Shacklewell is a small locality to the east of Roman Ermine Street (now the A10), in the London Borough of Hackney.

John Heron, reputedly the richest man in Hackney, with extensive land-holding had his manor house at Shacklewell.

[3][2] Cecilia More, the youngest daughter of Sir Thomas More, the Roman Catholic martyr, married into the family in 1525.

Largely residential in the mid-19th Century, the district gained some light industry later on, including Eyre & Spottiswoode's printworks and a saw mill.

Although some industry remains, largely in Turkish hands, the area is no longer a significant commercial centre.

The post-2014 ward boundaries straddle Stoke Newington Road, with the village core and its immediate surroundings (now part of Dalston) to the east, while the area west of the road is the southernmost part of Stoke Newington The nearest London Overground station is the Dalston Kingsland railway station.