‘Beating the Bounds’ to mark and confirm the borders between parishes is an ancient tradition, where the border was literally paced out, agreed and marked with stones each year. This ... Read more
A ‘Walk Hackney’ event Climb to Hackney’s highest point. Along the way we will take in Stoke Newington Common, Clapton Common, Hackney’s oldest surviving Church, see inside the former Agapemonite ... Read more
A Walk Hackney Event. Bounded betwixt Clapton, Dalston and Shacklewell, Hackney Downs, the highest piece of open ground within 4 miles of central London, has, like other parts of Hackney, ... Read more
A fascinating walking exploration of an area immediately bordering the old City of London to the north. Now part of the borough of Islington, this area and adjacent Clerkenwell formed ... Read more
A 'Walk Hackney' event Along the western fringes of Hackney, this walk takes you from Kingsland to Newington Green, going through four ancient parishes. Once the hunting ground of kings, ... Read more
In medieval times Clerkenwell was an area of fields on the outskirts of the City of London, dominated by monastic institutions. The monasteries were all closed in the 1530s when ... Read more
A 'Walk Hackney' event This walk starts off in Dalston and takes you through Shacklewell to end at West Hackney Church on Stoke Newington Road. Shacklewell, with its village green, ... Read more
This walk starts in Highbury Fields, then winds south either side of Upper Street towards the Angel. Highbury, Canonbury and the areas around St Mary's Islington and the Angel were ... Read more
In medieval times Clerkenwell was an area of fields on the outskirts of the City of London, dominated by monastic institutions. The monasteries were all closed in the 1530s when ... Read more
De Beauvoir lies in today's London Borough of Hackney and is still sometimes called 'Kingsland' because Henry VIII hunted here. It is distinct from but nestled up close to Dalston, ... Read more
De Beauvoir lies in today's London Borough of Hackney and is still sometimes called 'Kingsland' because Henry VIII hunted here. It is distinct from but nestled up close to Dalston, ... Read more
De Beauvoir lies in today's London Borough of Hackney and is still sometimes called 'Kingsland' because Henry VIII hunted here. It is distinct from but nestled up close to Dalston, ... Read more