hackney is an inner-eastern suburb of adelaide, south australia, in the city of norwood payneham st peters. it is adjacent to the adelaide park lands, the adelaide city centre and north adelaide. the o-bahn busway passes along hackney road, part of the city ring route, adelaide, which forms its western boundary. its other boundaries are the river torrens (north), the continuation of north terrace through kent town (south), and a series of small streets and lanes to the east.