Hackney’s Neighbours

The London Borough of Hackney has an area of 1,898 hectares (18.98 square kilometres), making it one of the smallest London boroughs; only Hammersmith & Fulham, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, and the City are smaller.

Hackney is one of 14 Inner London boroughs and is located in the north-east of the city. The southern tip of Hackney is just under a mile north of the River Thames. Hackney is one of the 33 boroughs making up Greater London and its direct neighbours are the City, Islington, Haringey, Waltham Forest, Newham and Tower Hamlets.

Hackney is in an unrivalled position - to the south it is adjacent to the City of London, the source of around 8% of the country’s GDP, and at the east of the borough lies the park that will host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and form the centrepiece of the biggest Urban Regeneration project ever seen in Europe.