Lower Clapton - Hackney Citizen

'Exhausted, frustrated and angry': council block's lift out of action for seven weeks

Second lift failure at Lower Clapton block this summer

Author: Elspeth Rees

'Exhausted, frustrated and angry': council block's lift out of action for seven weeks

Hackney primary school scoops up prestigious award for ‘inspiring’ music programme

Rushmore Primary School in Lower Clapton won the Outstanding School Music Department at the Music and Drama Education Awards 2026 last week

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Woman, 42, shot dead in Hackney as police launch murder inquiry

A 20-year-old man and a boy, 16, are in hospital with gunshot wounds following incident in Lower Clapton

Author: Hackney Citizen

Lele’s, Lower Clapton, food review: ‘A cheery vegan oasis’

The ‘sheer joy’ on offer at chef-owner Valentina Fois’ cafe has proved such a hit that she’s opened a second spot in Dalston this month

Author: Lizzie Deane

Lele’s, Lower Clapton, food review: ‘A cheery vegan oasis’

The Lower Clapton Tales, Carolyn Clark, book review: plus ça change…

Think you know ‘Clop Ton’? We wager you’ll glean something new from this “charming book of memories, photographs and historical artefacts”

Author: Adam Barnett

Jubilee: Glyn Road girls celebrate the Queen's 25th year on the throne in this image from The Lower Clapton Tales. Photograph

Pages of Hackney lines up Charles Saumarez Smith and talks on climate change and Brexit in July events programme

The cultural historian and museum director pitches up at the Lower Clapton Road bookshop on 17 July, following talks earlier in the month featuring Client Earth and political journalist Ian Dunt

Author: Hackney Citizen

Talking shop: Pages of Hackney on Lower Clapton Road. Photograph: Pages of Hackney

Les Nénettes, Clapton, restaurant review – ‘classic southern French’

This new French restaurant on La rue de Lower Clapton offers fine fare from apéritifs to main course

Author: Hackney Citizen

Très bien: the exterior of Les Nénettes. Images: Les Nénettes

Memories to be brought to life at Lower Clapton history event at Round Chapel

Exhibition, storytelling and film screenings to take place next month as part of Lower Clapton Heritage Project

Author: Hackney Citizen

The Round Chapel. Photograph: Tarquin Binary (Creative Commons)

Chatsworth Road takeaway boss wiped CCTV and destroyed evidence to cover up double stabbing

Fast food worker handed 21-month suspended sentence for perverting the course of justice

Author: Hackney Citizen

My Neighbours the Dumplings – restaurant review

Food fanatics are flocking to sample Clapton’s newest dim sum parlour

Author: Hackney Citizen

Rootdown, Lower Clapton – review: California dreaminess

Cosy family-run restaurant offering ‘Californian cuisine’ boasts an inventive menu of seasonal, small-scale dishes

Author: Hackney Citizen

Free school reveals plans for derelict Hackney Central Police Station

The Olive School proposes to refurbish the Grade II listed police station and construct a three-storey block in the back yard

Author: Hackney Citizen