Hackney: facts

At a glance

• Country: United Kingdom
• Region: England
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Coordinates: 51.5500° N, 0.0500° W
• Time zone: Europe/London (UTC+00:00 standard, UTC+01:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Pound (GBP)
• Distance to the capital, London: 7.0 km (4.3 mi), straight line

Getting there

• London City Airport (LCY): 8.8 km (5.5 mi), straight line
• London Heathrow Airport (LHR): 30 km (18 mi), straight line
• London Stansted Airport (STN): 42 km (26 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Highbury: 3.5 km (2.1 mi)
• Stepney: 3.6 km (2.3 mi)
• Stratford: 3.9 km (2.4 mi)
• Islington: 4.0 km (2.5 mi)
• Poplar: 4.9 km (3.1 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Islington, 4.0 km (2.5 mi)