Hoxton

About Hoxton
Hoxton was once a down-at-heel area filled with derelict industrial buildings. It emerged in the early Nineties as one of London's most exciting, fashionable and artistic districts, heaving with cutting-edge bars, clubs, gastropubs, restaurants, music venues and arts centres. The original creative community living and/or working in Hoxton included Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and fashion designer Alexander McQueen. They may now have moved on, but their spirit survives in the galleries which proliferate here and its neighbour Shoreditch. It is an area where loft-dwelling professionals live alongside a more traditional East End community.