Welcome to our guide for the area around Old Street in Hackney. Below we present a selection of upcoming events, local attractions and great places to eat and shop. The nearest station to Old Street is 'Old Street Tube' which is about 11 minutes to the South West.
The End of the World - Zombie Attack!
Village Underground, 54 Holywell Lane, EC2A 3PQ
Saturday 31st October 2009
Don your best zombie-killer clobber and make a bee-line... More
Shoreditch Festival 2009
Shoreditch Park, N1 6TA
16th - 23rd July 2009
The Shoreditch Festival has been brought forward to July for 2009. The opening event in ... More
Shoreditch Festival 2009
Shoreditch Park, N1 6TA
16th July - 23rd July 2009
The Shoreditch Festival has been brought forward to July for 2009. The opening event in... More
Sh! Women's Erotic Emporium
57 Hoxton Square, N1 6PB
This friendly erotic boutique in Hoxton Square is usually one for the girls with men only allowed in if... More
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road, Hackney, E2 7RG
If your Valentine's more of a country bumpkin than a city slicker, you'll just love the straight-from-the-garden feel... More
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Lined with chic boutiques, every Sunday this historic street fills with a bright patchwork of hundreds of flower stalls. Columbia Road is the capital's most ...More
"In a Sunday Shoot anyone can walk in and almost anything can happen," says photographer Seamus Ryan. It's this element of surprise that appeals to ...More
The first newly built public art gallery in London since the Hayward Gallery opened in 1968, Rivington Place is a beautiful glass fronted building designed ... More
Opened on 5th October 2007, this Rivington Place art gallery is a £8m public building dedicated to culturally diverse visual arts. It's a joint venture ... More
Although vegetarians are relatively well catered for in the capital, eating out as a vegan presents more of a challenge. It's not often you find ... More
Opening a 'Turkish brasserie' on Old Street among the scores of established take-aways is a bold move by Shish, the original branch of which is ... More
City’s Print Journalism course is recognised as the best in London. Although places like Goldsmith’s are trendier, City is respected in the industry thanks to ... More
There's a real art to making cocktails. Don't be fooled into thinking it's all about shaking vigorously and pouring because, to be a proper cocktail ...More
Fantastic education in the complete selection of circus arts, including a degree in circus performance and an affordable six-week clowning course. They also present regular ... More
The third of these increasingly popular 1950s retro-America style bowling alleys opened in late 2008 to much critical acclaim. Located in the Old Truman Brewery ...More
Fashionable Shoreditch drinkers are attracted to this cellar bar by its rickety old furniture, interesting imported beers, and a pricy, but very tasty selection of ... More
Cargo were pioneers of the multi-tasking MDF concept (that's Music-Dance-Food, not cheap fibreboard) and boast one of the most imaginative live music line-ups in the ... More
Plastic People boasts the best sound system in Shoreditch. This friendly, unpretentious space serves up seriously fresh music to a loyal crowd. Their no-frills ...More
Site of the legendary Whirly Gig parties in the nineties, Shoreditch Town Hall lends itself well to any type of gathering. Re-opened in 2005, following ...More
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