Hackney Wick
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Hackney Wick is a neighbourhood in East London, England. The area forms the south-eastern part of the district of Hackney, and also of the wider London Borough of Hackney. Adjacent areas of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets are sometimes also described as being part of Hackney Wick. The area lies 4.2 miles (6.8 km) northeast of Charing Cross.
Geography
Hackney Wick is the south-eastern part of the historic district of
are also sometimes described as Hackney Wick, due to similar post-industrial land uses and their proximity to Hackney Wick railway station. The boundary runs along Wallis Road and the railway.The core area lies west of the Lee Navigation, here called Hackney Cut, however the parts of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park within Hackney have often also been described as Hackney Wick, and the East Wick[2] development within the Olympic Park reflects that.
The A12 and East Cross route form major barriers to the north and west (within Hackney), though the Wick Woodland, an area of secondary woodland, built on former marshland raised up by rubble from the Blitz, lies north of the A12.[3]
History
Early history
The area was part of the Ancient Parish of Hackney, which became the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney in 1900 and merged with neighbouring areas to become the London Borough of Hackney in 1965.
In the
Historically, Hackney Wick was an area prone to periodic flooding. The construction of the canals and relief channels on the Lea alleviated that and allowed the development of the area. In historic times, the marshes were used extensively for
The area had its roots in the landholding called Wick Manor, in the parish of Hackney, which was farmed from a large building known as Wick House. In 1745 the population was limited to Wick House and a handful of cottages. There was very little urbanisation until the rapid growth of the 1860s and 1870s, which followed the arrival of the railway station.[5]
Industrial history
During the 19th and (early) 20th centuries, the Wick was a thriving well-populated
It was no doubt conditions such as these which hastened the involvement of
In the last quarter of the eighteenth century, water mills on the Hackney Brook were adapted for the manufacturer of
The world's first true synthetic plastic,
The firm of Brooke Simpson Spiller at Atlas Works in Berkshire Road had taken over the firm of
The confectioner
Another pathfinding entrepreneur in Hackney Wick was the Frenchman, Eugene Serre. His father, Achille Serre, who had settled in Stoke Newington, introduced dry cleaning to England.[29][30] Eugene expanded the business into a former tar factory in White Post Lane which still carries traces of the firm's name.
Post Industrial history
In post-industrial times, Hackney Wick has seen many changes to its topography. Very little remains of the inter-war street pattern between the
The Atlas Works of 1863, backing onto the Lee Navigation, was demolished to make way for housing in the 1990s.[34] In the 1930s it had been the home of the British Perforated Paper Co, famous for inventing toilet paper in 1880.
Future plans
Due to its proximity to the
Conversely, concerns have been raised over some of the local effects of the Olympic Park development, including the potential impact to the future of the century-old Manor Garden Allotments, which has inspired a vocal community campaign.
Demography
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2011 UK Census
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Hackney Wick[38] | Hackney[39] | London[40] | England[41] |
Total population | 11,734 | 246,270 | 8,173,941 | 53,012,456 |
White | 48.4% | 54.7% | 59.8% | 85.4% |
Black | 31.8% | 23.1% | 13.3% | 3.5% |
Mixed | 11.1% | 6.4% | 5.0% | 2.3% |
Asian | 8.7% | 10.5% | 18.5% | 7.8% |
Other | 4.4% | 5.3% | 3.4% | 1.0% |
At the time of the
In 2011 the largest ethnic group is White (48.4%), followed by Black or Black British (31.8%), Mixed (11.1%) and Asian or British Asian (8.7%). The remaining 4.4 per cent is made up of other unspecified ethnic groups. As for religion, in 2011 50.4% of residents identified as Christian, 12.7% as Muslim, 1.5% as Buddhist, 1.0% as Jewish, 0.5% as Sikh, 0.4% as Hindu, 0.4% having an unspecified religion, 8.1% not stating their religion, and 25.1% having no religion.[38]
Culture
Hackney Wick has a long been home to a large number of professional creatives, artists and musicians. Attracted in part by the low cost studio spaces that became available with the decline of its industrial past, more than 600 individual artist studios existed in 2013. With notable artists including Banksy,[42] Paul Noble[43] and Fantich and Young[44]
The area has also a number of established creative arts venues with the Schwartz Gallery, Stour Space, The Yard micro theatre, and the
Following the Olympic Games in 2012, Hackney Wick has seen the onset of rapid gentrification[46] in part due to the opening of new residential locations within the Olympic legacy site but also specifically the artist culture which has been long established in recent history.[47]
Contemporary culture
Further along the Eastway, the 2012 Olympic site claimed industrial premises formerly used by British Industrial Gases (later BOC) to manufacture oxygen and acetylene and Setright Registers Limited who, between the mid-1950s and mid-1960s, made the famous bus ticket issuing Setright Machine used throughout the UK and abroad.
The historic
There are many other signs of revival. Not only will the area benefit from the 2012 Olympics development, but London's artistic community,[48] increasingly forced out of the old warehousing and industrial zones to the south of Hackney borough and in Tower Hamlets by rising rents, are taking an interest in the more affordable industrial buildings out at the Wick.[49] Though rents rose through 2011 and 2012 because of the upcoming Olympics.[50][51][52] Hackney Wick's first arts festival, Hackney Wicked,[53] took place from 8 to 10 August 2008.[54] The festival weekend included show openings from a series of the Wick's local art venues, including Mother Studios, Elevator Gallery, The Residence, Decima Gallery, Schwartz Gallery, Show Dome, Mainyard Gallery, Top and Tail Gallery, The Peanut Factory and Wallis Studios. 2009 saw the staging of a second 'Hackney Wicked' arts festival, which took place from Friday 29 July to Sunday 1 August.[55] The Festival had the 4th edition in 2011, taking place between 29 July and 31 July where you can watch[56] a film of its true spirit. In September 2012, Hackney Film Festival curated an outdoor canal-side screening of Andrew Kötting and Iain Sinclair's olympic sized travelogue 'Swandown', with a Q&A session at Carlton London Exhibition Space, during the closing ceremony of the Paralympics. The evening was hosted by Gareth Evans in association with the Mayor of London.[57]
The notable 59 Club for motorcyclists was founded at the Eton Mission church in 1959 in Hackney Wick.
In popular culture
Hackney Wick is mentioned in an exchange of dialogue in The Ribos Operation, a 1978 episode of Doctor Who, as being a "mudpatch in the middle of nowhere" that one of the characters longs to return to.
Transport
Rail
Hackney Wick railway station is served by London Overground services on the North London line. The station is near the scene of the first railway murder. The victim, Thomas Briggs of 5 Clapton Square, was returning from dining with his niece in Peckham in July 1864 and was murdered on the train.[58]
Buses
The local area is well served by seven daytime bus routes and one nighttime route, with three of the routes terminating at Hackney Wick. With the area having access to London bus routes
Roads
Hackney Wick is connected to the National Road Network, with the
Walking and cycling and waterways
Hackney Wick is on the
Education
See also
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External links
- History of Hackney Wick (at British History Online)
- Hidden London-Hackney Wick