Library of Things

Library of Things is a shop in Hackney, Greater London, England. Library of Things is situated nearby to Dalston Library, as well as near the theater building Arcola Tent.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dalston Junction railway station and Dalston Library.

Dalston Junction railway station

Railway station

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Dalston Junction is a station on the Windrush line of the London Overground, located in Dalston, London. Situated in London fare zone 2, the station is located in a short section of cut and cover tunnel north of the Kingsland Viaduct, at the crossroads of Dalston Lane, Kingsland Road and Balls Pond Road. Dalston Junction railway station is situated 390 feet southwest of Library of Things.

Dalston Library

Library

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Arcola Theatre

Theater building

Arcola Theatre is in the London Borough of Hackney. It presents plays, operas and musicals featuring established and emerging artists. The theatre building, in the former Colourworks paint factory on Ashwin Street, Dalston, houses two studio theatre spaces, two rehearsal studios and a café-bar. Arcola Theatre is situated 370 feet northwest of Library of Things.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dalston and Shacklewell.

Dalston

Suburb

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Dalston is an area of East London, in the London Borough of Hackney. It is four miles northeast of Charing Cross. Dalston began as a hamlet on either side of Dalston Lane, and as the area urbanised the term also came to apply to surrounding areas including Kingsland and Shacklewell, all three of which being part of the Ancient Parish of Hackney.

Shacklewell

Suburb

Shacklewell is a small locality to the east of Roman Ermine Street, in the London Borough of Hackney. The area was originally a hamlet that developed on Shacklewell Lane in the Ancient Parish and later Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, now a part of the larger modern London Borough of Hackney.

De Beauvoir Town

Quarter

De Beauvoir Town is a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Hackney, 2 miles north of the City of London. It is sometimes described as a part of Dalston.