Hackney Downs
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | England |
| region | London |
| official_name | Hackney Downs |
| london_borough | Hackney |
| post_town | LONDON |
| postcode_district | E5/E8 |
| dial_code | 020 |
| coordinates | |
| static_image_name | File:Hackney downs 1.jpg |
| static_image_caption | Hackney Downs from the centre of the Downs looking northeast (October 2005) |
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| country = England | map_type = | region = London | population = | official_name = Hackney Downs | london_borough = Hackney | post_town = LONDON | postcode_district = E5/E8 | dial_code = 020 | coordinates = | static_image_name = File:Hackney downs 1.jpg | static_image_caption = Hackney Downs from the centre of the Downs looking northeast (October 2005)
Hackney Downs is a park and an area of historically common land in the Lower Clapton area of the London Borough of Hackney. The name is sometimes also used to apply to the neighbourhood around the park.
Hackney Downs Park
The Downs open space was originally common land, preserved from the 1860s as parkland as a result of pressure by the Commons Preservation Society. At 16 ha, the park is one of the larger open spaces wholly within the London Borough of Hackney. It has a play area, basketball courts, football pitches and a bowling green.
Occupying, as it does, a fairly central place in Hackney, the park used to be the yearly venue for the popular Hackney Show, but this event — which helped to give a sense of community and identity to an often-troubled borough — has been discontinued in recent times as a cost-cutting measure, as have the regular Fireworks Night shows. The park was given a Green Flag award in July 2008.
Neighbourhood
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Hackney_Met._B_Ward_Map_1916.svg" caption="A map showing the Downs ward of Hackney Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916."] ::
The ‘Hackney Downs’ neighbourhood can be described as the western part of Lower Clapton; the area to the west of Cricketfield Road and east of the railway line. The streets north and south of the park are dominated by social housing (such as the Nightingale Estate) – these areas were largely rebuilt during the 1930s and 1960s.
Education
Hackney Downs School was also located here. The site has been redeveloped as the Mossbourne Community Academy.
Governance
Hackney Downs is currently a ward name, the represented area of three councillors, of Hackney Council up for election every 4 years.
|party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Michael Desmond* |votes = 1,823 |percentage = |change = |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Sem Moema* |votes = 1,748 |percentage = |change = |party = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = Alastair Binnie-Lubbock |votes = 1,667 |percentage = |change = |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = |winner = Green Party of England and Wales |loser = Labour Party (UK) |swing =
|party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Michael Desmond* |votes = 2,076 |percentage = |change = |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Anna-Joy Rickard* |votes = 1,852 |percentage = |change = |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Sem Moema |votes = 1,687 |percentage = |change = |party = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = Alastair Binnie-Lubbock |votes = 1,597 |percentage = |change = |party = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = Sheila Menon |votes = 1,134 |percentage = |change = |party = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = Sally Zlotowitz |votes = 1,074 |percentage = |change = |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Mohammed Lunat |votes = 229 |percentage = |change = |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Yasmin Lunat |votes = 214 |percentage = |change = |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Agnieszka Rolkiewicz |votes = 122 |percentage = |change = |votes = |percentage = |change = |votes = |percentage = 39.7 |change = |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing =
Transport and locale
|title = Neighbouring areas of London. |Northwest = Stoke Newington |North = Stoke Newington |Northeast = Upper Clapton |West = Dalston |Centre = Hackney Downs |East = Lower Clapton |Southwest = Dalston |South = Hackney Central |Southeast = Homerton
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Hackney_districts.gif" caption="Districts within the [[London Borough of Hackney]]."] ::
The two London Overground stations are Hackney Central on the North London line and Hackney Downs on the Lea Valley Lines to Liverpool Street.
References
References
- [http://www.planning-inspectorate.gov.uk/pins/common_land/decisions/2009/hackney_downs_28_july_09.pdf ''Hackney Downs Common''] 30 June 2009 (Planning Inspectorate Casework) accessed 19 Sept 2009
- ''Hackney Today'' 188 21 July 2008
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