Hackney
OS Grid Reference:	TQ345845 (http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=TQ345845)
Administration
Borough:	Hackney
County:	Greater London
Region:	Greater London
Nation:	England
Other
Ceremonial County:	Greater London
Traditional County:	Middlesex
Post Office and Telephone
Post town:	LONDON
Postcode:	E5, E8, E9
Dialling Code:	020

Hackney is an area of the London Borough of Hackney, in the northeast of London, UK.

Places in Hackney include:

• Dalston
• Haggerston
• Kingsland
• Homerton
• Clapton

Hackney's biggest park is Victoria Park. Other parks include Hackney Downs and London Fields

Writer Grace Aguilar was born in Hackney. Daniel Defoe lived in Hackney.

See also

• Hackney carriage