Stoke Newington
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Not to be confused with Newington, in the London Borough of Southwark.
Stoke Newington is an area occupying the northwest part of the London Borough of Hackney, England. The area is five miles (eight kilometres) northeast of Charing Cross. The Manor of Stoke Newington gave its name to Stoke Newington the ancient parish.
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Stoke Newington | |
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Stoke Newington Town Hall, built 1935–37 for the Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington | |
Location within Greater London | |
OS grid reference | TQ3386 |
• Charing Cross | 5 mi (8.0 km) SW |
London borough | |
Ceremonial county | Greater London |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LONDON |
Postcode district | N16 N4 |
Postcode district | E8 |
Dialling code | 020 |
Police | Metropolitan |
Fire | London |
Ambulance | London |
UK Parliament | |
London Assembly | |
51.56°N 0.08°W / 51.56; -0.08 |
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The historic core on Stoke Newington Church Street retains the distinct London village character which led Nikolaus Pevsner to write in 1953 that he found it hard to see the district as being in London at all.[1]