Stoke Newington

Stoke Newington
Stoke Newington is located in Greater London
Stoke Newington
Stoke Newington
Location within Greater London
OS grid referenceTQ3386
• Charing Cross5 mi (8.0 km) SW
London borough
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLONDON
Postcode districtN16 N4
Postcode districtE8
Dialling code020
PoliceMetropolitan
FireLondon
AmbulanceLondon
UK Parliament
London Assembly
List of places
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51°34′N 0°05′W / 51.56°N 0.08°W / 51.56; -0.08

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.

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]

  1. ^ The Buildings of London; 1953 "Stoke Newington is not entirely London yet"