Hackney Marshes (London)
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park, football - soccer field, sports ground
Hackney Marshes, east London. Famous for the sheer number of football pitches. Hackney Marshes also appeared in the famous 1995 Nike 'Parklife' advertisement with Eric Cantona, Ian Wright, Robbie Fowler and David Seaman amongst others turning up one weekend to play alongside Sunday league teams. Hackney Marshes was also the former home of the Leyton Orient FC.
Hackney Marshes holds the world record for the highest number (88) of full-sized football pitches in one place.
Hackney Marshes holds the world record for the highest number (88) of full-sized football pitches in one place.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackney_Marshes
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°33'23"N -0°1'53"E
- Eton Manor 0.9 km
- Victoria Park Sports Ground 1.5 km
- Chobham Academy & Community Playing Fields 1.6 km
- Leyton Sports Ground 1.9 km
- Douglas Eyre Sports Ground 3.5 km
- Waltham Forest Pool & Track 4.3 km
- Wadham Lodge Sports Ground 5.1 km
- Highbury Fields 5.1 km
- Downhills Park 5.7 km
- Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 6 km
- Homerton 0.9 km
- Leyton 1.2 km
- Lower Clapton 1.6 km
- Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 1.7 km
- Hackney 1.8 km
- London Borough of Hackney 2.2 km
- Stratford 2.6 km
- Lower Lea Valley 3.3 km
- Waltham Forest Council 5.3 km
- London Borough of Newham 5.4 km