I have added some additional cycling-related places to a map of bike shops and repair places that I originally produced for Hackney Cyclists . This will be developed as we continue our fieldwork, but it includes cycling clubs, cycle workshops, and meeting places. If you know of other places that should be on the map please let us know.
This is a mashup based on the Hackney bike shops map, combined with Index of Multiple Deprivation data (IMD, Crown Copyright 2007), and 2001 Census Output Area Boundary data (Crown Copyright 2003).
It’s a first attempt, so it’s just a flat jpeg and there is no legend – the darker green areas are the areas with higher levels of deprivation (according to the IMD). It shows a cluster of bike shops around the relatively better off Stoke Newington area to the Northwest of the borough. There’s also quite a line of bike shops along the South of the borough, which I guess may be to do with the workplaces in the Shoreditch area and the busy commuter route along the Hackney Road.
As with Hull, I’ve created a little map with cycling resources in Hackney on it. These are just resources that can be geographically mapped within Hackney and that are generally publicly available. The OpenCycleMap background shows cycle routes and some bike parking available in the borough. The map will be updated as we discover more cycling resources.