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Dalston

Dalston (/ˈdɔːlstən/) is an area of East London, in the London Borough of Hackney. It is four miles (six kilometres) northeast of Charing Cross. Dalston began as a hamlet on either side of Dalston Lane and as the area urbanised, the term also came to apply to surrounding areas including Kingsland and Shacklewell, all three of which being part of the…

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Ambulance
London
Ceremonial county
Greater London
Country
England
Dialling code
020
Fire
London
London Assembly
North East

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Edges179
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Avg. degree1.99
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related to Cultural references · 44
Dalston → Angel, Boiling Point, British, Britney Spears, Channel, Clapton, Connan Mockasin's, Crimewatch, Criminal, Dalston Songs, Dalston Superstore, David Schwimmer, Dead Donkey, Dennis, Don't, Drop, East London, Forever Dolphin Love, Helen Chadwick, It
related to Road · 28
Dalston → A10, A104, A1207, Angel, B102, B108, Balls Pond Road/Dalston Lane, City, Clapton, De Beauvoir Town, Enfield, Epping Forest, Graham Road, Green Lanes, Hackney, Hackney Downs, Haggerston, Hertford, Highbury, Hoxton
related to Rail · 23
Dalston → Camden Road, Canada Water, Clapham Junction, Crystal Palace, Dalston Junction, Dalston Kingsland, Hackney Central, Haggerston, Highbury, Islington, London Overground, Mildmay, New Cross, Richmond, Shoreditch, South London, Stratford, This, West Croydon, West London
related to history · 21
Dalston → Constable, Deorlaf's, Derleston, Hackney, Hoch, Hoxton, Kingsland, London, Lord-Lieutenant, Middle Ages, Middlesex, Middlesex Militia, Newington, Shacklewell, Stepney, The, This, Tower, Tower Division, Tower Hamlets
related to Notable people · 20
Dalston → Balls Pond Road, BoltonCharles James Martin, British, Daisy Radcliffe Beresford, DalstonTony Blair, Evans, Grease Band, Hugh Laurie, Labour, Lee, Lister Institute, Lloyd, Mapledene Road, Morgan, Preventive MedicineAlan Spenner, Roxy MusicEdith Thompson, St Mark's Rise, Stephen Fry, Turner Prize-winning, Whiteread
related to Demographics · 15
Dalston → Architecturally, As, Caribbean, Contemporary Dalston, Dalston Junction, Europe, Hackney, In, It, Jewish, London, Olympics, Ridley Road, Turkish, Vietnamese
related to Culture · 11
Dalston → Andrew Bunsell, Centred, Dalston Music Festival, Dalston Studios, Dalston Theatre, February, Four Aces, Gillett Square, Its, Labyrinth, The Dalston Theatre
related to Shopping · 10
Dalston → BBC's EastEnders, Dalston Cross, Dalston Kingsland, Established, Fruit, Halal, Kingsland Road, Ridley Road, Ridley Road Market, The Kingsland Shopping Centre
related to Cycling · 7
Dalston → Cycling, Hackney, London, London Borough, Several, TfL, Transport
related to Bounds · 5
Dalston → Dalston's, De Beauvoir Town, Kingsland, Shacklewell, There

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road hackney london kingsland area east part junction st also high boundary one station south borough west street ridley newington

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DalstonAmbulanceLondon1.00infobox
DalstonCeremonial countyGreater London1.00infobox
DalstonCountryEngland1.00infobox
DalstonDialling code0201.00infobox
DalstonFireLondon1.00infobox
DalstonLondon AssemblyNorth East1.00infobox
DalstonLondon boroughHackney1.00infobox
DalstonOS grid referenceTQ3458451.00infobox
DalstonPoliceMetropolitan1.00infobox
DalstonPost townLONDON1.00infobox
DalstonPostcode districtE81.00infobox
DalstonPostcode districtN1, N161.00infobox
DalstonRegionLondon1.00infobox
DalstonSovereign stateUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
DalstonUK ParliamentHackney North and Stoke Newington1.00infobox
DalstonUK ParliamentHackney South and Shoreditch1.00infobox
Dalston• Charing Cross4 mi (6.4 km) SW1.00infobox
Dalstonis alively neighbourhood with an ethnically varied population0.90text
Dalstonis asecond of 12 placenames associated with London mentioned in an overdubbed choral series on the Lily Allen song0.90text

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