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Fassett Square is a small residential square in the London Borough of Hackney
London Borough of Hackney

The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough in East London, and forms part of inner London and North London....
 between Hackney Central
Hackney Central

Hackney Central is the central district of the London Borough of Hackney in East London, England. It comprises the area roughly surrounding, and extending north from Mare Street....
 and Dalston
Dalston

Dalston is a district in the London Borough of Hackney, England, in Inner London. Its historical borders are Kingsland Road and Kingsland High Street in the west, London Fields in the east, Downs Park Road in the north and the Shoreditch parish boundary in the south....
, just to the north of Graham Road.

It was built in the early 1860s on land owned by the Graham family. The north west part of the square contains the bauhaus-influenced new extension to the German Hospital, which was built in 1935 and closed in 1987. To the north is the stretch of railway track that carries the North London Line
North London Line

The North London Line is a railway line through the inner suburbs of north London, England, from Richmond station in the west to North Woolwich railway station in the east in roughly a semi-circle....
.

The square is unremarkable but for the fact that it was used in the design of the fictional Albert Square
Albert Square

Albert Square is the fictional location of the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. It is ostensibly located in the equally fictional London borough of Walford in London's East End of London....
 in the long-running BBC TV soap EastEnders
EastEnders

EastEnders is a popular and award-winning television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985. It currently ranks within the top of the most watched shows in the United Kingdom....
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Fassett Square is a small residential square in the London Borough of Hackney
London Borough of Hackney

The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough in East London, and forms part of inner London and North London....
 between Hackney Central
Hackney Central

Hackney Central is the central district of the London Borough of Hackney in East London, England. It comprises the area roughly surrounding, and extending north from Mare Street....
 and Dalston
Dalston

Dalston is a district in the London Borough of Hackney, England, in Inner London. Its historical borders are Kingsland Road and Kingsland High Street in the west, London Fields in the east, Downs Park Road in the north and the Shoreditch parish boundary in the south....
, just to the north of Graham Road.

It was built in the early 1860s on land owned by the Graham family. The north west part of the square contains the bauhaus-influenced new extension to the German Hospital, which was built in 1935 and closed in 1987. To the north is the stretch of railway track that carries the North London Line
North London Line

The North London Line is a railway line through the inner suburbs of north London, England, from Richmond station in the west to North Woolwich railway station in the east in roughly a semi-circle....
.

The square is unremarkable but for the fact that it was used in the design of the fictional Albert Square
Albert Square

Albert Square is the fictional location of the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. It is ostensibly located in the equally fictional London borough of Walford in London's East End of London....
 in the long-running BBC TV soap EastEnders
EastEnders

EastEnders is a popular and award-winning television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985. It currently ranks within the top of the most watched shows in the United Kingdom....
. When the creators of the soap were thinking of the design of the square in the early 1980s, they needed a group of typical East London former merchants' houses all facing a well-kept square, giving a sense of community. There were plans to actually film the series in the square, but the hospital was difficult to insert in the script.

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