Back London Borough of Hackney Afrikaans حي هكني في لندن Arabic حى هاكنى فى لندن ARZ هکنی لندن منطقهسی AZB Hackney Catalan Hackney CEB Hackney Czech Hackney (Bwrdeistref Llundain) Welsh Hackney (bydel) Danish London Borough of Hackney German
Hackney | |
|---|---|
 Hackney from the air | |
 Council logo | |
 Hackney shown within Greater London | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | London |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Created | 1 April 1965 |
| Admin HQ | Mare Street, Hackney |
| Government | |
| • Type | London borough council |
| • Body | Hackney London Borough Council |
| • London Assembly | Sem Moema (Labour) AM for North East |
| • MPs | Diane Abbott (Labour) Meg Hillier (Labour) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.36 sq mi (19.06 km2) |
| • Rank | 291st (of 296) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 261,491 |
| • Rank | 70th (of 296) |
| • Density | 36,000/sq mi (14,000/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Postcodes | |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-HCK |
| ONS code | 00AM |
| GSS code | E09000012 |
| Police | Metropolitan Police |
| Website | hackney |
The London Borough of Hackney (/ˈhækni/ HAK-nee) is a London borough in Inner London, England. The historical and administrative heart of Hackney is Mare Street, which lies 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Charing Cross. The borough is named after Hackney, its principal district. Southern and eastern parts of the borough are popularly regarded as being part of east London that spans some of the traditional East End of London with the northwest belonging to north London. Its population is estimated to be 281,120.
The London Plan issued by the Greater London Authority assigns whole boroughs to sub-regions for statutory monitoring, engagement and resource allocation purposes. The most recent (2011) iteration of this plan assigns Hackney to the 'East' sub-region,[1] while the 2008 and 2004 versions assigned the borough to "North" and "East" sub-regions respectively. The modern borough was formed in 1965 by the merger of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney with the much smaller Metropolitan Boroughs of Stoke Newington and Shoreditch.
Hackney is bounded by Islington to the west, Haringey to the north, Waltham Forest to the north-east, Newham to the east, Tower Hamlets to the south-east and the City of London to the south-west. Hackney was one of the host boroughs of the London Olympics in 2012, with several of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park venues falling within its boundaries.
- ^ "London Places" (PDF). Greater London Authority. Greater London Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.