Hackney, London

Hackney
The Copper Box Arena, in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Hackney Location within Greater London
Population	77,736 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference	TQ347845
• Charing Cross	4 mi (6.4 km) SW
London borough	Hackney
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	E5, E8, E9, E20, N1, N16
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch
London Assembly	North East
List of places UK England London 51°32′35″N 0°03′32″W / 51.543°N 0.059°W / 51.543; -0.059

Hackney is a district in East London, England, forming around two-thirds of the area of the modern London Borough of Hackney, to which it gives its name. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Charing Cross and includes part of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Historically it was within the county of Middlesex.

In the past it was also referred to as Hackney Proper to distinguish it from the village which subsequently developed in the vicinity of Mare Street, the term Hackney Proper being applied to the wider district.^[2]

Hackney is a large district, whose long established boundaries encompass the sub-districts of Homerton, Dalston (including Kingsland and Shacklewell), De Beauvoir Town, Upper and Lower Clapton, Stamford Hill, Hackney Central, Hackney Wick, South Hackney and West Hackney.