Townsend YardApril 2023 update
Despite continuing breaches of site regulations and the failure to overcome the fire access issue, Haringey allowed the developers of Townsend Yard to begin pile-driving work adjacent to Shepherd’s Cottage .
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Highgate’s Fair in the Square returns
Saturday 10th June 2023. Pond Square, Highgate Village N6. 2.30 to 5.30. Free.
The Fair in the Square – Highgate’s annual `village fair in the heart of London` – will be bringing together the local community again for a fun packed afternoon. For details click More
The poets of Highgate – a guided walk
Saturday 13th May 2.30 pm Meet outside Lauderdale House* for a guided walk by Ruth Hazeldine to learn about the poets who chose Highgate as their home and to hear their poems read out. The walk will take approximately one hour and will terminate with a refreshing stop for tea, when you may discuss what you […]
A perspective on sub-Saharan Africa
Wednesday 29th March 2023 7.30 pm. 10A South Grove N6 6BS and on Zoom. Entry £5 to include a glass of wine (£3 on Zoom).
Denis Herbstein, a journalist who left South Africa in apartheid times, will talk about interracial relations in Africa, particularly about apartheid in South Africa, and how his travels as a journalist and schoolteacher in west and equatorial Africa have influenced his thinking. For booking details click More.
Grant awarded for Highgate Roman kiln restoration
The most complete Roman pottery kiln found in Greater London will be put on public display for the first time, thanks to a £243,550 grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to charity Friends of Highgate Roman Kiln. In the 1960s and ‘70s, archaeologists excavated the kiln from Highgate Wood in Haringey, which is managed […]
Archway Campus (Holborn Union site)
The Highgate Society is providing support to the Better Archway Forum to work for a community friendly development on the Archway Campus site (also known as the Holborn Union site). We think there should be little or no high rise building, a sustainable development, no student housing but good levels of social and affordable housing.
What’s happening with the old 271 bus stand?
The short answer is we don’t know. It is incredibly frustrating that the bus route changes have been known about for nearly a year and no one at Camden or TfL seems to have planned ahead for what to do with the old 271 bus stand in such a sensitive location in Highgate village. Surely […]
Proposed development of old Holborn Union site
The Highgate Society and Better Archway Forum attended the one day community consultation on the proposed development at the old Holborn Union site at the bottom of Highgate Hill. The impact of the 36 story tower is bound to arouse concern and we will be considering how best to respond. For details of the scheme […]
Sunday lunchtime concert: The Jonah Phillips jazz group
Sunday 2nd April 2023
12 noon
10A South Grove N6 6BS
Jonah Phillips and his jazz group – Jonah on drums, Jude Lane on piano and Edouard Le Feuvre on bass – playing music inspired by Erroll Garner, Oscar Peterson and Bud Powell.
£15 per head – to include unlimited Bucks Fizz! Click More for booking details.
Townsend Yard Campaign
January 2023 update
Our petition is gaining traction – Please sign now if you have not already – and if you have, please share it again with your local contacts – we have seen no signs of any activity by Haringey on this issue and so must keep the pressure up.