Locale Clapton

Nobody has ever heard of Clapton. This is probably for the best.

Clapton is the poor cousin of Hackney and Stoke Newington; it's to the north of the former and the east of the latter, sitting on the River Lea just over from Walthamstow. It has a [pub]?, a million corner shops and fast-food joints, and not a lot else. Clapton's only claim to fame is that it is home to the [Murder Mile]?.

Like its neighbouring areas, Clapton isn't on the tube network, but has a [surface rail station]?, which is served by [West Anglia Line (Walthamstow Branch)]? trains which WAGN occasionally sees fit to provide; these take about 10 minutes to get to Liverpool Street Station (stopping at [Hackney Downs Station]? and Bethnal Green Rail Station en route), which is pretty convenient. There are also bus services; the 106 (Finsbury Park, Stoke Newington, Clapton, Hackney, Whitechapel), 253 (Euston, Finsbury Park, Stamford Hill, Clapton, Hackney, Whitechapel), 55 (Oxford Circus, Tottenham Court Road, Hackney, Clapton, Leyton), 38 (Victoria, Tottenham Court Road, Hackney, Clapton, elsewhere) and a few others. If you want to get a bus to a tube stop, your best bet is to get a 106 or 253 to [Manor House Station]? or Finsbury Park Station. The useful night buses are the N55 and N38, both of which can be caught from stop Y outside Tottenham Court Road Station.

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