Past news
Safety improvements in Archway Road
The A1 Archway Road has more serious collisions that any other road in the Highgate area and the volume of traffic is also high with over 20,000 vehicle movements a day. It has more HGVs than any other local road and the traffic continues through the night. Together with the recently introduced 20 mph speed […]
Camden Air Quality Strategy and Action Plan
Camden have offered members of the Highgate Society an opportunity to have an input to their new Air Quality Strategy and their Air Quality Action Plan for the next 4 years. There will be a Community Conversation about it on Thursday 19th February between 6.30pm and 8pm at the Society’s Hall at 10A South Grove. […]
Suggestions needed to spend £60,000 in Highgate (Haringey) ward
Haringey are requesting suggestions on how to spend £60,000 available for the Highgate (Haringey) ward in the Community Infrastructure Levy fund. The deadline for responses is 16 January 2026. Elsewhere in the borough CIL expenditure has included a new pedestrian crossing and the Highgate Society has suggested improvements to the crossing between Channing Junior School […]
Finding out about licensing applications
Until 22 September Haringey is consulting on its revised Licensing Policy. This is the policy for pubs, off licences, licensed restaurants and late-night eating places of all sorts. At present if a business in Haringey applies for a licence, or for a change in their licence like longer hours or larger premises, they only have to […]
Mayor of London calls in Archway Campus development
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has formally called in the controversial Archway Campus redevelopment, following its recent refusal by Islington Council.The proposed scheme, which includes a 27-storey tower and 242 student rooms, was refused two weeks ago by the council. Concerns cited included the development’s excessive scale, its failure to deliver sufficient affordable housing, and […]
Help get the Victorian Holborn Infirmary buildings listed
Over a year ago, Historic England was asked by the local campaign group to give Statutory Listed Status to these important historic buildings on the site between Archway Road and Highgate Hill, opposite Archway Station. Now, with an application for a 27-storey tower block threatening the buildings and local residents, Historic England are at last […]
Public meeting 3rd September re Dartmouth Park traffic proposals
A public meeting will be held at La Sainte Union School, located at Highgate Road NW5 1RP, on Tuesday, September 3, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM. This event, organized by the Highgate Society on behalf of DPHN Joint Action, aims to provide a platform for community voices. At least three councillors are confirmed to […]
N6 Zumba and Highgate Society To Raise Money For Defibrillators
When Belkys Ledezma of N6 Zumba heard that the Highgate Society was raising money for another public access defibrillator and training sessions for local residents, she immediately offered to donate a zumba session to help with the fundraising. The new defibrillator will be in addition to the two which were funded by pH.7 Life in […]
Upstairs at the Gatehouse theatre
The Society successfully applied for the listing of the Theatre as an Asset of Community Value, inhibiting any change of use. We are therefore disturbed that an application for a licence by the owners of the Gatehouse pub to open a bar in part of the theatre area has specified no conditions to ensure the first floor bar will not interfere with the operation of the theatre.