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Twelve Years in Stoke Newington
A public archive of @StokeyUpdates, a Stoke Newington news and updates Twitter/X account, maintained by a local resident, that was active from 2014 to 2026. With nearly 25,000 posts published on an almost daily basis, it captures 12 years of life in Stoke Newington through council policy, local controversies, shops and venues, COVID-19, community events, transport, and everyday neighbourhood discourse. Contact: StokeyUpdates@gmail.com.
Activity over time
2014
765 (3%)
2015
1,523 (6%)
2016
1,409 (6%)
2017
1,957 (8%)
2018
893 (4%)
2019
888 (4%)
2020
1,939 (8%)
2021
2,160 (9%)
2022
4,229 (18%)
2023
4,938 (21%)
2024
1,933 (8%)
2025
814 (3%)
2026
99 (<1%)
Archive highlights
Top 10 highlights
· 60 reposts
More disturbing images emerge of a deserted Church Street, where lack of constant passing traffic apparently…
· 47 reposts
Outside the Co-Op in Stoke Newington Road. Photos by Amy Nicholson.
· 38 reposts
‘When all this is over, how do you want the world to be different?’ Stoke Newington Church Street
· 34 reposts
50% off for NHS Staff Stoke Newington Green Fruit & Veg, Stoke Newington Church Street
· 29 reposts
Lordship Park this afternoon. The speed limit in Lordship Park is 20mph.
· 27 reposts
.@DPDCare is it company policy for delivery drivers to cover the van’s registration plates (a criminal offenc…
· 25 reposts
Danny DeVito visiting the Stoke Newington Leisure Centre, Clissold Road on Monday. (Photo via @LynRennick)
Sun 23 Oct 2022 · 19:08 · 25 reposts
Cazenove Road/Stoke Newington High St flooded again
Sun 06 Aug 2023 · 17:52 · 23 reposts
- 70% of Hackney households don’t own a car. - Around 80% of penalties related to LTN breaches in Hackney hav…
· 511 likes
More disturbing images emerge of a deserted Church Street, where lack of constant passing traffic apparently…
· 375 likes
Outside the Co-Op in Stoke Newington Road. Photos by Amy Nicholson.
· 241 likes
Lordship Park this afternoon. The speed limit in Lordship Park is 20mph.
· 159 likes
Rainbow Bus Gate being painted at the moment in Stoke Newington Church Street
· 149 likes
New widened pavement in Church Street - Open for business
· 145 likes
‘When all this is over, how do you want the world to be different?’ Stoke Newington Church Street
· 140 likes
From Monday this narrow end of Lordship Road will become cyclists only 24/7.
· 139 likes
Billy Bollard in Stoke Newington Road/Amhurst Road claims another victim. This is the 4th time I'm aware of t…
· 138 likes
50% off for NHS Staff Stoke Newington Green Fruit & Veg, Stoke Newington Church Street
· 129 likes
The 73 tram making its way down Stoke Newington Church Street in 2043? ;)
· 96 likes
Stoke Newington Church St on a sunny Saturday. Not quite the dystopian post-LTN “ghost town” a few people who…
· 75 likes
Baffled by how all these people made it to Stoke Newington Church Street today despite the daytime restrictio…
· 43 likes
The newly completed temporary structure at the back of St Mary‘s old Church to allow to host small-scale arti…
· 40 likes
The extent of the Church St pavement widening section between Kersley Rd and Lancell St. Wow. Wider than I ex…
· 28 likes
Stoke Newington-based @alison_rayner and @deirdcartwright playing the Match of the Day tune as part of their…
· 23 likes
I had a sneak preview of Abney Books, a secondhand bookshop opening at 213 Stoke Newington High St. The owner…
· 20 likes
First visit to the Clissold Park splash pad today. It was GREAT. Ecstatic children and two dads who chickened…
· 18 likes
@inight16 @Blackfriars20 When was the last time you visited our deserted “ghost town”? :) 3am on a Sunday?
· 18 likes
Allen Rd/Nevill Rd has undergone a complete transformation. The remodel employs a design principle where desi…