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Hackney Downs

Coordinates: 51°33′03″N 0°03′43″W / 51.550818°N 0.061820°W / 51.550818; -0.061820
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Hackney Downs
Hackney Downs from the centre of the Downs looking northeast (October 2005)
Hackney Downs is located in Greater London
Hackney Downs
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51°33′03″N 0°03′43″W / 51.550818°N 0.061820°W / 51.550818; -0.061820

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

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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 hectares (40 acres),[1] 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.[2]

Neighbourhood

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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

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Hackney Downs School was also located here. The site has been redeveloped as the Mossbourne Community Academy.

Governance

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Hackney Downs is currently a ward name, the represented area of three councillors, of Hackney Council up for election every 4 years.

Hackney Downs 2022(3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Desmond* 1,823
Labour Sem Moema* 1,748
Green Alastair Binnie-Lubbock 1,667
Labour Anna-Joy Rickard* 1,636
Green Bettina Maidment 1,573
Green Charlie Norman 1,316
Conservative Agnieszka Cuellar-Bridy 194
Liberal Democrats Erika Merguigi 5.2
Conservative Joanna Wojciechowska 161
Conservative Nikodem Mikolajewski 155
Ind. Network Ruth Parkinson 101
TUSC Clare Doyle 99
Turnout 40.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
Hackney Downs 2018 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Desmond* 2,076
Labour Anna-Joy Rickard* 1,852
Labour Sem Moema 1,687
Green Alastair Binnie-Lubbock 1,597
Green Sheila Menon 1,134
Green Sally Zlotowitz 1,074
Conservative Mohammed Lunat 229
Conservative Yasmin Lunat 214
Conservative Agnieszka Rolkiewicz 122
Majority
Turnout 39.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Transport and locale

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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

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  1. ^ Hackney Downs Common 30 June 2009 (Planning Inspectorate Casework) accessed 19 Sept 2009
  2. ^ Hackney Today 188 21 July 2008
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