Hackney Road is a London arterial route running from

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to Cambridge Heath in the

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. The route runs along the northern edge of

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and southern edge of

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. It lies close to the border between the boroughs of London Boroughs of Hackney and Tower Hamlets. In recent years, Hackney Road has begun to experience the

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of nearby

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or Broadway Market. Despite this, a number of derelict buildings still remain, including the empty Children's Hospital. The road also has

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venues such as ''Browns'' and ''The Olde Axe'' (Clifton 2002), a bingo hall, fast-food outlets and building sites. Hackney City Farm is located at the junction of (intersection with) Goldsmith's Row on the northern ( Hackney) side of the road. Next to the farm is Haggerston Park. In 2008 a 178-room Days Hotel London Shoreditch opened at the junction with Pritchard's Road. This has since become the RE Hotel London Shoreditch.

Transport

Hackney Road is served by the

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26 and 55. Cambridge Heath station is situated at the east end of Hackney Road, at the junction with Cambridge Heath Road. The west end of Hackney Road is served by London Overground services from

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July 2005 bombings

On 21 July 2005 at 13:30 BST a small explosion occurred on the Number 26 bus travelling from

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, on the

side of Hackney Road at the corner with Columbia Road in

. There were no fatalities in the

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References

*Clifton, L. (2002) ''Baby Oil and Ice: Striptease in East London''. The Do-Not Press Limited: London. *Harrison, P. (1985) ''Inside the Inner City: Life Under the Cutting Edge''. Penguin: Harmondsworth.

External links

London Borough of Hackney
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