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Cafés in Hackney & London Fields

Broadway Market's Saturday stalls, London Fields, Dalston Lane's roastery and canal-side cafés in De Beauvoir.

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London Fields, 12.65 hectares of common land in Hackney, was recorded as pasture in 1275 and named in 1540, when drovers grazed livestock there before market.1 It now has a heated 50 m lido with a café, and London Fields station links it to Liverpool Street on the Overground.1

Broadway Market runs between the park and the Regent's Canal, which forms its southern end.23 A street market worked the south end from 1883, and the Saturday food market that revived it opened on 8 May 2004.2 Coffee followed: Climpson & Sons began as a market stall run by Ian Burgess, back from five years in Australia, and took a shop on Broadway Market in 2004.4

Local tip: Broadway Market closes to traffic from 09:00 on market days; Climpson & Sons at No. 67 opens at 08:30 on Saturday, and The Bach at No. 12 at 08:00.2

At a glance

119Cafés listed
37With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
00:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Bungalows Cafe, from 06:00 (Mon–Fri 06:00–16:00 · Sat 07:00–15:00 · Sun Closed).
  • Closes latest: Café Hebe, until 00:00 (Tue 08:00–17:00 · Wed–Thu 08:00–23:00 · Fri 08:00–00:00 · Sat 09:00–00:00 · Sun 09:00–16:30).
  • Most listed streets: Mare Street (10), Broadway Market (9), Dalston Lane (8).
  • Most common features: indoor seating (40%), outdoor seating (36%), card payment (29%).

Bread & Oregano

  • 143-145 Homerton High Street
  • Mon–Fri 07:00–17:00 · Sat–Sun 07:30–17:00
  • Wi-Fi
  • Takeaway
  • Indoor seating
  • Card payment
  • Vegetarian options
  • Toilets
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Bungalows Cafe

  • 80 Mare Street
  • Mon–Fri 06:00–16:00 · Sat 07:00–15:00 · Sun Closed
  • +44 20 3609 4668
  • Wi-Fi
  • Indoor seating
  • Vegetarian options
  • Open by 6am
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Climpson & Sons

  • 67 Broadway Market
  • Mon–Fri 07:00–17:00 · Sat 08:30–17:00 · Sun 09:00–17:00
  • +44 20 7254 7199
  • Takeaway
  • Card payment
  • Vegetarian options
  • Specialty
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Incoming Coffee

  • 393 Mare Street
  • Mon–Fri 07:30–15:30 · Sat–Sun 08:00–16:30
  • Takeaway
  • Air-con
  • Indoor seating
  • Card payment
  • Pet-friendly
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Toconoco

  • 28 Hertford Road
  • Mon 09:00–17:30 · Tue Closed · Wed–Sun 09:00–17:30
  • +44 20 7249 8394
  • Wi-Fi
  • Air-con
  • Indoor seating
  • Card payment
  • Vegetarian options
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Bagel On The Park

  • 105 Gore Road
  • Mon–Fri 07:30–18:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–18:00
  • +44 20 8986 6061
  • Takeaway
  • Vegetarian options
  • Smoke-free indoors
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Coffee chains in Hackney & London Fields

Broadway Market on a Saturday

The street closes to traffic from 09:00 to 17:00 on market days.2 Burgess named his business after the old butcher's shop it moved into, and in 2005 bought his first roaster, a 3 kg Whitmee.4 Climpson & Sons, at 67 Broadway Market, opens at 07:00 on weekdays and 08:30 on Saturday.

The Bach at No. 12 opens at 08:00 every day, Third Culture Deli at No. 29 at 07:45 on weekdays, and l'eau a la bouche, at 35–37, stays open until 19:00 on weekdays. F. Cooke's pie and mash shop held 9 Broadway Market for about 120 years until the eyewear firm Cubitts took it over in May 2023.5

Dalston and Ashwin Street

Allpress roasts for London at 55 Dalston Lane, where it moved from Redchurch Street in Shoreditch in May 2015; the Dalston site has its own café.6 H.J. Aris Café and Antiques at 11 Dalston Lane opens daily 10:00–18:00.

On Ashwin Street, Cafe Oto opened in 2008 at Nos. 18–22, in premises a paint-mixing firm used from 1866 to 1954; the single room holds 150 people for free jazz and experimental music.7 Next door, Dalston Eastern Curve Garden is at Nos. 10–16. On Kingsland Road, Café Hebe at No. 258 stays open until midnight on Friday and Saturday.

Mare Street, Well Street and the canal

Mare Street has more cafés than any other Hackney street, and the earliest starts: Bungalows Cafe at No. 80 opens at 06:00 on weekdays and Running Late at 249A at 07:00. Incoming Coffee at No. 393 opens at 07:30, and Marina Cafe at No. 422 at 07:00.

Many Hackney cafés welcome dogs, among them The Bach, Drupe at 70 Broadway Market and Hash E8 on Lauriston Road. Towpath Cafe sits on the canal at 42 De Beauvoir Crescent, and Batch Baby, at 43 De Beauvoir Road, opens at 07:30 on weekdays. Toward Victoria Park, The Hub Cafe at St Marks Gate opens daily 09:00–16:00.

Further east, Sons on Lower Clapton Road opens daily 07:00–16:00, and Bread & Oregano at 143–145 Homerton High Street opens at 07:00 on weekdays. Two cafés stay open into the evening: Finch Cafe at 12 Sidworth Street until 23:00 on Thursday and Friday, and La Mela at 25–27 Marsh Hill until 22:00 from Wednesday to Saturday.

Sources

  1. London Fields, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Broadway Market, London, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Regent's Canal, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. Climpson & Sons: the 20 years story, Climpson & Sons, accessed October 2026
  5. Pie and mash, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  6. Allpress Dalston, Brian's Coffee Spot (March 6, 2017), accessed October 2026
  7. Cafe Oto, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Hackney & London Fields cafés: questions

When is Broadway Market open in Hackney, London?

Broadway Market's food market has run on Saturdays since 8 May 2004, and weekends are its normal market days; the street closes to traffic from 09:00 to 17:00 when the market is on. Climpson & Sons at No. 67 opens at 08:30 on Saturday, and The Bach at No. 12 at 08:00.

When did Climpson & Sons open on Broadway Market in Hackney, London?

Climpson & Sons started as a market stall run by Ian Burgess after five years in Australia, and set up shop on Broadway Market in 2004, taking the name of the old butcher's shop. He bought his first roaster, a 3 kg Whitmee, in 2005. The café at 67 Broadway Market opens at 07:00 on weekdays.

Is there a lido at London Fields in Hackney?

Yes. London Fields, 12.65 hectares of common land in Hackney, has a heated 50 m lido with a café. London Fields station on the Overground links the park to Liverpool Street, and Broadway Market runs south from the park toward the Regent's Canal.

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