Hackney Downs
{{For|the railway station|Hackney Downs railway station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| map_type =
| region = London
| population =
| official_name = Hackney Downs
| london_borough = Hackney
| post_town = LONDON
| postcode_district = E5/E8
| dial_code = 020
| coordinates = {{coord|51.550818|-0.061820|display=inline,title}}
| static_image_name = File:Hackney downs 1.jpg
| static_image_caption = Hackney Downs from the centre of the Downs looking northeast (October 2005)
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Hackney Downs is a park and an area of historically common land in the Lower Clapton area of the London Borough of Hackney. The name is sometimes also used to apply to the neighbourhood around the park.
Hackney Downs Park
The Downs open space was originally common land, preserved from the 1860s as parkland as a result of pressure by the Commons Preservation Society. At {{convert|16|ha|acre}},[http://www.planning-inspectorate.gov.uk/pins/common_land/decisions/2009/hackney_downs_28_july_09.pdf Hackney Downs Common] 30 June 2009 (Planning Inspectorate Casework) accessed 19 Sept 2009 the park is one of the larger open spaces wholly within the London Borough of Hackney. It has a play area, basketball courts, football pitches and a bowling green.
Occupying, as it does, a fairly central place in Hackney, the park used to be the yearly venue for the popular Hackney Show, but this event — which helped to give a sense of community and identity to an often-troubled borough — has been discontinued in recent times as a cost-cutting measure, as have the regular Fireworks Night shows. The park was given a Green Flag award in July 2008.Hackney Today 188 21 July 2008
Neighbourhood
File:Hackney Met. B Ward Map 1916.svg
The ‘Hackney Downs’ neighbourhood can be described as the western part of Lower Clapton; the area to the west of Cricketfield Road and east of the railway line. The streets north and south of the park are dominated by social housing (such as the Nightingale Estate) – these areas were largely rebuilt during the 1930s and 1960s.
Education
{{For|details of education in Hackney Downs|List of schools in the London Borough of Hackney}}
Hackney Downs School was also located here. The site has been redeveloped as the Mossbourne Community Academy.
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Governance
Hackney Downs is currently a ward name, the represented area of three councillors, of Hackney Council up for election every 4 years.
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
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|candidate = Michael Desmond*
|votes = 1,823
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
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|candidate = Sem Moema*
|votes = 1,748
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Alastair Binnie-Lubbock
|votes = 1,667
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{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Anna-Joy Rickard*|votes=1,636|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Bettina Maidment|votes=1,573|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Charlie Norman|votes=1,316|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Agnieszka Cuellar-Bridy|votes=194|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Erika Merguigi|votes=|percentage=5.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Joanna Wojciechowska|votes=161|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Nikodem Mikolajewski|votes=155|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent Network|candidate=Ruth Parkinson|votes=101|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition|candidate=Clare Doyle|votes=99|percentage=|change=}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Desmond*
|votes = 2,076
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
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|candidate = Anna-Joy Rickard*
|votes = 1,852
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
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|candidate = Sem Moema
|votes = 1,687
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|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Alastair Binnie-Lubbock
|votes = 1,597
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Sheila Menon
|votes = 1,134
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|candidate = Sally Zlotowitz
|votes = 1,074
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|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mohammed Lunat
|votes = 229
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|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Yasmin Lunat
|votes = 214
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Agnieszka Rolkiewicz
|votes = 122
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Transport and locale
{{Geographic Location
|title = Neighbouring areas of London.
|Northwest = Stoke Newington
|North = Stoke Newington
|Northeast = Upper Clapton
|West = Dalston
|Centre = Hackney Downs
|East = Lower Clapton
|Southwest = Dalston
|South = Hackney Central
|Southeast = Homerton
}}
The two London Overground stations are Hackney Central on the North London line and Hackney Downs on the Lea Valley Lines to Liverpool Street.
References
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External links
- [http://www.mossbourne.hackney.sch.uk/ Mossbourne Community Academy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051023094900/http://www.mossbourne.hackney.sch.uk/ |date=23 October 2005 }}
- [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/index/council/departments/housing/towerblocks Blasts From The Past]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (LBH film of demolition of the tower blocks on the north side of the Downs).
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Category:Districts of the London Borough of Hackney
Category:Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Hackney