The combination of former Olympic venues open to all for various sporting and entertainment activities, strong cultural innovation and business districts, schools, universities and new residential neighbourhoods as well as award winning parklands and waterways make it the perfect place for all to come visit and play, work, study or call home.

One of Europe’s most vibrant creative scene, Hackney Wick and Fish Island is proudly one of the 6 Creative Enterprise Zones designated by Mayor of London.

Home to artist and creative spaces, the area also hosts plenty of quirky cafes and eateries but also craft breweries, bars and independent shops.

East Bank is a unique collaboration between some of the world’s top universities and arts and culture institutions, creating a new Culture Quarter in East London. It will attract another 1.5 million visitors to the park every year and is set to create more than 2,500 jobs.

There’ll be heaps happening UCL’s new campus (pictured) will be here as well as Stratford Waterfront, which will be home to some of the biggest names in culture, education and innovation including the BBC, Sadler’s Wells, UAL’s London College of Fashion and the V&A Museum.

Here East is a unique and buzzing campus, proudly home to over 4,500 people working and studying there. Large businesses and educational institutions have established themselves in this unique innovation hub, as well as creative hubs Plexal and The Trampery on the Gantry, Studio Wayne McGregor and many more. In 2023, the new V&A collection and research centre will open at Here East, reinventing the ideas of a museum store.

Fancy grabbing a bite to eat or a cooling beer after work? Head over to Canalside, a local’s favourite hang out spot.

Make Shift’s new project, Hackney Bridge is an exciting new canalside public destination, featuring workspaces, events, markets, restaurants and bars with individuality and local enterprise at its heart.