Useful Contacts
Please find below a list of contacts that you may need in order to arrange your filming in the borough
Accident & Emergency
The nearest A & E to Hackney is The Homerton
The Homerton
Homerton Row
E9 6SR
Tel: 020 8510 7120
Fax: 020 8510 5055
British Waterways
Unitbase manage all filming on British Waterways property. This includes all canals and towpaths in the borough of Hackney
James Crawley
Unitbase.co.uk
Unit 5
Arher House
Richmond
Surrey
TW10 5AD
Tel: 020 7619 8230
Mbl: 07976 638 659
Film London
Film London are the strategic agency for the media sector in London. They have an extensive database of locations available for filming in London. They also provide location advice.
Film London
Suite 6.10
The Tea Building
Shoreditch High Street
London
E1 6JJ
Tel: 020 7613 7676
Fax: 020 7613 7677
Email: info@filmlondon.org.uk
Web: www.filmlondon.org.uk
Police
The Hackney Borough Operations and Event Planning Unit must be informed of all filming in the borough.
Sergeant David Robson and PC Patrick Mooring
Hackney Borough Operations
Stoke Newington Police Station
Tel: 020 7275 3054
Fax: 020 7275 3047
Email: david.robson@met.police.uk
patrick.mooring@met.police.uk
Transport for London
Several streets in Hackney are red routes and are managed by Transport for London. Therefore they must be approached if you wish to film on these streets:
Kingsland Road (A10)
Kingsland High Street (A10)
Stoke Newington Road (A10)
Stoke Newington High Street (A10)
Stamford Hill (A10)
Seven Sisters Road (A503)
Old Street
Upper Clapton Road (A107)
Lower Clapton Road (A107)
Clapton Common (A107)
Bob DuGard
Principal Engineer (Hackney and Tower Hamlets)
North Area Team
Directorate of Road Network Management
Transport for London
Tel: 020 7126 1150
Fax : 020 7126 1260
Email: BobDugard@streetmanagement.org.uk
Page updated: 14 Jan 2008