Broadway Market, London, E8

A walk down Broadway Market with its pubs, cafes and restaurants.

The Cat and Mutton pub, recently reopened, 

at the London Fields end of the road
 www.catandmutton.com

Off Broadway bar
 www.offbroadway.org.uk

Franco Manca Sourdough Pizza, recently opened,
 www.francomanca.co.uk
Next door is the Buen Ayre Argentine Grill
 www.buenayre.co.uk

Bella Vita - Italian restaurant and Bar
 www.bellavitabroadway.com

Epheus - cafe and restaurant
Menu -  www.zomato.com/london/ephesus-hackney/menu

 Stories, 30 Broadway Market
 www.storiesonbroadway.com
Next door is the Dove pub
http://dovepubs.com/

Saturday on Broadway Market

The Farmer's market in Broadway  Market, London Fields,London E8,  on Saturdays is thriving

Canal end

Looking towards London Fields

It has expanded to include a school playground

and other open spaces around London Fields

Hackney Picturehouse, Mare Street, East London

The Hackney Picturehouse, a new cinema on Mare Street opposite the Town Hall in Hackney. It used to be a Methodist Hall and a library. It was then converted into Ocean, a music venue, but that was unsuccessful and soon closed. It opened in October 2011 as a 4-screen cinema.

This corner used to be the entrance to the library.

Sunbathing and Barbecues in October, London Fields

Like last October (see this October 2010 entry), we have had sunny, warm weather in early October. Sadly it never lasts as winter soon follows.

Burdett-Coutts Fountain in Victoria Park, East London

Grade II* listed drinking fountain in Victoria Park erected by Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts in 1862. It is to be restored as part of the work currently taking place in the park.

A Lion in Victoria Park, East London ?

A lion in Victoria Park?

No its not a big cat, its a Pavi Lion.

Fences have been erected during the restoration work on the park in East London. I am not sure if the placement of the sign is deliberate. The pavilion is the building with the glass dome.

The lake has been drained as part of the restoration work.

Lost balloons of Hackney

A family of balloons, 2 white and 2 orange, had made a bid for freedom but were stuck in a tall tree in Hackney. The tree was clearly too tall for anybody to retrieve the balloons which had managed to wrap themselves around the high branches.

Blooms Pianos, Kingsland Road, Hackney

An old advert for Blooms Pianos,  Kingsland Road, near the Geffrye Museum.
It reads:

Bloom's Pianos for Perfection
Call or Write 134 Kingsland Rd
Phone Bishopsgate 9087


In the bottom right corner, it reads:

Howell Signs
Clerkenwell 7275

Broadway Market on a Saturday afternoon 2

The Farmers' Market on Saturdays in Broadway Market, London Fields, is more and more popular.


See previous entry Broadway Market on a Saturday afternoon, 10 March 2010.

Sunflowers - a reminder of summer

These photos are from last month of some sunflowers outside the lockkepper's cottage by Acton's Lock on the Regent's Canal near Broadway Market in Hackney.
(I meant to go back to do some more photos but did not get around to doing it.)

Scenes from a demolition, Haggerston Estate

The machinery

The empty buildings

The empty rooms

Even the local pub is demolished

although some elements remain

Samuel House is still in use with pictures of former residents on the windows of the empty flats. (part of I Am Here project - see www.iamhere.org.uk/ )

For other pics of the estate, see my set on Flickr.

Flags in Goldsmiths Row, Hackney.

Flags flown for the World Cup outside the Albion Pub in Goldsmiths Row, Hackney, London, UK.

Blooming Hackney

Amidst the urban landscape, flowers on display outside Hackney Town Hall.

Giant Rabbit in Hackney Road

A giant rabbit on Hackney Road painted by the artist ROA on the side of a shop.

Now Open - East London Line

The East London Line is now open between Dalston Junction and New Cross/New Cross Gate, with new stations at Dalston Junction and Haggerston (plus Hoxton and Shoreditch).

Dalston Junction station


Haggerston station from Arbutus Street.

Haggerston station from Lee Street.

The entrance to Haggerston station in Lee Street.

The Ticket Hall of Haggerston station.
The station was designed by Acanthus LW Architects.