This article is about the area of London. For the Cambridge college, see Homerton College, Cambridge.

Homerton
OS Grid Reference:	TQ355855 (http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=TQ355855)
Administration
Borough:	Hackney
County:	Greater London
Region:	Greater London
Nation:	England
Other
Ceremonial County:	Greater London
Traditional County:	Middlesex
Post Office and Telephone
Postal County:	London
Postcode:	E9
Dialling Code:	020

Homerton is a place in the London Borough of Hackney.

Original location of Homerton College, a teacher training institution now part of the University of Cambridge.

Seventies Glam rock singer Marc Bolan was born in Hackney Hospital, on Homerton High Street. The hospital, originally built in 1841 as a workhouse, finally closed in 1995, it's poor reputation contrasting with that of the new Homerton University Hospital which opened in 1987 on a site nearby.

Homerton's links with popular music continued with the arrival of Toerag, an eight track recording studio which uses reclaimed 1960s analogue equipment, where notably the White Stripes' acclaimed 2003 album Elephant was produced.

Nearest places:

• Leyton
• Stratford
• Dalston
• Haggerston
• Bethnal Green

Nearest railway station:

• Homerton railway station

External links

• Homerton University Hospital (http://www.homerton.nhs.uk/)
• Toerag Studios (http://www.toeragstudios.com/)