#pool #parenting #photography #streetphotography #stokenewington #hackney #london

On Saturday, we are drug checking in #Hackney.
How does it work?
1. Surrender a substance 2.
Tell us what you think it is & about your drug use
3. We do lab tests inc. a test for synthetic opioids
4. After~1 hour, we have results & can give honest advice
wearetheloop.org/drug-checking

A pint in the sun in #Hackney whilst waiting for @campfreddy.bsky.social and in readiness for the thrills of Tracey & Ben later #OutOut

100 redditors ranked all of the London Boroughs.

🏆A tier - Islington & City of London

👎 D tier - Tower Hamlets, Brent, Havering, Harrow, Croydon, Enfield, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Barking & Dagenham, Redbridge and Newham

Do you agree?

#london #islington #croydon #hackney #westminster

Sunday morning #StreetArt in #Hackney #London

#UrbanGaze

#OTD 1940 a bomb fell next to St Paul’s Cathedral. It failed to detonate. A bomb disposal team worked to remove the explosive. One of the sappers volunteered to drive it through London to #Hackney Marshes. Hear the story in our Lea Valley Podcast: tinyurl.com/447v6fya #history #ww2 #blitz #london

Good news for any Hackney folk that want to get green fingers. The council has launched a pilot scheme allowing groups to claim plots for fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers. https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2026/09/11/residents-claim-unused-council-land-grow-food-new-pilot/ #Hackney

There is something different about the last walk.

Composition Nº 14 in D♭ Major — The Last Walk Along the Water
youtu.be/KnhStt1NgAw
#OriginalMusic #RomanticOrchestral #ClassicalMusic #London #RegentsCanal #Hackney #LimehouseBasin #LondonPhotography #OrchestralMusic #ContemporaryClassical

Councils don’t balance budgets on our backs demands anti-austerity summit
Councils are being starved of cash, but they don’t have to simply pass the cuts on. The #Hackney anti-austerity summit showed there is a fight to be had:

socialistworker.co.uk/labour/anti-...

Route 254: Aldgate - Holloway, Nags Head

I'm posting a photo every day of every single bus route in London.

This route is currently proposed to be completely withdrawn.

#london #buses #transport #travel #tfl #aldgate #Whitechapel #bethnalgreen #hackney #Clapton #stamfordhill #manorhouse #holloway

Route 253: Hackney Central - Euston

I'm posting a photo every day of every single bus route in London.

#london #buses #transport #travel #tfl #Hackney #Clapton #stamfordhill #manorhouse #finsburypark #holloway #Camden #Euston

Expect pure vibrancy as the borough comes alive for a weekend of celebration. Register now via the 'featured events' on our events hub, via the link in our bio!

#HackneyHalf #Hackney #Running #HalfMarathon #PB

Side by side

In their stand off the kingfishers continued to get closer and closer.

#LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfishers #hackney

Getting closer - watch as one kingfisher moves closer to the other in this epic standoff.

#LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #birds #hackney

Endurance!

These two kingfishers had a stand off a few days ago which lasted for over 3 hours.

Both standing tall to try to intimidate each other, on a few occasions they did come to blows, but they carried on, until a dog disturbed them.

#LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfishers #hackney