Hackney news

Xponential Fitness is bringing its Club Pilates brand to the UK, with the opening of two locations in London. The move reflects the growing popularity ... More

The new Britannia Leisure Centre in Hackney, London, has opened its doors to the public. The centre is operated by charitable social enterprise Better – a ... More

Counterspace have been chosen to design the Serpentine Pavilion for 2020 with a design based on gathering spaces and community places around London that will ... More

David Lloyd Clubs has opened a pop-up restaurant in Hackney, London, designed specifically to complement positive mental health. The health club operator has teamed up ... More

Twelve local delivery pilot schemes that aim to understand how local identities can be used to deliver sustainable increases in physical activity levels, have been ... More

Budget yoga chain MoreYoga has opened a studio in Woolwich, London. The launch is the first of 25 planned openings for 2019 and will be ... More

British architecture practice FaulknerBrowns have been given a provisional go-ahead for the intensely debated Britannia Leisure Centre in London, UK. The new multipurpose recreational venue ... More

The winners of this year’s Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence have been announced, with shortlisted projects celebrated and recognised across the museums, galleries, heritage ... More

Members of the public are invited to have their say on 39 design proposals for the transformation of London’s Old Street roundabout to create a ... More

Twelve areas across England will take part in a groundbreaking pilot to reach physically inactive communities. The public body Sport England will allocate £100m in ... More

The Virgin Group has increased its involvement in the fitness and exercise sector with the launch of Virgin Sport, which aims to get more people ... More

Proposals to knock down a leisure centre and build a new facility as part of a major development plan are being put forward by a ... More

Architect Asif Khan is bringing tiny forests to the streets of London to address the need for calming “third places” in urban environments. The architect ... More

Here are some of the most popular stories that appeared on CLAD this week Monday Zaha Hadid Architects and Glenn Howells Architects were named as ... More

The Geffrye Museum of the Home in London will be comprehensively revamped in a bid to improve the experience of visitors to its Grade I ... More

Online spare room rental service Airbnb has rapidly acquired a ‘significant’ chunk of the London accommodations market and is increasingly charging higher rates than hotels, ... More

Charitable social enterprise GLL has secured £200k of National Lottery funding for its ‘For the Girls, By the Girls’ project. The scheme aims to encourage ... More

London’s mini-Holland concept, pioneered by the London Cycling Campaign (LCC), has shifted up a gear since its inception. Now, with further formulated plans, the three ... More

The Geffrye Museum has named Wright & Wright Architects to lead the design of its £14m (€17m, US$23m) development scheme. The project will create new ... More

The government and the Mayor of London have launched a new initiative designed to promote physical activity across the UK, with the aim of ensuring ... More

The world’s first ever Compact Athletics Facility (CAF), designed to allow track and field facilities to be built in places where there is limited space, ... More

Leading boxing promoter Frank Warren has announced a major multi-fight agreement for the Copper Box Arena with venue operator GLL, the UK's largest Social Enterprise. ... More

London's Hackney Council has rejected a planning application for an £18.9m redevelopment project at the Geffrye Museum. The museum, which examines the changing face of ... More

More than 500 over 55-year-olds took part in the 2012 Better Club Games, held at Brixton Recreation Centre on Friday 19 October 2012. The 'mini ... More