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Whether you’re a Doc Martins wearing, vintage-garms-only, ex-media student inhabitant of Hackney, or stuck in the more affordable boroughs of Streatham, or Tottenham, you’ll still probably have visited Hackney Wick for a day out.

Full to the brim of independent bars, pubs, and clubs, all along the picturesque River Lee, Hackney Wick is a favourite for a sunny London afternoon. One of its best spots? Crate, a micro-brewery and pizza joint based in an old factory right next to the river. You know it’s a good’un when it’s top of Time Out’s best bars list…