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Clapton Pond is a pond and garden at Clapton in the London Borough of Hackney. The name ‘Clapton’ or ‘farm on the hill’ is derived from the Old English words ‘clop’, meaning a lump or hill, and ‘ton’, meaning a farm.
Clapton Common is a valuable green space in a very densely populated, busy and built up part of East London. It is trimmed and tidy but still in its natural state. The pond dates back to the 1600s although it has been renovated and is now a neat oval shape.
- Kick Back and Chill in Springfield Park
- While Away A Sunny Afternoon in The Crooked Billet
- Take A Wander Down The River Lea
- Watch An Independent Flick at The Castle Cinema
- Guzzle Down All The Food at My Neighbour The Dumplings
- Check Out The Sunday Market on Chatsworth Road
- Grab A Slice of Pie at Sodo Pizza
- See What’s on at The Magnificent Round Chapel
- Indulge in Some Sweet Treats from Bake Street
- Tuck Into A Sunday Roast at Tram Store
Kicking off this roundup of the best things to do in Clapton is a visit to Springfield Park – a peaceful, 36-acre slice of open space which also doubles as a nature reserve. You can soak up some fantastic views of the neighbouring Walthamstow Marshes from the higher reaches of the park, and there’s a hidden gem of a café here if you’re wanting a co...
Now many of us have spent a perfectly good Saturday afternoon in the pub, sinking plenty of pints and chinwagging until the sun goes down. And while there are many good pubs to do exactly that in E5, we’d argue that The Crooked Billet is the one to go to when the weather’s playing ball. It’s got one of the largest beer gardens in the area, and has ...
Now if multi-Grammy award winner and all-around music legend Adele is singing about it, it’s definitely worth a visit right? Stretching from the Chiltern Hills to the Thames at Bow Creek, it’s London’s second largest river and makes its way through wildlife-filled marshes and leafy parksalong its 68-kilometre-long route. Bordering Clapton, it’s wel...
Light, cameras, action! Who doesn’t love a trip to the cinema hey? And E5 comes up top trumps with ‘The Castle’ – an independent, Art Deco gem on Chatsworth Road (more on that later) which first swung open its doors back in 2013. It has seen multiple iterations over the century or so since – as a bingo hall, then as a warehouse, then most lately as...
Another one of our favourite things to do in Clapton is visiting My Neighbour The Dumplings – a relatively quirky joint characterised by kitschy, foliage-filled interiors, ambient lighting and, quite frankly, bloody delicious food. As the name would suggest, they specialise in dumplings and dim sum here, with standouts including the ‘truffle and po...
One of London’s longest high streets, Chatsworth Road is a relatively bougie spot with a rich heritage and is synonymous with chic coffee shops, snug wine bars and some of the best restaurants in Hackney. It’s also famous for its Sunday market, which dates all the way back to the 1930’s and has been a staple here in its current form since 2011. Ope...
Now, Sodo Pizza is one of our favourite pizza restaurants in London and, to be honest, can you blame us? They love a witty pizza name as much as the next person – see the ‘Jon Bon Chovy’ and ‘The Wicker Man’ for more evidence of this – but they also pride themselves on producing a dough that is light on the stomach, thanks to a 48-hour fermentation...
Another of the best things to do in Clapton is paying a visit to the Round Chapel – a beautiful Grade II* listed chapel right in the heart of Hackney. Designed by esteemed architects Henry Fuller and James Cubitt back in 1871,it was billed as ‘one of the finest Nonconformist buildings in London’ by the celebrated art historian Pevsner– and it’s eas...
Just a stone’s throw from Rectory Road overground station lies Bake Street – a cute neighbourhood café and deli whose brunch has featured on countless ‘best of’ lists.And for good reason – it’s absolutely delicious. But it’s not just avo and toast here – as good as that can be sometimes. They rustle up some pretty out-of-this-world tacos and burrit...
Now we all love a Sunday roast – and quite frankly if you don’t then there’s something a bit wrong with you. But it can be pretty hard to find a good one in London – i.e. one that’s worth the 20 plus quid that you’re shelling out for it these days. Well step forward the Tram Store, a café-come-bar set within an old tram depot (duh) who deliver a ba...
Clapton Common is a small fragment of the former Broad Common; the south side, overlooked by the early C19th Clapton Terrace, forms an extension to the Common. It retains its large pond but public amenities, such as a Keeper's Box and drinking fountain, no longer exist, and the small mock-Tudor pavilion provided as public toilets became derelict.
- Clapton Common, Upper Clapton
- England, Greater London
- Greater London
- E5 9AA
Clapton Pond is one of the few bus destinations in the UK, which has the word Pond in it. It sounds salubrious and it is actually a small park with the pond, surrounded by a few nice cafes.
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- Lower Clapton Road, London
Jul 6, 2023 · The pond is a particularly beautiful space – well kept and maintained – and has existed in various forms since the 1600s. Over the years the communities that have called Clapton home have shaped the pond in their own ways. The form you see today is mostly from the Victorian era.
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Apr 27, 2020 · clapton pond to millfields and back (1.2 miles) 1/15 Start at Clapton Pond, E5 0QH, where the route will end after taking you down to Millfields. This is not a natural pond but an early c18th man-made reservoir for water pumped up from the River Lea, London’s second largest river.
