Gillett Square

Home to Dalston Culture House, NTS Radio’s OG studios and a whole bunch of creative businesses based inside Stamford Works, this lively square behind Dalston Kingsland High Street is a hub of activity on all but the coldest days of the year. On any given afternoon you might find groups of Jamaican men playing dominoes and blasting reggae outside of its ramshackle jerk trucks, kids whizzing around on scooters, buskers playing to people lounging about on benches and skateboarders setting up their own ramps. And in the summer months it hosts a sporadic variety of free community events ranging from play areas and street markets during Hackney Carnival and open-air film screenings to festivals like NTS Square Party and Dalston Supersquare. In short, it’s a vibrant little corner of east London that’s always worth stopping by to see what’s occurring.