‘Best form of transport’: New walking map of Hackney Central celebrates borough’s ‘fascinating and diverse’ history
Hackney Central Footways, available online and in print for free, is designed to encourage people to explore on foot
Sean Gubbins
Celebration to mark 150 years of the arts in Dalston kicks off this weekend
The area’s long association with creatives began in 1868 with the building of the Reeves and Sons factory
St Augustine’s Tower: ‘it was Buckingham Palace for pigeons’
St Augustine’s Tower is Hackney’s oldest building and a symbol of the borough. But for years the building lay redundant with its doors locked
Walk this way – history buffs take a tour of De Beauvoir
This Victorian enclave of Hackney boasts Jacobean-styled finery as well as architectural oddities