Friday, July 06, 2012

One Hackney Festival

Hackney will welcome the Olympic Torch on Saturday 12 July and everyone is invited to take part in the celebrations planned for the day.

There will be a parade starting at 10.30 the junction of Pitfield Street and Whitmore Road.  The parade will travel through along Kingsland Road, before travelling on to Clissold Park in Stoke Newington where the Olympic Torch will be welcomed.

The Torch will pass several hotspots along the One Hackney Festival parade route.

15.54 the Torch arrives in Hackney at Shoreditch High Street
16.02 it will enter Kingsland Road
16.06 the Torch will pass by the Shoreditch Festival
16.20 passes Gillet Square
16.34 Turns into Stoke Newington Church Street
16.47 Torch Moment in Clissold Park
17.54 arrives at Hackney Town Hall
18.20 passes Mabley Green
18.28 leaves Hackney via Eastway

Times have been supplied by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games and are approximate.

Shoreditch Festival will be a programme of free live music and entertainment alongside the Regents Canal.  More details are available on the festival website.

For more details on the One Hackney Festival, visit the council website or the One Hackney page on Facebook.