Saturday December 6th 2025 and weekly on Saturdays from 10 am to 2 pm Working with Camden we have initiated a Saturday Farmers Market on the former 271 bus stand. We aim to bring people to the Village on Saturdays, with food from hand picked producers. Initially it’s starting small with 4 stalls and hope […]
In 1962 Highgate’s historic high street was threatened with demolition to make way for a wider road. Highgate residents saved the village, in the process forming the Highgate Society. We work to protect and enhance life in Highgate. This tour, created and narrated by heritage content producer Deborah Greenfield, touches on the stories of the […]
Camden Council is awaiting the report of the Barbecue Working Party, which is reporting to the Waterlow Park Trust Advisory Group, before deciding whether to make the temporary ban permanent.
The Highgate Society’s Travel and Transport group is compiling a list of repairs and improvements needed around our area. Please contact us with your suggestions. Click More for full details.
Are you in your 20s, 30s or 40s and living in Highgate? A group of working-age members of the Highgate Society have set up a new social group (via WhatsApp) to help newer and younger residents get involved and feel at home in Highgate. Think pub nights, walks (with four-legged friends sometimes!), quizzes, and the […]
On 22 May, 71 members of the Society, as well as guests, attended the 58th Annual General Meeting of the Highgate Society which was held at St Michael’s School in North Road. The formal business of the meeting was transacted first, including the presentation of the accounts by William Britain, which showed that the Society […]
We need your help! Despite a strong refusal from Islington Council, the Mayor of London has “called in” the Archway Campus planning application. This means the Greater London Authority (GLA) can now make the final decision – and overturn the Council’s rejection. We’re awaiting confirmation of the date for a public hearing. In the meantime, […]
We are pleased to share the news that Islington Council has refused the application for the Archway Campus redevelopment. This decision follows significant opposition from local residents, community groups, and heritage organisations, with over 450 formal objections submitted. The Council found the proposal to be in clear breach of multiple planning policies at national, regional, […]
Camden Council is not proceeding with current the Dartmouth Park Healthy Neighbourhood scheme as initially envisaged. Following multiple objections it is ‘going back to the drawing board’.
The Save Campus Joint Action Group – a coalition of the Highgate Society, local Archway and Highgate groups, and Archway residents – has submitted a detailed 45-page objection to the Seven Capital’s proposed Archway Campus scheme. This document outlines how the current plans breach numerous national, London, and local planning policies and also includes photo montages of the […]