Sights and Attractions near Hackney Downs Railway Station
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
2 & 4 Homerton High Street, London, E9 | 12 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station
The royal connections of this rare, red-brick Tudor manor house reach back to Henry VIII whose Principal Secretary of State, Sir Ralph Sadler, built Sutton...More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
Sunbury House, 1 Andrews Street, London, Hackney, London E8 | 21 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station
Turner Shortlisted British artist Yinka Shonibare has bought this former office block, in need of some attention, and hardly changed a thing. While the artist...More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
21-23 Vyner Street, London, Hackney, London E2 | 23 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station
The remnants of its former use as an old industrial area are still visible on Vyner Street. But, in recent years, it has become a...More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
25b Vyner Street, London, Hackney, London E2 | 23 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station
Described as "one of the East End's most exciting new galleries" by the Daily Telegraph in January 2008, the Nettie Horn gallery has now firmly...More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
45 Vyner Street, London, Hackney, London E2 | 23 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station
Set up by Fred Mann, former director of the Milch gallery, Fred London specialises in contemporary art and musical collaborations. Fred Mann has had a...More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
30 Vyner Street, London, Hackney, London E2 | 23 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station
Offering affordable art, Degree Art sells, commissions and rents out art works - painting, photography, sculpture and prints - created by students and recent graduates...More
London > Attractions > Attractions for Kids
1 Goldsmiths Row, London, Hackney, London E2 | 27 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station
This inner city site was used as a farm as far back as the early 1800s when fresh produce was grown here to feed the...More
London > Attractions > Parks and Gardens
Approach Road, Hackney, London | 30 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station
One of London’s best kept secrets, Victoria Park is a fantastic place to spend an afternoon. Inside the park's boundaries countless varieties of trees stripe...More
London > Attractions > Museums
136 Kingsland Road, London, Hackney, London E2 | 31 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station
There aren't many museums that can have William Morris and Ikea under the same roof, but the Geffyre is one of them. The focus of...More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
7 Ezra Street, London, Tower Hamlets, London E2 | 31 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station
Like most things on and around Columbia Road, Seamus Ryan's studio is only open on Sundays. The rest of the time Seamus works on high...More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
150 Columbia Road, London, Tower Hamlets, London E2 | 31 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station
Art gallery on Columbia Road. You can also pick up a cup of coffee here from 9am till 3pm each Sunday so you can enjoy...More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
15a Cremer Street, London, Hackney, London E2 | 32 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station
This cutting edge contemporary art gallery is run by director Rebecca May Marston, a graduate of the RCA's curating course who first took on the...More
London > Attractions > Museums
Cambridge Heath Road, London, Tower Hamlets, London E2 | 34 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station
The Museum of Childhood houses the UK's largest collection of toys including dolls, dolls' houses, puppets, games, and toys. Collections showcase all aspects of childhood,...More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
20 Hoxton Square, London, Hoxton, London N1 | 1.6 miles from Hackney Downs Railway Station
This spacious gallery strategically situated opposite White Cube in Hoxton Square opened in 2007 and is run by co-directors Richard Graham, Adam Waymouth and Alex...More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
39a Canonbury Square, London, N1 | 1.7 miles from Hackney Downs Railway Station
You'll find a spectacular collection of paintings and sculpture by 20th century Italian artists at the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, with a core...More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
48 Hoxton Square, London, Hoxton, London N1 | 1.7 miles from Hackney Downs Railway Station
A leading part of the ferociously fashionable East London art scene, White Cube Hoxton Square, the first of White Cube's two galleries, is invariably filled...More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
Rivington Place, London, Shoreditch, London EC2A | 1.7 miles from Hackney Downs Railway Station
The first newly built public art gallery in London since the Hayward Gallery opened in 1968, Rivington Place is a beautiful glass fronted building designed...More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
8-9 Rivington Place, London, Shoreditch, London EC2A | 1.7 miles from Hackney Downs Railway Station
Opened on 5th October 2007, this Rivington Place art gallery is a £8m public building dedicated to culturally diverse visual arts. It's a joint venture...More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
Tea Building, 56 Shoreditch High Street, London, Shoreditch, London E1 | 1.8 miles from Hackney Downs Railway Station
The Rocket's director Jonathan Stephenson has exhibited photographs by such well known names as British Martin Parr and Danish snapper Keld Helmer-Petersen whose pictures were...More
London > Attractions > Activities for Kids
14 Dagmar Passage, Cross Street, Islington, London, Islington, London N1 | 1.8 miles from Hackney Downs Railway Station
This innovative children's theatre provides a showcase for the art of puppetry. Founded by master puppeteer John Wilkes in the early 1960s, this small, unusual...More
London > Attractions > Attractions for Kids
Buxton Street, London, Shoreditch, London E1 | 1.9 miles from Hackney Downs Railway Station
There's loads to do at the 1.3 acre Spitalfields City Farm. Come and meet Gwenivere the Shetland Cow, Pants the Sheep and Bayleaf the Donkey...More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
16 Wharf Road, London, Hoxton, London N1 | 1.9 miles from Hackney Downs Railway Station
The Victoria Miro originally opened in Cork Street in London, W1, in 1985. The gallery moved to its present location in 16 Wharf Road, Islington,...More
London > Attractions > Other Attractions
321 Whitechapel Road, London, Tower Hamlets, London E1 | 2 miles from Hackney Downs Railway Station
More than a library, the Idea Store in Whitechapel brings together adult learning, training and meeting areas, as well as a focus on the local...More
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
18 Folgate Street, London, Spitalfields, London E1 | 2 miles from Hackney Downs Railway Station
The brainchild of eccentric designer and performer, Dennis Severs' House at 18 Folgate Street captures, in a series of evocative snapshots, 18th century life as...More
London > Attractions > Parks and Gardens
38 City Road, London, Shoreditch, London EC1Y | 2 miles from Hackney Downs Railway Station
Small, wooded dissenters' cemetery in the city centre. William Blake, John Bunyan and Daniel Defoe are among over 120,000 nonconformists whose bodies are squeezed closely together...More
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Commercial Street, London, Spitalfields, London E1 | 2.1 miles from Hackney Downs Railway Station
Built in 1729, Nicholas Hawksmoor's Christ Church creation was declared dangerous and closed in 1956. Vigorous campaigning, from the poet Sir John Betjeman among others,...More
London > Attractions > Other Attractions
Brick Lane, London, Spitalfields, London E1 | 2.1 miles from Hackney Downs Railway Station
London's own "Curry Mile", Brick Lane is home to so much more than first-rate spiced food, it also plays host to Jewish bagel shops, Indian...More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
56 Artillery Lane, London, Spitalfields, London E1 | 2.2 miles from Hackney Downs Railway Station
Raven Row, a non-profit contemporary art centre in Spitalfields, not far from the Market, opened to the public on 28th February 2009. The name -...More
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The Soanes Centre, Southern Grove, London, Tower Hamlets, London E3 | 2.2 miles from Hackney Downs Railway Station
What was once one of the seven large Victorian burial sites in London is now a wonderfully if slightly spooky green space. Opened in 1841 Tower...More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
63 Gee Street, London, Clerkenwell, London EC1V | 2.2 miles from Hackney Downs Railway Station
The London gallery for renowned photo agency, Magnum. Representing the best in photography, The Magnum Photos selection process for new members is legendary for its...More
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What's On Today Near Hackney Downs Railway Station The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Theatre | Until 3rd June 2012 Hackney Empire 8 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station A musical adaptation of Robert Tressell's political novel, with the action transferred from early 20th century Mugsborough, to 1950s Cape ...More Chris Abrahams Music | On 24th May 2012 Cafe OTO 13 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station Avant garde and improvised music by the Australian pianist....More ![]() Brimstone And Treacle Theatre | Until 2nd June 2012 Arcola Theatre 13 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station Originally a teleplay banned from screens in 1976, Brimstone and Treacle is a sinister thriller known as Denis ...More The Conquest of the South Pole Theatre | Until 26th May 2012 Arcola Theatre 13 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station The imagination is a powerful tool and The Conquest of the South Pole is a whole play based within the ...More Movement Club Clubbing and Nightlife | On 24th May 2012 The Junction Rooms 14 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station DJs Matt Walsh and Daniel Avery spin house, techno and new wave....More Human Wave Attack, Zoo Zero, Geppetos, Havalina Heat Concerts | On 24th May 2012 Power Lunches Arts Cafe 18 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station Indie-pop by the London-based band....More Open Mic Night Clubbing and Nightlife | Until 31st May 2012 Off Broadway 19 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station ...More The Bones Of My Hand Exhibitions | Until 10th June 2012 Viktor Wynd Fine Art Inc 22 minutes walk from Hackney Downs Railway Station An installation of fully articulated animal skeletons together with works in various media exploring notions of nature and mortality, by ...More Fred Page Concerts | On 24th May 2012 The Drop (Downstairs at Three Crowns) 1.1 miles from Hackney Downs Railway Station Indie singer-songwriter....More Drew McConnell, Babeshadow Concerts | On 24th May 2012 The Sebright Arms 1.13 miles from Hackney Downs Railway Station Indie-rock by the Babyshambles member....More
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