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Delve into Upper Clapton
The district Upper Clapton of Hackney in Greater London (England) is a district located in United Kingdom a little north-east of London, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 11°C / 52 °F
Morning Temperature | 5°C / 42 °F |
Evening Temperature | 9°C / 47 °F |
Night Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 2% |
Air Humidity | 43% |
Air Pressure | 1005 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from South-East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Friday, 26th of April 2024
8°C (47 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
12°C (53 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
14°C (56 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
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ACE Hotel - London Shoreditch
Town Hall Hotel & Apartments
Courthouse Hotel Shoreditch
Globe City Apartments
The Re London Shoreditch
Shoreditch Inn
ibis Styles London Leyton
TRAVELODGE LONDON WALTHAMSTOW
London Apartments Shoreditch
Videos from this area
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Walthamstow No1 Carp Fishing - Saturday 1st February 2014
This is a video filmed on Walthamstow No1 Reservoir on Saturday 1st February 2014. We had a good session catching 13 carp between the three of us up to 20lb 10oz. Carl Pashley Thomas Pashley...
London - This City
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Hand Feeding Wild Fox - Hackney East London
Pulled a trap of this foxes tail one night, it's been my friend ever since. (Of course feeding him had nothing to do with it trusting me) Copyright - Ian Phillips.
Commercial waste collection Hackney London E8
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What does the Hackney Empire mean to you?
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A new dame in Hackney
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Hackney Empire Panto 2011 - Cinderella
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Hackney North and Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)
Hackney North and Stoke Newington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since 1987 by Diane Abbott of the Labour Party.
Lee Valley Ice Centre
The Lee Valley Ice Centre is situated in the Lee Valley Regional Park in London, England. Figure Skating, ice hockey and public skating sessions are all available at Lee Valley Ice Centre.
Tawhid Boys School
Tawhid Boys School is located in Stoke Newington, in the London Borough of Hackney. It is the first Islamic boys school in the Stoke Newington area. The school was founded in June 2000 (Rabi-al Awwal 1421). Hadhrat Moulana Yusuf Motala, head and founder of Darul-Uloom, Bury, Greater Manchester, inaugurated the school in September 2000. The total number of students in Tawhid exceeds 100 between the ages of 10 and 16, with 13 teachers.
Walthamstow Marshes
Walthamstow Marshes, located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest. It was once an area of lammas land — strips of meadow used for growing crops and grazing cattle. In 1909, the aero-designer Alliott Verdon Roe made the first all-British powered flight across the marsh in a Roe I Triplane (his earlier Roe I Biplane had been fitted with a French motorcycle engine). He went on to found the Avro Company, with his brother, in Manchester.
The Centre of Attention
The Centre of Attention is a London-based contemporary art organisation set up in 1999. Projects are shown internationally and constitute an ongoing enquiry into the phenomenon of art production, presentation and consumption.
Gibson Gardens
Gibson Gardens is a well-known historic tenement block of flats in Stoke Newington in London, England. The flats were built by the Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes in 1880 and originally comprised 3 brick blocks of flats and a row of 'cottages' which originally housed older relations of people living in the blocks. A further block (the 'paddlesteamer' block) was built later.
BSix Sixth Form College
BSix Sixth Form College: Brooke House is a sixth form college located in Upper Clapton, London in the United Kingdom. It officially opened in September 2002, giving students in Hackney the opportunity to study at a college close to where they live. Brooke House has previously been the site of other educational institutions. BSix Brooke House Sixth Form College was opened on the site of the of Brooke House school in September 2002.
Cazenove (ward)
Cazenove is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and the area forms part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency. Its named derives from the Cazenove Road which runs through the ward. The ward returns three councillors to Hackney London Borough Council, with elections every four years. At the most recent election on 6 May 2010 Ian Sharer, Dawood Akhoon and Abraham (Sam) Jacobson, all candidates for the Liberal Democrats, were elected.
Springfield (Hackney ward)
Springfield is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and forms part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency. The name is derived from Springfield Park and roughly corresponds to Upper Clapton. The ward returns three councillors to the Borough Council, with elections every four years. At the last election on 6 May 2010, Michael Levy and Simche Steinberger; and Margaret Gordon were returned. Turnout was 57%; with 3,993 votes cast.
Hackney Downs (ward)
Hackney Downs is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney, corresponding roughly to the Hackney Downs area of London, UK and forms part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency. The ward returns three councillors every four years to Borough Council and at the previous election, held on 6 May 2010 Rick Muir, Michael Desmond, and Alex Russell, all Labour Party candidates, were returned. Turnout was 58%; with 4,979 votes cast.
Leabridge Park (ward)
Leabridge Park is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and roughly corresponds to the Lea Bridge district of London, and is distinct from the Lea Bridge (ward) in the neighbouring London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is part of Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency. The ward returns three councillors to Borough Council, with elections every four years. At the last elections on 6 May 2010, Linda Kelly, Deniz Oguzkanli, and Ian Rathbone, all Labour Party candidates, were returned.
Lea Bridge Road
Lea Bridge Road is a major through route in North East London, across the Lea Valley from Clapton to Whipps Cross in Leyton. Lea Bridge was once the name of a football stadium for Leyton Orient located along Lea Bridge Road.
A107 road
The A107 is an A road in London, England. It runs from Whitechapel to Hackney. Known as Mare Street for much of its length, it crosses the Regent's Canal near the Ash Grove Bus Garage.
Tayyibah Girls' School
Tayyibah Girls' School, is a private, all girl, independent, Islamic primary and secondary educational institute that caters for girls from ages 4 to 18. It is located in Hackney, London, United Kingdom. There are approximately 240 girls in the school all together.
Clapton Square
The Clapton Square Conservation Area, Hackney, was designated in 1969 and extended in 1991 & 2000. It is protected by Acts of Parliament as a London Square. It is dominated by the Church of St John-at-Hackney built in 1792-97, and St John’s Gardens. Its made up of listed late Georgian terraces on Clapton Square. More of these terraces can be found on the south side of Sutton Place (once home to Colin Firth) and pairs of early mid-nineteenth century houses to the north.
Church of St John-at-Hackney
The Church of St John-at-Hackney is situated in the London Borough of Hackney. It was built in 1792, in an open field, north east of Hackney's medieval parish church, of which only St Augustine's Tower remains. Separated by the southern extension of Lower Clapton Road, it looks north to the late Georgian Clapton Square.
Brook Community Primary School
Brook Community Primary School is located within the London Borough of Hackney. It is a Fresh Start school which opened in April 2005. It replaced the previously failing Amherst Primary School, situated on the same site. The school has been subject to regular inspections by Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools throughout the Fresh Start process. In 2007, Brook underwent a Section 5 inspection where inspectors found the school to be making good progress.
West Warwick Reservoir
West Warwick Reservoir is located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest at Walthamstow. The storage reservoir is part of the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain, which supplies drinking water to London. It is owned by Thames Water.
Coppermill Stream
The Coppermill Stream is located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest at Walthamstow in an area generally known as the Lea Valley. It is a minor tributary of the River Lea and approximately 2 miles long. The stream is part of a Site of Metropolitan Importance.
Campbell Works
Campbell Works is the creative partnership of artists Neil Taylor & Harriet Murray established in 2004 . It runs a programme of contemporary art exhibitions, public engagement projects, publications and education schemes. By initiating and developing collaborative frameworks and creating a platform for new curatorial projects, Campbell Works acts as a meeting point for ideas and explores contextual relationships between art, spaces and people.
Simon Marks Jewish Primary School
Simon Marks Jewish Primary School is a primary school in Stoke Newington, North London. The school is situated on the corner of both Cazenove Road and Kyverdale Road. Pupils range from 4 years old right the way through to 11 years old (Year 6), not including the nursery which is available for 3 and 4 year olds. The heateacher is Mrs Gill Ross. The School has a PTA. The Chair of the Governing Body is Mr Howard Pallis and the School's Trust is chaired by Mr Billy Sharron.
Middlesex Filter Beds Weir
The Middlesex Filter Beds Weir, or Lea Bridge Road Weir, marks the start of the Hackney Cut, an artificial channel of the River Lee Navigation built in 1770, in the London Borough of Hackney. The weir lies between the former Middlesex Filter Beds – now a nature reserve – and the Thames Water treatment works at Lea Bridge Road.
Springfield Park (London)
Springfield Park is a park in Upper Clapton in the London Borough of Hackney in north London. The park was formed in 1905 from the grounds of three private houses, one of which still survives as a cafe. It is a Local Nature Reserve.
Clapton Pond
Clapton Pond is a pond and garden, located in Hackney, east London. The name ‘Clapton’ or ‘farm on the hill’ is derived from the Old English words ‘clop’, meaning a lump or hill, and ‘ton’, meaning a farm. For centuries the land was owned by the Bishops of London, and occupied by tenant farmers who grew hay and food for the City of London. The villages of Lower and Upper Clapton lay on either side of Clapton Lane, which later became the Lower and Upper Clapton Roads.
Hall Farm Curve
The Hall Farm Curve is a disused 500 metres length of railway line in Walthamstow, east London, that connected Chingford station with Stratford station until the closure of the section of line in 1970.