommend
Violet
47 Wilton Way
133 locals recommend
For the sweet toothed beautiful cakes
Great cinema and cafe and also music venue on the top floor called Hackney Attic.
445 locals recommend
Hackney Picturehouse
270 Mare St
445 locals recommend
Great cinema and cafe and also music venue on the top floor called Hackney Attic.
Artists Studios and galleries
22 locals recommend
Vyner Street
Vyner Street
22 locals recommend
Artists Studios and galleries
Little Village in the heart of Hackney with lovely cafes, shops and restaurants
17 locals recommend
Lauriston Road
Lauriston Road
17 locals recommend
Little Village in the heart of Hackney with lovely cafes, shops and restaurants
Old style Music Hall Venue with Comedy Pantomime Theatre and Opera. Charlie Chaplin. Stan Laurel and Marie Lloyd all performed here.
202 locals recommend
Hackney Empire
291 Mare St
202 locals recommend
Old style Music Hall Venue with Comedy Pantomime Theatre and Opera. Charlie Chaplin. Stan Laurel and Marie Lloyd all performed here.
Where the Huguenot silk weavers lived.
Fournier Street
Fournier Street
Where the Huguenot silk weavers lived.
Popular nightclub venue
56 locals recommend
The Nest
36 Stoke Newington Road
56 locals recommend
Popular nightclub venue
Using organic flour and sourdough cultures, the team's artisanal breads are baked in a handmade oven
272 locals recommend
E5 Bakehouse
396 Mentmore Terrace
272 locals recommend
Using organic flour and sourdough cultures, the team's artisanal breads are baked in a handmade oven
If you love Carhartt at bargain prices
Carhartt Outlet Store
18 Ellingfort Rd
If you love Carhartt at bargain prices
It is devoted to exploring and furthering the esoteric, literary and artistic aspects of life in London and beyond.
35 locals recommend
The Last Tuesday Society
11 Mare St
35 locals recommend
It is devoted to exploring and furthering the esoteric, literary and artistic aspects of life in London and beyond.
See the Olympic Park and swim in the soon to be open Zaha Hadid Aquatics centre in Spring 2014. Also opening then will be the Lee Valley Velopark.
755 locals recommend
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
755 locals recommend
See the Olympic Park and swim in the soon to be open Zaha Hadid Aquatics centre in Spring 2014. Also opening then will be the Lee Valley Velopark.
Now a part of a growing number of breweries in Hackney and London London Fields Brewery produce a fine craft beer.They arrange Brewery tours and organise events.
101 locals recommend
The Taproom
163 Upper St
101 locals recommend
Now a part of a growing number of breweries in Hackney and London London Fields Brewery produce a fine craft beer.They arrange Brewery tours and organise events.
The cream of London’s new fashion talent in a shop!
The Hackney Shop
99 Morning Ln
The cream of London’s new fashion talent in a shop!
Another Fashion oulet in this growing cluster that includes Pringle and Burberry and Carrhart
13 locals recommend
Aquascutum Chatham
7-9 Chatham Pl
13 locals recommend
Another Fashion oulet in this growing cluster that includes Pringle and Burberry and Carrhart
Another Fashion oulet in this growing cluster that includes Aquascutum and Burberry and Carrhart
7 locals recommend
Pringle of Scotland - Hackney
90 Morning Ln
7 locals recommend
Another Fashion oulet in this growing cluster that includes Aquascutum and Burberry and Carrhart
The fountain is absolutely stunning and a beautiful park and surrounding are with great restaurants and pubs like the Pavillion cafe overlooking the fountain.
1666 locals recommend
Pavilion Cafe
Old Ford Road
1666 locals recommend
The fountain is absolutely stunning and a beautiful park and surrounding are with great restaurants and pubs like the Pavillion cafe overlooking the fountain.
Great for brunch or tea and cakes.
1666 locals recommend
Pavilion Cafe
Old Ford Road
1666 locals recommend
Great for brunch or tea and cakes.
Dennis Severs' House offers a glimpse into 18th-century (Georgian-era) life in England.
79 locals recommend
Dennis Severs' House
18 Folgate St
79 locals recommend
Dennis Severs' House offers a glimpse into 18th-century (Georgian-era) life in England.
Up market Vintage designer clothes
Storm in a Teacup
366 Kingsland Rd
Up market Vintage designer clothes
High end vintage designer clothes and accessories
Aro Archive
2 Ada St
High end vintage designer clothes and accessories
Artwords is the specialist for books, magazines and videos on the contemporary visual arts and offers the most up-to-date selection of newly published titles, both nationally and internationally.
33 locals recommend
Artwords Bookshop
20-22 Broadway Market
33 locals recommend
Artwords is the specialist for books, magazines and videos on the contemporary visual arts and offers the most up-to-date selection of newly published titles, both nationally and internationally.
Good for craft beers.
46 locals recommend
The Cock Tavern
315 Mare St
46 locals recommend
Good for craft beers.
Community social shed with lots of power tools!
London Hackspace
41-43 High Rd
Community social shed with lots of power tools!
The sausage roll!
63 locals recommend
Ginger Pig
99 Lauriston Rd
63 locals recommend
The sausage roll!
Good French food
74 locals recommend
L'Entrepot
74 locals recommend
Good French food
Rooftop bar called Netil 360 with hot tubs!
25 locals recommend
Netil House
1 Westgate St
25 locals recommend
Rooftop bar called Netil 360 with hot tubs!

Food Scene

Good fresh Italian style food and drink run by Aussies. I love the soup!
205 locals recommend
LARDO
201 Richmond Rd
205 locals recommend
Good fresh Italian style food and drink run by Aussies. I love the soup!
Great Argentinian steak
103 locals recommend
Buen Ayre
50 Broadway Market
103 locals recommend
Great Argentinian steak
Alternative World Music Venue with experimental live music.
203 locals recommend
Cafe OTO
18-22 Ashwin Street
203 locals recommend
Alternative World Music Venue with experimental live music.
Experimental locally sourced British Gastropub
41 locals recommend
The Prince Arthur
80-82 Eversholt St
41 locals recommend
Experimental locally sourced British Gastropub
Fresh and locally sourced good food
48 locals recommend
A Little Of What You Fancy
464 Kingsland Road
48 locals recommend
Fresh and locally sourced good food
Great Indian Vegetarian
36 locals recommend
Gujarati Rasoi Restaurant
10c Bradbury St
36 locals recommend
Great Indian Vegetarian
Only open from Spring until Autumn but lovely location by the canal to chill and fantastic well priced sophisticated food
216 locals recommend
Towpath Café
42 De Beauvoir Cres
216 locals recommend
Only open from Spring until Autumn but lovely location by the canal to chill and fantastic well priced sophisticated food
Good for Brunch
59 locals recommend
Jones & Sons
3 Gillett St
59 locals recommend
Good for Brunch
Brunch
13 locals recommend
Bouchon Fourchette
171 Mare St
13 locals recommend
Brunch
Nuno Mendes restaurant....expensive!
29 locals recommend
Viajante
Patriot Square
29 locals recommend
Nuno Mendes restaurant....expensive!
Good local Vietnamese Restaurant
39 locals recommend
Tre Viet Hackney
245-249 Mare St
39 locals recommend
Good local Vietnamese Restaurant
Good Turkish restaurant
Cirrik
Good Turkish restaurant
The best of Sardinian cuisine to the heart of South Hackney.
27 locals recommend
Buon Appetito
136 Lauriston Rd
27 locals recommend
The best of Sardinian cuisine to the heart of South Hackney.
Popular Vietnamese restaurant with an unusual menu
70 locals recommend
Green Papaya
191 Mare St
70 locals recommend
Popular Vietnamese restaurant with an unusual menu
Cycling pitstop and coffee
16 locals recommend
Look mum no hands!
16 locals recommend
Cycling pitstop and coffee
My choice for good quality fish and chips...great atmosphere.
24 locals recommend
Vintage Salt Upper Street
24 locals recommend
My choice for good quality fish and chips...great atmosphere.
Southern Italian food on roof terrace by London Fields..great cocktails too.
11 locals recommend
Coppa Bar & BBQ
11 locals recommend
Southern Italian food on roof terrace by London Fields..great cocktails too.
From Wednesday to Friday great British fare served until December so a semi permanent pop up on the roof conservatory in Hoxton Square.
The Fleapit
35 Hoxton Square
From Wednesday to Friday great British fare served until December so a semi permanent pop up on the roof conservatory in Hoxton Square.
Lunch box is delicious and only £4.00-£5.00 right at the centre of Oxford street. Cheap good quality. The dosas and salted lassi are amazing!
RASA W1
6 Dering St
Lunch box is delicious and only £4.00-£5.00 right at the centre of Oxford street. Cheap good quality. The dosas and salted lassi are amazing!
Moroccan eggs
16 locals recommend
Railroad
120-122 Morning Lane
16 locals recommend
Moroccan eggs
Marmalade bread and butter pudding
17 locals recommend
Reilly Rocket
507 Kingsland Road
17 locals recommend
Marmalade bread and butter pudding
Dim Sum
24 locals recommend
Shanghai
24 locals recommend
Dim Sum
Sole, daikon, citrus butter , aniseed
17 locals recommend
Mayfields
52 Wilton Way
17 locals recommend
Sole, daikon, citrus butter , aniseed
Lamb Raan
475 locals recommend
Dishoom Shoreditch
7 Boundary St
475 locals recommend
Lamb Raan
Great grills punjabi style
381 locals recommend
Tayyabs
83-89 Fieldgate St
381 locals recommend
Great grills punjabi style
Eccentric restaurant
13 locals recommend
LMNT
316 Queensbridge Rd
13 locals recommend
Eccentric restaurant
New restaurant by former top chef of The Connaught
Taste Of The Carribean
New restaurant by former top chef of The Connaught
Brunch from 11am
46 locals recommend
Beagle
397-400 Geffrye Street
46 locals recommend
Brunch from 11am
New Italian restaurant top cuisine...need to book.
93 locals recommend
Rotorino
434 Kingsland Rd
93 locals recommend
New Italian restaurant top cuisine...need to book.
Just recently discovered this gem....absolutely delicious pizza, salad and organic wine. The cheapest pizza is £4.50......amazing value and right on Broadway Market. Very popular so good for lunch.
561 locals recommend
Franco Manca
52 Broadway Market
561 locals recommend
Just recently discovered this gem....absolutely delicious pizza, salad and organic wine. The cheapest pizza is £4.50......amazing value and right on Broadway Market. Very popular so good for lunch.
A true foodie destination...Butcher by day and then Wednesday through to Saturday open for dinner with meat dishes. Also open for Sunday Roast lunch and dinner.
65 locals recommend
Hill & Szrok Master Butcher & Cookshop
60 Broadway Market
65 locals recommend
A true foodie destination...Butcher by day and then Wednesday through to Saturday open for dinner with meat dishes. Also open for Sunday Roast lunch and dinner.

Drinks & Nightlife

Traditional British Sunday lunch
150 locals recommend
The Cat & Mutton
76 Broadway Market
150 locals recommend
Traditional British Sunday lunch
Great British food
152 locals recommend
Hawksmoor Spitalfields
157A Commercial St
152 locals recommend
Great British food
Fashionable nightclub and bar
74 locals recommend
Birthdays
33-35 Stoke Newington Road
74 locals recommend
Fashionable nightclub and bar
Nightclub / snooker hall / bar like no other.....it has to be seen!
14 locals recommend
Efes Snooker Club
17B Stoke Newington Road
14 locals recommend
Nightclub / snooker hall / bar like no other.....it has to be seen!
Traditional British pub
302 locals recommend
The Dove
24-28 Broadway Market
302 locals recommend
Traditional British pub
Rooftop Bar
110 locals recommend
Queen of Hoxton
1 Curtain Rd
110 locals recommend
Rooftop Bar
Very trendy pub
73 locals recommend
Prince George
40 Parkholme Rd
73 locals recommend
Very trendy pub
Gastropub with unusual menu
123 locals recommend
The Empress
130 Lauriston Rd
123 locals recommend
Gastropub with unusual menu
Great on a warm day or evening overlooking London Fields
162 locals recommend
Pub On The Park
19 Martello Street
162 locals recommend
Great on a warm day or evening overlooking London Fields
Not everyone's cup of tea! Real East End gritty pub.
55 locals recommend
The Dolphin Tavern
44 Red Lion St
55 locals recommend
Not everyone's cup of tea! Real East End gritty pub.
Underground drinking den
98 locals recommend
Ruby's
76 Stoke Newington Rd
98 locals recommend
Underground drinking den
Trendy bar and eating
120 locals recommend
Rita's Bar & Dining
35 Stoke Newington Rd
120 locals recommend
Trendy bar and eating
Great food and unusual beers and ciders.
70 locals recommend
Earl of Essex
25 Danbury St
70 locals recommend
Great food and unusual beers and ciders.
Buttermilk chicken and pine salt
106 locals recommend
The Clove Club
380 Old St
106 locals recommend
Buttermilk chicken and pine salt
Traditional pub
44 locals recommend
The Wenlock Arms
26 Wenlock Rd
44 locals recommend
Traditional pub
Burgers and beer...well priced and popular.
34 locals recommend
The Advisory
161 Mare St
34 locals recommend
Burgers and beer...well priced and popular.

Shopping

Delicatessen / cafe in Broadway Market
96 locals recommend
L’eau à La Bouche
35-37 Broadway Market
96 locals recommend
Delicatessen / cafe in Broadway Market
Coffee
122 locals recommend
Climpson & Sons Café
67 Broadway Market
122 locals recommend
Coffee
Burberry fashion at discount prices
64 locals recommend
Burberry Outlet
29-31 Chatham Pl
64 locals recommend
Burberry fashion at discount prices
A Dalston institution attracting everyone who likes to rummage and come up with an hidden gem.
6 locals recommend
Oxfam Dalston
514 Kingsland Rd
6 locals recommend
A Dalston institution attracting everyone who likes to rummage and come up with an hidden gem.
Fashion concept store
13 locals recommend
LN-CC
24 Shacklewell Ln
13 locals recommend
Fashion concept store
Best for fresh cold seafood, scallop ceviche, oysters, crab and Lobster.
77 locals recommend
Prawn on the Lawn
294 St Paul's Rd
77 locals recommend
Best for fresh cold seafood, scallop ceviche, oysters, crab and Lobster.