As an old settlement, Highgate village is a focal point for the meeting of several roads. Archway Road was built in 1813 as an alternative for the steep Highgate Hill, but the original network remains and roads are sometimes narrow and unsuited to the demands now made of them. The boundary between the boroughs of Camden […]
To mark our 60th anniversary, we are offering free membership of the Highgate Society for 2026 to local businesses employing two or more staff or operating as a shop or premises open to the public in Highgate. If you’re not already a member and run a local business, please get in touch via chair@highgatesociety.com.Membership includes the […]
With Highgate High Street and Highgate Hill forming a borough boundary, responsibilities for it are unclear, and we were distressed to discover that Camden and Haringey have held no meetings in the last 3 years to discuss issues such as potential CCTV, crime prevention measures, road safety, speed control, traffic calming, pedestrian crossings, junctions and […]
Members of the Society worked intensively over the Christmas period on our response to Haringey’s Draft Local Plan, a complex 500+ page document. Our submission ran to more than 30 pages, reflecting both the scale of the Plan and the seriousness of its implications for Highgate and the wider borough. Central to our concerns is […]
Highgate Repair Café to open. opening Saturday, 14 February 2026, 10-1, St. Michael’s Church, South Grove N6 6BJ encouraging a repair culture to save the planet and your purse usually every second Saturday of the month Haringey Fixers will donate their time and skill get help fixing\mending\repairing household goods including textiles supported by the vicar […]
Two important reports of consultations on travel and transport have recently been published, the Hampstead Streets for People survey on 21 November and the Co-Design Engagement report for the Dartmouth Park Healthy Neighbourhood (DPHN) on 28 November. The DPHN had attracted very many responses and sensibly Camden “sent it back to the drawing board” in […]
Following the Mayor of London’s decision to “call in” the highly controversial Archway Campus redevelopment, the Greater London Authority (GLA) has confirmed that it expects the applicant to submit further information on the proposals. Any new material will be released for public consultation.Because of this additional stage, no date has yet been set for the […]
Haringey Council has approved the controversial proposal to build 14 flats and 2 houses on the Wellington Gyratory, the polluted, traffic-dominated roundabout at the junction of Archway Road, North Hill and the A1, despite strong objections from the Highgate Society and many local residents. The decision, taken unanimously by the Planning Committee on 6 November, […]