Guidebook for London
Entertainment & Activities
V&A儿童博物馆
The history of toys. Good for kids and adults.
Excellent cinema showing art house and mainstream films. It also has a great café bar.
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Hackney Picturehouse
Excellent cinema showing art house and mainstream films. It also has a great café bar.
Retro-American style diner and bowling joint with burgers and cocktails.
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All Star Lanes Brick Lane
Retro-American style diner and bowling joint with burgers and cocktails.
Drinks & Nightlife
Old George Bethnal Green
Relaxed pub with good food and a sun filled garden.
Dead Dolls Club
Fantastic young jazz band late every friday night
Netil360 Rooftop Bar - Restaurant
Huge rooftop bar, great on a sunny afternoon or evening.
Pub On The Park
Great outdoor terrace overlooking London Field Park. The food is good too.
The Camel
Great little pub tucked away on a side street that serves excellent pie and mash
The Florist Arms
Cosy pub, hidden away. They serve tasty, authentic stone baked pizza
Satan's Whiskers
Quirky cocktail bar with table service and taxidermy
Located beneath the railway arches. Amazing range of bottled beer to drink there or take home.
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Mother Kelly’s Bethnal Green
Located beneath the railway arches. Amazing range of bottled beer to drink there or take home.
This bar is fill of character and has and extensive drink selection. The food is good too.
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Well & Bucket
This bar is fill of character and has and extensive drink selection. The food is good too.
Fun little cocktail bar that also servers slider burgers and sourdough sandwiches.
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Off Broadway
Fun little cocktail bar that also servers slider burgers and sourdough sandwiches.
Cat & Mutton
Lively gastro pub that is open until 1am on Friday and Saturday.
The Dove
Fantastic pub with great food. I love this place!
Village Underground
Great music venue in an old warehouse.
Lively bar in a converted warehouse. The have an excellent menu serving breakfast, lunch and bar snack platters. They also have a ping pong table. Downstairs they have art and music events
The Book Club
Lively bar in a converted warehouse. The have an excellent menu serving breakfast, lunch and bar snack platters. They also have a ping pong table. Downstairs they have art and music events
Industrial bar with outdoor seating serving seasonal food cooked on wood-fired ovens and grill, plus cocktails and DJs
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Brat x Climpson's Arch
Industrial bar with outdoor seating serving seasonal food cooked on wood-fired ovens and grill, plus cocktails and DJs
Backyard Comedy Club
Great little comedy club.
Oslo Hackney
Restaurant, club and music venue in former railway station.
The Cock Tavern
This shabby-chic pub is the outlet for Howling Hops microbrewery craft beers.
Buzzing bar with DJ sessions, party nights. Open until 1am Thursday and 3am Friday & Saturday.
The London Fields
Buzzing bar with DJ sessions, party nights. Open until 1am Thursday and 3am Friday & Saturday.
Traditional pub with a great vibe. It has an upstairs dining room and on Sundays, a courtyard cafe for the flower market crowd.
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Royal Oak
Traditional pub with a great vibe. It has an upstairs dining room and on Sundays, a courtyard cafe for the flower market crowd.
Historic club hosting a huge range of live music, comedy, burlesque and art performances
Lodged above a traditional East End workingmen's club, this vintage-chic Bethnal Green hipster hive is the place to be for "special-interest" "performance, exhibitions and partying"; expect a myriad of entertaining nights à la "old-school cabaret" and themed dance parties.
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Bethnal Green Working Men's Club
Historic club hosting a huge range of live music, comedy, burlesque and art performances
Lodged above a traditional East End workingmen's club, this vintage-chic Bethnal Green hipster hive is the place to be for "special-interest" "performance, exhibitions and partying"; expect a myriad of entertaining nights à la "old-school cabaret" and themed dance parties.
Brewer of distinctive live-bottled beers, with an on-site bar hosting regular live music events. Open Thursday to Saturday.
Redchurch Brewery
Brewer of distinctive live-bottled beers, with an on-site bar hosting regular live music events. Open Thursday to Saturday.
Large, laid-back 2-floor pub popular for quiz nights and lively, eclectic DJ programme. They also serve tasty home made fast food.
The Star of Bethnal Green - Home of Karaoke Heaven
Large, laid-back 2-floor pub popular for quiz nights and lively, eclectic DJ programme. They also serve tasty home made fast food.
The wine list takes top billing at this hip Shoreditch haunt (run by a husband-and-wife duo), where a simple Modern European menu focuses on cheese platters, charcuterie and pâtés. Exposed-brick walls and a counter bar made out of cast iron and chunky glass add to the unique earthy-urban vibe. P.S. Email for reservations.
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Sager + Wilde
The wine list takes top billing at this hip Shoreditch haunt (run by a husband-and-wife duo), where a simple Modern European menu focuses on cheese platters, charcuterie and pâtés. Exposed-brick walls and a counter bar made out of cast iron and chunky glass add to the unique earthy-urban vibe. P.S. Email for reservations.
Old, wood-panelled East End pub drawing a hip crowd with basement live music, burgers and hot dogs.
Sebright Arms
Old, wood-panelled East End pub drawing a hip crowd with basement live music, burgers and hot dogs.
Recently restored to its Victorian glory, serving traditional short-crust pies and mash and a range of craft beers and cocktails, with live music on Saturday nights. Open until 1am Friday and Saturday.
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Birdcage
Recently restored to its Victorian glory, serving traditional short-crust pies and mash and a range of craft beers and cocktails, with live music on Saturday nights. Open until 1am Friday and Saturday.
Traditional pub with wooden floors, terrace and large bar serving a changing menu of pub staples.
The Plough at Swan Wharf
Traditional pub with wooden floors, terrace and large bar serving a changing menu of pub staples.
A rooftop garden and bar that hosts summer events including film and music nights
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Dalston Roofpark
A rooftop garden and bar that hosts summer events including film and music nights
Small, not-for-profit club with innovative programme of jazz, improvised and experimental music.
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Vortex
Small, not-for-profit club with innovative programme of jazz, improvised and experimental music.
Eclectic gay bar/cafe with cocktails, comfort food & a full calendar of art shows & music events
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Dalston Superstore
Eclectic gay bar/cafe with cocktails, comfort food & a full calendar of art shows & music events
Industrial basement space hosting weekly gigs and DJ sets from the cutting edge of electrohouse.
The Nest
Industrial basement space hosting weekly gigs and DJ sets from the cutting edge of electrohouse.
Narrow bar with high stools, banquettes and bare brick walls, serving a menu of seasonal cocktails.
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High Water London
Narrow bar with high stools, banquettes and bare brick walls, serving a menu of seasonal cocktails.
Romantic, intimate basement bar with stylish retro details, serving cocktails and craft beers.
Ruby's
Romantic, intimate basement bar with stylish retro details, serving cocktails and craft beers.
Community arts hub staging music, dance and spoken word performance, art shows and film screenings.
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Rich Mix
Community arts hub staging music, dance and spoken word performance, art shows and film screenings.
Buzzing, atmospheric venue for bands and DJs in disused railway yard with global menu and a garden.
Cargo
Buzzing, atmospheric venue for bands and DJs in disused railway yard with global menu and a garden.
Low-lit Shoreditch bar with Lewis Carroll-themed interior and long menu of innovative cocktails. See if they let you through the wardrobe.
Callooh Callay
Low-lit Shoreditch bar with Lewis Carroll-themed interior and long menu of innovative cocktails. See if they let you through the wardrobe.
Creative cocktails and vintage spirits in a stylish bar with low sofas and weekly live music.
Joyeux Bordel
Creative cocktails and vintage spirits in a stylish bar with low sofas and weekly live music.
Laid-back update on a Victorian pub (with cocktail menu), plus DJs and an illuminated dance floor in the basement.
Electricity Showrooms
Laid-back update on a Victorian pub (with cocktail menu), plus DJs and an illuminated dance floor in the basement.
Community bar for pints and Caribbean food with weekly open-mic nights and jazz funk jam sessions.
Troy Bar
Community bar for pints and Caribbean food with weekly open-mic nights and jazz funk jam sessions.
Cool, vibrant bar on 4 floors with lounges, sofas and roof terrace, serving burgers and pizza.
Leo's The Red Lion
Cool, vibrant bar on 4 floors with lounges, sofas and roof terrace, serving burgers and pizza.
Hip speakeasy bar in a tiny low-lit basement, serving cocktails shaken by professional mixologists.
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Happiness Forgets
Hip speakeasy bar in a tiny low-lit basement, serving cocktails shaken by professional mixologists.
Spacious bar with a few table football tables, hung with flags and memorabilia, showing matches on big screen. Nice food too! So much better than a typical sports bar.
Bar Kick
Spacious bar with a few table football tables, hung with flags and memorabilia, showing matches on big screen. Nice food too! So much better than a typical sports bar.
Food Scene
Many excellent cafés, restaurants, pubs and bars. Also a Fantastic food market on Saturday 9am-5pm.
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Broadway Market
Many excellent cafés, restaurants, pubs and bars. Also a Fantastic food market on Saturday 9am-5pm.
Famous 24 hour Beigel Bakery.
I love the classic cream cheese and smoked salmon beigel. Delicous and cheap.
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Beigel Bake
Famous 24 hour Beigel Bakery.
I love the classic cream cheese and smoked salmon beigel. Delicous and cheap.
A classic East End Italian Café.
Friendly and entertaining staff, large portions of tasty food.
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E Pellicci
A classic East End Italian Café.
Friendly and entertaining staff, large portions of tasty food.
Cafe 338 London
Great portions, great price.
Curry 2000 London
Good for quick, cheap Indian food to take away
Great Sunday market selling sorts including food and clothes. The South end of Brick Lane is famous for it's countless Indian restaurants
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The Truman Brewery Markets
Great Sunday market selling sorts including food and clothes. The South end of Brick Lane is famous for it's countless Indian restaurants
Modest looking restaurant serving delicious, authentic Italian food at a very reasonable price.
Italina385
Modest looking restaurant serving delicious, authentic Italian food at a very reasonable price.
Modern British food. They have a very interesting tasting menu. The quality is high and so are the prices.
Paradise Garage
Modern British food. They have a very interesting tasting menu. The quality is high and so are the prices.
Brunch and dinner. A restaurant and bar that smoke the own salmon. Set under the railway arches it has lots of atmosphere, not for those who want peace and quiet.
Resident of Paradise Row
Brunch and dinner. A restaurant and bar that smoke the own salmon. Set under the railway arches it has lots of atmosphere, not for those who want peace and quiet.
McDonald's
Subway
Modern Thai cuisine in a cute little restaurant with canteen style wooden benches and stools. My favourite is Rosa's butternut red curry.
Rosa's Thai Spitalfields
Modern Thai cuisine in a cute little restaurant with canteen style wooden benches and stools. My favourite is Rosa's butternut red curry.
Franco Manca Broadway Market
Great sourdough pizzas from a wood fired oven.
L’eau à La Bouche
Rustic French fare in a cafe-deli that also has tables outside.
An authentic East End experience. Pie & mash with liquor (parsley sauce) and if you're feeling adventurous some jellied eels.
F. Cooke
An authentic East End experience. Pie & mash with liquor (parsley sauce) and if you're feeling adventurous some jellied eels.
Gallery Cafe
Vegetarian & Vegan café.
High quality Indian food in beautiful hip, large, Bombay style restaurant.
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Dishoom Shoreditch
High quality Indian food in beautiful hip, large, Bombay style restaurant.
Pizza East - Shoreditch
Great pizza in a fantastic industrial chic 1930's building.
Dinerama
Split-level, global street food market housing a cluster of indoor food stalls and bars.
Hip, industrial-chic pizzeria with a 'disco ball' oven, for brunch, drinks and Italian small plates
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LARDO
Hip, industrial-chic pizzeria with a 'disco ball' oven, for brunch, drinks and Italian small plates
Simple Turkish venue serving classic meze, barbecued meat, fish and kebabs. Large portions, small price.
Tad Restaurant - Charcoal Grill
Simple Turkish venue serving classic meze, barbecued meat, fish and kebabs. Large portions, small price.
Simple dining room for Middle Eastern chargrilled kebabs and meze dishes; takeaway available.
Anatolia Restaurant
Simple dining room for Middle Eastern chargrilled kebabs and meze dishes; takeaway available.
Vietnamese sea bass and monkfish dishes in small, no-frills restaurant/takeaway with home delivery.
Hanoi Pho
Vietnamese sea bass and monkfish dishes in small, no-frills restaurant/takeaway with home delivery.
Relaxed, family run cafe-diner offering stylishly presented, exotic, North Vietnamese cuisine
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Green Papaya
Relaxed, family run cafe-diner offering stylishly presented, exotic, North Vietnamese cuisine
Simple, modern cafe serving coffee and cold pressed juices, plus vegetarian food, salads and wine
The Hive
Simple, modern cafe serving coffee and cold pressed juices, plus vegetarian food, salads and wine
Stripped-back, railway-arch bakery and cafe, for organic sourdough bread and Mediterranean lunches
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E5 Bakehouse
Stripped-back, railway-arch bakery and cafe, for organic sourdough bread and Mediterranean lunches
Stylish Shoreditch restaurant, whose wonderful British and Mediterranean small-plates menu includes an "all-things-pork" section and an interesting wine list that highlights natural and biodynamic options and a great set lunch on Sundays. Prices are reasonable considering the quality
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Brawn
Stylish Shoreditch restaurant, whose wonderful British and Mediterranean small-plates menu includes an "all-things-pork" section and an interesting wine list that highlights natural and biodynamic options and a great set lunch on Sundays. Prices are reasonable considering the quality
Small rustic restaurant serving north-western Spanish specialities and hearty tapas-style dishes.
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Laxeiro
Small rustic restaurant serving north-western Spanish specialities and hearty tapas-style dishes.
Italian restaurant known for its thin-crust pizzas, with bright decor and courtyard seating
Cheap and cheery, this down-to-earth Italian specialises in great pizza, pastas and other mains and with such value for money, no surprise that it's always busy P.S. takeaway also available.
Stringray Globe Cafe
Italian restaurant known for its thin-crust pizzas, with bright decor and courtyard seating
Cheap and cheery, this down-to-earth Italian specialises in great pizza, pastas and other mains and with such value for money, no surprise that it's always busy P.S. takeaway also available.
Rustic cafe on a city farm with a menu based on homegrown and local produce. Open forTuesday to Sunday for breakfast and lunch plus Thursday and Friday evenings.
Frizzante
Rustic cafe on a city farm with a menu based on homegrown and local produce. Open forTuesday to Sunday for breakfast and lunch plus Thursday and Friday evenings.
The Common E2 is a cafe and architectural studio situated within the Winkley Conservation area on Old Bethnal Green Road in East London.
The Common E2
The Common E2 is a cafe and architectural studio situated within the Winkley Conservation area on Old Bethnal Green Road in East London.
Padron
Authentic Spanish tapas at a good price.
Delicious Vegan Italia food on a Red Double Decker Bus with an eat-in space on the upper deck. Lasagne, burgers, soups etc. 11am to 22pm
Just F.A.B. Food Bus in London (RELOCATING)
Delicious Vegan Italia food on a Red Double Decker Bus with an eat-in space on the upper deck. Lasagne, burgers, soups etc. 11am to 22pm
Modern European classics in a trendy loft-restaurant with cocktails and stage shows downstairs.
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BISTROTHEQUE
Modern European classics in a trendy loft-restaurant with cocktails and stage shows downstairs.
Much-loved Punjabi restaurant serving aromatic, spicy dishes in a no-frills, contemporary interior.
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Tayyabs
Much-loved Punjabi restaurant serving aromatic, spicy dishes in a no-frills, contemporary interior.
French bistro dishes served in a rustic-chic restaurant with a Gallic ambiance and occasional jazz. Lunch & dinner.
Chez Elles Bistroquet
French bistro dishes served in a rustic-chic restaurant with a Gallic ambiance and occasional jazz. Lunch & dinner.
Cool coffee shop and art gallery with eclectic decor, serving gluten-free sweet and savoury snacks.
Black Cat Bakery
Cool coffee shop and art gallery with eclectic decor, serving gluten-free sweet and savoury snacks.
Meraz
A cosy and informal Indian eatery established in 1974, with separate lunch and dinner menus.
Eclectic menu blends European and Middle Eastern dishes in a chill, hip space with a covered patio.
Jago Restaurant
Eclectic menu blends European and Middle Eastern dishes in a chill, hip space with a covered patio.
Vesuvio
Fantastic, authentic Italian food. A hidden gem!
A varied Thai menu served in a bright dining room with carved wood furnishing and Asian artefacts.
Kinkao
A varied Thai menu served in a bright dining room with carved wood furnishing and Asian artefacts.
Charity-run cafe for ethically-sourced coffee, sandwiches and cakes in an art-filled urban setting.
Kahaila
Charity-run cafe for ethically-sourced coffee, sandwiches and cakes in an art-filled urban setting.
Dark Sugars
Beautifully displayed mountains of gorgeous artisan chocolate and truffles.
Daytime cafe, night-time performances, with live avant-garde music from free jazz to psych rock.
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Cafe OTO
Daytime cafe, night-time performances, with live avant-garde music from free jazz to psych rock.
Easily one of the best cafe/restaurants in Dalston. Charming, friendly staff, a very tasty lunch menu and an amazing tapas style menu in the evening. The black calamari risotto is to-die-for..... Great Monday £10 deal too, with several dishes and a glass of wine.
Ivy's Mess Hall
Easily one of the best cafe/restaurants in Dalston. Charming, friendly staff, a very tasty lunch menu and an amazing tapas style menu in the evening. The black calamari risotto is to-die-for..... Great Monday £10 deal too, with several dishes and a glass of wine.
Boundary Shoreditch
French dining, rooftop bar and grill in a converted Victorian warehouse.
Peruvian ceviche, street food, smoothies and cocktails in a trendy, South American-inspired setting.
Andina Spitalfields
Peruvian ceviche, street food, smoothies and cocktails in a trendy, South American-inspired setting.
English and American breakfasts, plus comfort foods and burgers in cheerful, quirky surrounds.
The Breakfast Club Canary Wharf
English and American breakfasts, plus comfort foods and burgers in cheerful, quirky surrounds.
Casual, vibrant cafe-diner offering stylishly presented, exotic, North Vietnamese cuisine.
GREEN PAPAYA
Casual, vibrant cafe-diner offering stylishly presented, exotic, North Vietnamese cuisine.
Excellent Vietnamese noodle salads, soups and street food in a simple unpretentious restaurant.
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BunBunBun
Excellent Vietnamese noodle salads, soups and street food in a simple unpretentious restaurant.
Essentials
Tesco Express
Medium sized supermarket.
Aryubi Express London
Excellent fruit and vegetables.
Bethnal Green Post Office
Bethnal Green Police Station
HSBC
2 ATM's with free withdrawals .
Boots
Chemist
Bell Boi
Luggage storage for £5 per day.
They are also a coffee shop.
Bethnal Green Health Centre
http://www.bethnalgreenhealthcentre.nhs.uk/
Arts & Culture
白教堂美术馆
Excellent Art Gallery.
圣保罗座堂
Architecture at it's finest.
泰特现代艺术馆
A 'must see' art gallery.
自然史博物馆
Great for adults and kids.
The history of the British home. Free entry.
Re-created domestic interiors from 1600 to the present, with a walled herb garden
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Museum of the Home
The history of the British home. Free entry.
Re-created domestic interiors from 1600 to the present, with a walled herb garden
Hackney Empire
Restored theatre with grand interior and eclectic programme.
Intimate fringe theatre in a former paint factory, presenting adventurous new works and classics
Arcola Bar
Intimate fringe theatre in a former paint factory, presenting adventurous new works and classics
Sightseeing
Great Sunday flower market 8am-2pm. The Street is also lined with interesting shops selling bread and cheeses, antiques, garden accessories, wine and arty bits and pieces.
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Columbia Road Flower Market
Great Sunday flower market 8am-2pm. The Street is also lined with interesting shops selling bread and cheeses, antiques, garden accessories, wine and arty bits and pieces.
伦敦塔桥
A classic London sight, great at sunset.
圣玛莉艾克斯30号大楼
One of London's best new buildings, designed by Norman Foster + Partners.
Hop on the central line tube or have a leisurely trip on the number 8 bus to Oxford Circus. Oxford Street and Regent Street are World famous shopping destinations.
Oxford Street
Hop on the central line tube or have a leisurely trip on the number 8 bus to Oxford Circus. Oxford Street and Regent Street are World famous shopping destinations.
大本钟
Iconic building next to the River Thames
Parks & Nature
If you want to see where the London Olympics were held the park is open to the public.
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英女王伊丽莎白二世奥林匹克公园
If you want to see where the London Olympics were held the park is open to the public.
Great for kids. Farm animals including pigs, goats, donkeys chickens and ducks. They also have a good café.
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Hackney City Farm
Great for kids. Farm animals including pigs, goats, donkeys chickens and ducks. They also have a good café.
Spitalfields City Farm
Great for kids. Farm animals, just off Brick Lane.
Lovely large East London park with lake and fantastic kids playground.
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Pavilion Cafe Victoria Park
Lovely large East London park with lake and fantastic kids playground.
London Fields
Cute park in the heart of Hackney. Very popular with hipsters
Museum Gardens
Pretty little park next to the Museum of Childhood (Toy Museum)
倫敦場
Outdoor swimming pool. Can get busy on the weekend.
A pretty park that's good for picnics on a sunny day. It has a community orchard and a farm. It also has various sports facilities. A free BMX track, Tennis courts, Football pitches and a concrete ping pong table.
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Haggerston Park
A pretty park that's good for picnics on a sunny day. It has a community orchard and a farm. It also has various sports facilities. A free BMX track, Tennis courts, Football pitches and a concrete ping pong table.
A community garden turned into a coffee and meeting place. It is an oasis in the midst of the city. The coffee shop is maintained by the local community and it has very low prices. They also offer sourdough, freshly made pizza which is brilliant. On a sunny day it's a great place relax.
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Dalston Eastern Curve Garden
A community garden turned into a coffee and meeting place. It is an oasis in the midst of the city. The coffee shop is maintained by the local community and it has very low prices. They also offer sourdough, freshly made pizza which is brilliant. On a sunny day it's a great place relax.