The works proposed to Dyne House are probably the most extensive of the building works. Located in the centre of the village they are certainly the most disruptive. The existing building has few admirers but the refurbishment in our view does nothing to improve it and is a missed opportunity.
Planning applications have now been submitted to Haringey Council for the School’s 10-year building programme which involves four main sites: Dyne House and the Science Block in the village; and Richards Music Centre and Mallinson Centre in Bishopswood Road. There would if approved by the Council be a near doubling in size of the total […]
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 […]
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.
Now that TfL has implemented the bus route changes, there is an empty space in the middle of the village, and we thought it would be useful to share some ideas from 2007. Hopefully more ideas will be suggested. Perhaps you have an idea? Contact us if you do, ideally with a link to a […]
We are delighted to be able to announce that the Society’s application for the Upstairs at the Gatehouse Theatre to be made as Asset of Community Value has been accepted.
This means that, for the next five years at least, the use of Upstairs at the Gatehouse as a performance space is protected – and we hope it will continue to thrive in that period and long after it.
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Haringey Council is consulting on a proposed housing development on the American Carwash site on Archway Road/Baker’s Lane. For more information click More.