February 13, 2026 A date for your diary – Hackney History Festival Mark the dates in your diaries now, then head to the website to see what is happening, how to suggest what you’d like to see and even to get involved!!! Categories Hackney/Hackney History Festival/Local History/Local news
February 5, 2026 Ethiopian Orthodox Church The final week in November saw, after a long journey, the opening and consecration of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church on Lower Clapton Road (tserhasion.org.uk). The building was originally the Clapton Cinematograph and has had various other identities over the years. With the generosity of two local residents, we were able to share a number of photos and videos of the... Categories Ethiopian Orthodox Church/Local Issues/Local news
February 5, 2026 A parklet Looking back to earlier in the year, at CPNAG’s AGM, mentioned in an earlier post, back in May, we had a presentation from Gerry Tissier of the charity ecoACTIVE, and project manager of the Hackney Buzzline. Full details of that talk are in the earlier post. In that talk, Gerry mentioned various projects connected with the Buzzline, which help to... Categories About/Local Issues/Local news/Nightingale Estate
February 4, 2026 A sad bit of local news! The start of September saw a sad bit of news for the area. Many of us had got to know Tracey O’Brien, who sat outside the vet’s premises on the corner of Lower Clapton Road and Clapton Passage. She was homeless, had been dealing with a lot of issues for many years, had a massive heart and was known by... Categories About/Local news/Lower Clapton Road
February 4, 2026 An update from AGM ’24’s presentation.. In the approach to our 2025 AGM, we posted an update from the project that we heard about at the previous year’s AGM. In 2024 Abi Woodman, of East London Waterworks Park – www.elwp.org.uk, told us about the initiative: East London Waterworks Park is a charity campaigning to buy the 14-acre Thames Water depot on Lea Bridge Road and turn... Categories East London Waterworks Park/Local Issues/Meetings
February 4, 2026 AGM ’25 – a quick review! Back in May last year, Gerry Tissier of the charity ecoACTIVE, and project manager of the Hackney Buzzline, encouraging wildlife diversity, gave an inspiring talk at the recent CPNAG annual general meeting. It was agreed for CPNAG – *To explore linking up with the Buzzline – pinning the pond on the ecoACTIVE Community Map and encouraging people to volunteer and... Categories About/Clapton Pond/Hackney Buzzline/Wildlife
May 6, 2025 AGM Update – a year later Given it is AGM time (see our earlier post entitled ‘A date for your diary’) we thought we’d bring you an update from the project that we heard about at last year’s AGM. In 2024 Abi Woodman, of East London Waterworks Park – www.elwp.org.uk, told us about the initiative: East London Waterworks Park is a charity campaigning to buy the 14-acre... Categories East London Waterworks Park/Local Issues/Local news
April 23, 2017 WHERE NEXT FOR OUR AREA? Joint ward forum Kings Park & Lea Bridge wards. Tues 25 Apr 7pm – 9pm Nye Bevan Community Hall, Overbury Street, E5 0AW. Hackney council is preparing a new borough wide plan for up to 2033. Come along to discuss the future of your area with your local councillors and planning officers. Categories Borough Plan/events/Meetings/Ward Forum
December 6, 2014 Opposition to Licence Application on Lower Clapton Road CPNAG has objected to an application by The Hackney Arts Club 243 Lower Clapton Road London E5 8EG for a premises licence for plays, films, live music, recorded music, performance of dance, anything of similar description and supply of alcohol from 10:00 to 01:00am Sun to Wed and from 10:00 to 04:00am Thurs to Sat, and late night refreshment from... Categories Clapton Conference/Hackney/Licence Application/Lower Clapton Road
September 30, 2014 Community Day for Crime Prevention – Fri, Oct 3 Lea Bridge ward Police have been cracking down on burglary in the ward. As well as stepping up patrols in some areas and working plain clothes surveillance, they have organised a Community Day for Crime Prevention (Burglary Initiative). They will be distributing Crime Prevention awareness leaflets in the area of Clapton Pond between 4pm and 6pm this Friday October 3,... Categories Clapton Pond/Community Day/Crime Prevention/Police
