Welcome to Hoxton
Everything Else
Saturdays only, very popular local market selling handcrafts and food, great for coffee & cake, lots of bars & restaurants. Easy to get to by walking along Regents Canal. Now open as a smaller market with just food on Sundays
1735 locals recommend
Broadway Market
Broadway MarketSaturdays only, very popular local market selling handcrafts and food, great for coffee & cake, lots of bars & restaurants. Easy to get to by walking along Regents Canal. Now open as a smaller market with just food on Sundays
Only open on Sunday mornings till 3pm, this is one of the loveliest markets in London. They sell flowers and plants, also lots of interesting independent shops. Rob Ryan has a shop here.
1660 locals recommend
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia RoadOnly open on Sunday mornings till 3pm, this is one of the loveliest markets in London. They sell flowers and plants, also lots of interesting independent shops. Rob Ryan has a shop here.
Arts & Culture
If you like live music, then it's worth checking to see what is on here. Always interesting
28 locals recommend
MOTH Club
Valette StreetIf you like live music, then it's worth checking to see what is on here. Always interesting
Beautifully restored old English theatre. If you're in London over Christmas, you should go see a pantomime here - it's an East End tradition!
202 locals recommend
Hackney Empire
291 Mare StBeautifully restored old English theatre. If you're in London over Christmas, you should go see a pantomime here - it's an East End tradition!
A lovely museum showing the interiors of rooms over the centuries. It's free, very close by, and the walled garden is a joy in the summer months.
326 locals recommend
Museum of the Home
136 Kingsland RoadA lovely museum showing the interiors of rooms over the centuries. It's free, very close by, and the walled garden is a joy in the summer months.
Places to eat
Breakfast is my favourite meal, and the Breakfast Club is one of the best places to eat. It's lively, has a great menu and does a wicked Bloody Mary.
172 locals recommend
The Breakfast Club
1 Crossrail PlBreakfast is my favourite meal, and the Breakfast Club is one of the best places to eat. It's lively, has a great menu and does a wicked Bloody Mary.
Japanese noodle bar - HIghly recommended. They do a good weekday lunchtime deal, and there is another branch in Mare Street, Central Hackney.
139 locals recommend
Tonkotsu East
1a Dunston StJapanese noodle bar - HIghly recommended. They do a good weekday lunchtime deal, and there is another branch in Mare Street, Central Hackney.
A mixture of Turkish and Arabic influences, great for meat eaters and vegetarians, lots of good reviews, not the cheapest but apparently well worth it. Highly recommended by quite a few of my guests
81 locals recommend
Berber & Q - Grill House
338 Acton MewsA mixture of Turkish and Arabic influences, great for meat eaters and vegetarians, lots of good reviews, not the cheapest but apparently well worth it. Highly recommended by quite a few of my guests
This cafe is on the canal, just near Kingsland Road, and 2 minutes away from mine. Go there for breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee and/or cocktails. Great selection of food.
10 locals recommend
Cafe Route Haggerston
2-10 Hertford RoadThis cafe is on the canal, just near Kingsland Road, and 2 minutes away from mine. Go there for breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee and/or cocktails. Great selection of food.
Located opposite Liverpool Street Station, this 24-hour cafe has consistently good cafe-style food at reasonable prices. Perfect if you are hungry and cold!
11 locals recommend
Polo Bar
176 BishopsgateLocated opposite Liverpool Street Station, this 24-hour cafe has consistently good cafe-style food at reasonable prices. Perfect if you are hungry and cold!
🔶🟥🔵 A Bar with Shapes for a Name
Cocktail bar, very close to mine. Excellent cocktails and great atmosphere, usually open late
Great bar just off the main Dalston beat. Eclectic music, friendly staff, amazing cocktails, always different
39 locals recommend
Servant Jazz Quarters
10A Bradbury StGreat bar just off the main Dalston beat. Eclectic music, friendly staff, amazing cocktails, always different
Pop in here for a drink after walking through Broadway Market and then London Fields park. There's a lovely room at the top of the stairs with a real fire to relax beside
162 locals recommend
Pub On The Park
19 Martello StreetPop in here for a drink after walking through Broadway Market and then London Fields park. There's a lovely room at the top of the stairs with a real fire to relax beside
Excellent cocktails, and a museum of curiousities downstairs
35 locals recommend
The Last Tuesday Society
11 Mare StExcellent cocktails, and a museum of curiousities downstairs
A lovely place to drop by in the afternoon for a coffee, or evening for a drink. Cosy, friendly and quaint.
39 locals recommend
The Bridge
204 CastelnauA lovely place to drop by in the afternoon for a coffee, or evening for a drink. Cosy, friendly and quaint.
Vintage clothes by day, live music and a bar at night. Check their website for live music dates
29 locals recommend
Paper Dress Vintage
352a Mare StreetVintage clothes by day, live music and a bar at night. Check their website for live music dates
The Stags Head
102 New Cavendish StreetLocal pub, real fire in winter, occasionally has music
Sitting on the rooftop with a cocktail when the sun is going down, looking over the canal - it doesn't get much better than this! Just around the corner from my flat
8 locals recommend
By the Bridge Cafe
283a Kingsland RdSitting on the rooftop with a cocktail when the sun is going down, looking over the canal - it doesn't get much better than this! Just around the corner from my flat
Parks & Nature
Brilliant community garden. Lovely place to explore, completely non commercial although you can get a lovely cup of tea or glass of cider here. There's music some evenings in the Summer.
178 locals recommend
Dalston Eastern Curve Garden
13 Dalston LnBrilliant community garden. Lovely place to explore, completely non commercial although you can get a lovely cup of tea or glass of cider here. There's music some evenings in the Summer.
Sightseeing
I've included this bar in the Sightseeing section as it is so Olde World English - a 19th-century wine bar in candlelit, vaulted cellars with original Dickensian-style decor. Even if you don't drink alcohol, it's worth a look. Great cheese platters. Very busy on weeknights especially in the summer but less busy on the weekends.
114 locals recommend
Champagne Bar
87-135 Brompton RdI've included this bar in the Sightseeing section as it is so Olde World English - a 19th-century wine bar in candlelit, vaulted cellars with original Dickensian-style decor. Even if you don't drink alcohol, it's worth a look. Great cheese platters. Very busy on weeknights especially in the summer but less busy on the weekends.