Hackney Downs
Hackney Downs from the centre of the Downs looking northeast (October 2005)
Hackney Downs Location withinGreater London
London borough	Hackney
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
London Assembly	North East
List of places UK England London 51°33′03″N0°03′43″W / 51.550818°N 0.061820°W /51.550818; -0.061820

Hackney Downs is a park and an area of historicallycommon land in theLower Clapton area of theLondon Borough of Hackney. The name is sometimes also used to apply to the neighbourhood around the park.

The Downs open space was originally common land, preserved from the 1860s as parkland as a result of pressure by theCommons Preservation Society. At 16 hectares (40 acres),^[1] the park is one of the larger open spaces wholly within the London Borough of Hackney. It has a play area, basketball courts, football pitches and a bowling green.

Occupying, as it does, a fairly central place in Hackney, the park used to be the yearly venue for the popular Hackney Show, but this event — which helped to give a sense of community and identity to an often-troubled borough — has been discontinued in recent times as a cost-cutting measure, as have the regularFireworks Night shows. The park was given aGreen Flag award in July 2008.^[2]

The ‘Hackney Downs’ neighbourhood can be described as the western part ofLower Clapton; the area to the west of Cricketfield Road and east of the railway line. The streets north and south of the park are dominated by social housing (such as theNightingale Estate) – these areas were largely rebuilt during the 1930s and 1960s.

Hackney Downs School was also located here. The site has been redeveloped as theMossbourne Community Academy.

Hackney Downs is currently award name, the represented area of three councillors, of Hackney Council up for election every 4 years.

The twoLondon Overground stations areHackney Central on theNorth London line andHackney Downs on theLea Valley Lines toLiverpool Street.

• Mossbourne Community AcademyArchived 23 October 2005 at theWayback Machine
• Blasts From The Past^{[permanent dead link]} (LBH film of demolition of the tower blocks on the north side of the Downs).

• Districts of the London Borough of Hackney
• Areas of London
• Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Hackney
• Common land in London
• Clapton, London

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