Dalston Library

Dalston Library is a library in Hackney, Greater London, England, which is located on Dalston Square. Dalston Library is situated near the fitness club GYMPODS Dalston, as well as near Dalston Square.

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Opening hours:
Monday–Thursday: 9:00 AM–8:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Sunday: 1:00 PM–5:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM–6:00 PM
Type: Library
Description: public library in London, UK
Also known as: “CLR James Library”, “Dalston CLR James Library”, and “Hackney Archives”
Address: Dalston Square, London, E8 3BQ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Dalston Junction railway station and Arcola Theatre.

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 370 feet southwest of Dalston Library.

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 400 feet northwest of Dalston Library.

Dalston Kingsland railway station

Railway station

Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dalston Kingsland is a station on the Mildmay line of the London Overground, located on the western side of Kingsland High Street in the Dalston area of the London Borough of Hackney. Dalston Kingsland railway station is situated 920 feet northwest of Dalston Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dalston and De Beauvoir Town.

Dalston

Suburb

Photo: AlasdairDaw, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

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.

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.

Dalston Library

Categories: public library, archives, library building, building, apartment building, and education
Location: Hackney, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.54604° or 51° 32′ 46″ north

Longitude

-0.07391° or 0° 4′ 26″ west

Levels

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

9C3XGWWG+CC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 51271820

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=library

OpenStreetMap feature

building=apartments

Wikidata ID

Q55125713

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Arcola Tent and Dalston Square.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Library of Things and Dalston Lane / Dalston Junction Station.

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