Dalston
OS grid reference	TQ345845
London borough	Hackney
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	E8
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Hackney South and Shoreditch
London Assembly	North East
European Parliament	London
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Dalston is a district in the London Borough of Hackney, England, in Inner London. Its historical borders are Kingsland Road and Kingsland High Street in the west, London Fields in the east, Downs Park Road in the north and the Shoreditch parish boundary in the south. Its main shopping street, Kingsland High Street, follows the route of the Roman Ermine Street, and has the road number A10. The London Borough of Hackney is a London Borough in the east end of London and part of inner London. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Inner London is the name for the group of London boroughs which form the central part of Greater London and are surrounded by Outer London. ... London Fields at twilight. ... Shoreditch Town Hall Shoreditch is a place in the London Borough of Hackney. ... Roman Britain, with Ermine Street highlighted Ermine Street should not be confused with Ermin Street, the road from Silchester to Gloucester. ...

Modern Dalston is often seen as the area surrounding both sides of Kingsland High Street, even though some of the west side is within the London Borough of Islington. As such, it bestrides the main route north from the City of London. Arms of Islington London Borough Council Islington Town Hall Islington is a borough of London to the north of the City of London, west of Hackney, east of Camden, and south of Haringey. ... Motto: Domine dirige nos Latin: Lord, guide us Shown within Greater London Sovereign state United Kingdom Constituent country England Region Greater London Status sui generis, City and Ceremonial County Admin HQ Guildhall Government  - Leadership see text  - Mayor John Stuttard  - MP Mark Field  - London Assembly John Biggs Area  - City  1. ...

Redevelopment and future

While any investment in a 'run down' area is generally a good thing, the gentrification of an area only two miles north of the City has led to a rapid increase in the price of property. This has caused resentment from residents priced out of the area in which they had been raised. The process of change has been accelerated since the East London Line extension (to be renamed the East London Railway on completion) and the reopening of Dalston Junction Station was confirmed in the run-up to London's successful bid to hold the 2012 Olympics. Crossing the Thames The River Thames has always formed a barrier to any links between the north and south of London, particularly to the eastern side where communication to the routes to the Continent are concerned. ... Dalston Junction was originally a railway station in the London Borough of Hackney in London, England. ... (Redirected from 2012 Olympics) Nine cities submitted bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and five have made it to the shortlist for hosting the Games of the XXX Olympiad. ...

Entertainment

The Dalston Culture House now houses the Vortex Jazz Club. (October 2005)

Dalston has always been an important transport nexus and shopping centre. It was also, at one time, an important entertainment centre, with four or five cinemas within a radius of half a kilometre, and the Dalston Theatre, a former music hall that later became the Four Aces blues club and the Labyrinth nightclub. The Dalston Theatre, was demolished in February 2007, despite an active local campaign to save it - Open Dalston. Image File history File links Dalston_culture_house. ... Image File history File links Dalston_culture_house. ... Music Hall is a form of British theatrical entertainment which reached its peak of popularity between 1850 and 1960. ...

The Dalston Rio. One of the few cinemas left in East London. (October 2005)

The last survivor of Dalston's 20th-century entertainment boom is the justly celebrated Rio Cinema, one of the very few cinemas left in East London and, indeed, one of the few independent cinemas left in London. Besides its regular programmes of popular and art movies, the Rio also features film festivals and children's matinees. Image File history File links Dalston_rio. ... Image File history File links Dalston_rio. ... East London area East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the River Thames. ...

Arcola Theatre in Arcola Street produces some of London's best quality fringe theatre and is a centre for a number of theatre-related community activities such as its theatre writers' programme, youth theatre and 60+ drama. Arcola Theatre is a renowned Fringe theatre on Arcola Street, Dalston, London Borough of Hackney, which aims to create and present high-quality theatre with a social and political relevance to its multicultural local community as well as a wider audience. ...

Dalston once sported some excellent 1970s-1980s pub rock venues, but these are largely defunct. However, the new Dalston Culture House, the first wing of which has opened on Gillett Square, hosts the renowned Vortex Jazz Club, recently moved from Stoke Newington. The Dalston Culture House now houses the Vortex Jazz Club. ... , Note: For an area with a similar name, see Newington, in the London Borough of Southwark. ...

Also worthy of note is Centerprise, a long-established community bookshop where regular events take place in the coffee bar. And Fassett Square in Dalston was the inspiration for the fictional location of the BBC soap opera EastEnders, Albert Square, cementing its relationship with the entertainment industry. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985[4] and continuing to date. ...

Shopping

Dalston's Ridley Road market, October 2005.

Dalston is not a glamorous shopping centre but it has become legendary in northeast London, mostly thanks to its excellent Ridley Road street market. The keyphrase here is 'value for money' and for food shopping it is hard to better this area. Fruit and vegetables, some fairly exotic, are available at low prices, and the local halal butchers, clustered around the high street end of the market, are hard to beat in terms of price. The Kingsland Shopping Centre mall (formerly Dalston Cross) is a useful, if drab, supplement to the main market street. It has recently been extended to house a Matalan budget clothes store over the car park. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (640x607, 219 KB) Summary Ridley Road Market, Dalston, Hackney, London. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (640x607, 219 KB) Summary Ridley Road Market, Dalston, Hackney, London. ... Halal (حلال, alāl, halaal) is an Arabic term meaning permissible. In the English language it most frequently refers to food that is permissible according to Islamic law. ... Matalan is a discount clothing and homeware store in the United Kingdom. ...

The ancient shopping street of Broadway Market, to the South East of the district, boasts a wide selection of 'up and coming' boutiques, pubs and cafes. Thanks to these, and the successful Saturday Farmer's Market, this area immediately adjacent to London Fields is regarded as thriving. Broadway Market is a pedestrianised area running from London Fields to the Regents Canal in Dalston in the London Borough of Hackney, East London. ... London Fields at twilight. ...

Area profile

Dalston, looking south towards The City. A major traffic nexus, but not always quite so clogged up—temporary roadworks are underway here. (October 2005)

Contemporary Dalston is a lively neighbourhood with an ethnically varied population. Architecturally it is a mixture of 18th and 19th century terraced houses and 20th century council estates. It is currently undergoing rapid gentrification, partly because of the planned construction of a new railway station at Dalston Junction, part of the extension of the East London Line due to be completed in 2010 and partly due to the revitalisation of large parts of East London in the build-up to the 2012 Olympics (Hackney is one of the four host boroughs of the Games). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (436x640, 152 KB) Summary Kingsland High Street, Dalston, Hackney, London. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (436x640, 152 KB) Summary Kingsland High Street, Dalston, Hackney, London. ... Motto: Domine dirige nos Latin: Lord, guide us Shown within Greater London Sovereign state United Kingdom Constituent country England Region Greater London Status sui generis, City and Ceremonial County Admin HQ Guildhall Government  - Leadership see text  - Mayor John Stuttard  - MP Mark Field  - London Assembly John Biggs Area  - City  1. ... A street of British Victorian/Edwardian terraced homes. ... Public housing describes a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... Dalston Junction was originally a railway station in the London Borough of Hackney in London, England. ... London Transport Portal The East London Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured orange on the Tube map. ... 2010 (MMX) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... East London area East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the River Thames. ... (Redirected from 2012 Olympics) Nine cities submitted bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and five have made it to the shortlist for hosting the Games of the XXX Olympiad. ... The London Borough of Hackney is a London Borough in the east end of London and part of inner London. ... Look up Borough in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... (Redirected from 2012 Olympics) Nine cities submitted bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and five have made it to the shortlist for hosting the Games of the XXX Olympiad. ...

Dalston has attracted new immigrants to the UK for over one hundred years; at the turn of the century it was a popular Jewish area for the newly arrived from central Europe. In the fifties and sixties, as the Jewish community became more affluent, they were replaced by a large Caribbean community in Dalston, which is reflected by the wide choice of Caribbean foods available in Ridley Road. As the Caribbean community slowly drifted out of Dalston it then became popular with the Turkish, as well as the Vietnamese. Recent émigrés to the community are the Polish community judging by the numbers of Polish delicatessens now appearing and other stores catering to Polish tastes.

Fassett Square was the inspiration for the BBC Soap EastEnders. Originally, there were plans to film the series there, on location. However, Fassett Square (Albert Square) and Ridley Road Market (Walford Market) were rebuilt on the set in Elstree, Borehamwood to have a more controlled filming environment. The origin of the area of Walford was from Walford Road and many of the houses on the show use the same exterior design. Both Barbara Windsor and Tony Holland one of the original creators of the show both lived at different times on the street. EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985[4] and continuing to date. ... Albert Square is the fictional location of the British soap opera Eastenders. ... Barbara Ann Deeks MBE (born 6 August 1937), better known as Barbara Windsor, sometimes known as Babs Windsor, is an English actress. ... Tony Holland (born in London, England) is a television writer. ...

That is not the only connection with entertainment industry. Around the corner, music hall artiste Marie Lloyd (1870–1922) used to reside on Graham Road, and the house has a Blue Plaque. Music Hall is a form of British theatrical entertainment which reached its peak of popularity between 1850 and 1960. ... Matilda Alice Victoria Wood (February 12, 1870 - October 7, 1922), was a British music-hall singer . ...

Pop-Culture References

• The seventh track on Razorlight's 2004 album Up All Night, is named Don't Go Back To Dalston. The song is not disparaging towards Dalston as such, as Dalston appears to be a metaphor for the East London drug scene in which the band formed and found success. It could also be a reference to the R.E.M. song "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville".
• Bad Manners' 1980 song "Ska Night Bus to Dalston" is the B side of hit "Lip Up Fatty".
• In the second TV series of The Mighty Boosh, Vince, Howard, Naboo and Bollo share a flat which is supposed to be in Dalston.
• Mike Leigh's Naked is filmed in St Marks Rise.
• In Stephen Frears' film Dirty Pretty Things, Audrey Tautou's character Senay Gilik lives in a flat overlooking Ridley Road's street market.
• In Dr Who 2006 series episode "Love & Monsters" Obsessive fan "Elton" had a market stall on the Ridley Road.

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Education

For details of education in Dalston see the Hackney article

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Transport and locale

Nearest places

• Canonbury to the north-west
• De Beauvoir Town to the west
• Hackney Central to the north-east
• Haggerston to the south-east
• Hoxton to the south-west
• Kingsland to the west
• London Fields to the east
• Newington Green to the north-west
• Shacklewell to the north
• Shoreditch to the south
• Stoke Newington to the north

Canonbury is a place in the London Borough of Islington in the north of London. ... De Beauvoir Town [dē bō-vwär toun] is a district in the East London Borough of Hackney, England. ... The Hackney Empire is one of the oldest surviving music halls in Britain. ... Haggerston is a place in the London Borough of Hackney. ... Hoxton Square. ... Kingsland is a district in the London Borough of Hackney, London, England. ... London Fields at twilight. ... Newington Green looking northwest from Mildmay Park. ... A district within the London Borough of Hackney, roughly between Dalston and Hackney Central. ... Shoreditch Town Hall Shoreditch is a place in the London Borough of Hackney. ... , Note: For an area with a similar name, see Newington, in the London Borough of Southwark. ...

Nearest railway stations

• Dalston Junction railway station (opens 2010 as part of the East London Railway)
• Dalston Kingsland railway station
• Hackney Downs railway station
• London Fields railway station

Dalston Junction was originally a railway station in the London Borough of Hackney in London, England. ... 2010 (MMX) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Crossing the Thames The River Thames has always formed a barrier to any links between the north and south of London, particularly to the eastern side where communication to the routes to the Continent are concerned. ... Dalston Kingsland station serves the North London Line. ... Hackney Downs railway station is in the London Borough of Hackney in east London. ... London Fields railway station is in the London Borough of Hackney in east London. ...

References

External links

• History of Dalston & Kingsland Road (British History Online)
• Open Dalston
• East London Line extension
• Hackney Environment Forum
• The Rio Cinema