Celebrating Hackney’s past, shaping its future – since 1967
Celebrating Hackney’s past, shaping its future – since 1967
We organise a wide range of talks, walks, guided tours and other events, as well as the annual Hackney History Festival each May.
Tickets range from free to £5 for members/£10 for non-members via our Eventbrite page.
Shoreditch Heritage Walk
Saturday 5th September 2026, 11am-1pm
Shoreditch Church
Join us for a guided tour through Hackney’s southernmost, and arguably its most interesting, quarter. From St Leonard’s Church to the Sun Street Conservation Area, from Stone Age artefacts to sleek new skyscrapers, the route will take in a succession of diverse points of interest.
Wikipedia Editing Workshop
Saturday 6th September 2026, 2pm- 4pmHackney Archives, E8 3BQ (and the first Saturday each month).
Join us to learn how to create content on Wikipedia, a free-content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers. Trainers from Wikimedia UK will give an overview of Wikipedia editing, why it is important and help attendees to get started.
Squatting in Hackney with Tom Hunter, Mark Wilson and Leah Gordon
Thursday 10th September 2026, 7pmChat’s Palace, E9 6DF
To mark the 50th anniversary of Chats Palace, photographer Tom Hunter joins Mark Wilson and Leah Gordon for an illustrated talk exploring Hackney’s squatting communities, housing co-operatives and alternative lifestyles in the 1980s and 1990s, drawing on personal stories, photographs and archival material. The 90-minute event will be followed by a Q&A and music, with priority discounted booking for Hackney Society members before general booking opens on 30 June.
Find out about Hackney’s Guiding Course
Saturday 27th September 2026, 11am-12:30pmGeffrye Street entrance to Hoxton Station, E2 8FF
If you’d like to find out more, join tutor Sue Doe and some of the guides who have just completed this year’s course at our free ‘Meet the Guides’ event and walk. The course tutors and other guides will take you on a walk to show you their favourite parts of Hoxton followed by a chance to ask questions and socialise in a local cafe.
People and Power on the City’s Doorstep
Saturday 10th October 2026Hoxton Station, E2 8FF
A free walk by Hackney Guiding Association as part of Local London Guiding Day.
How does Hoxton’s past inform its present and future? Compare almshouses and council housing, parks, libraries, music halls, a power station and Hoxton market. Consider how the powerful provided for the poor, and where their wealth came from! Hear about plague pits, workhouses and non conformism. Discover what is meant by ‘More light, More Power!’
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