De Beauvoir Town is a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Hackney, 2 miles north of the City of London. It is sometimes described as a part of Dalston. The name is pronounced variously; notably and
Aerial view of De Beauvoir Square
The distinctive Jacobethan styled gables and mullioned windows of houses in De Beauvoir Square
De Beauvoir Estate, completed in 1971
De Beauvoir Square in the summer
Dalston is an area of East London, in the London Borough of Hackney. It is four miles northeast of Charing Cross. Dalston began as a hamlet on either side of Dalston Lane, and as the area urbanised th
St. Mark's Church – "Cathedral of the East End"
The Dalston Culture House now houses the Vortex Jazz Club. (October 2005)
Dalston's Ridley Road market, October 2005