“Christmas at Kenwood”, the light show, has now drawn to a close for its second year, and English Heritage has been seeking feedback in advance of a public consultation meeting on 22 March at 6.30pm in the Old Kitchen, Kenwood. Timescales for the consultation itself were short so members of Council of the Highgate Society […]
The Sustainable Living Group took advantage of belonging to Community Energy London (CEL) and has been awarded a grant from a CEL crowdfunder, from the Worshipful Company of Fuellers and from Camden Council’s Cost of Living fund to distribute small items that will ‘Keep Heat In and Cold Out’ around Highgate.
Saturday 21st January saw the second of two collections of warm clothes for Ukraine. Thanks to our able volunteers, everything was checked and sorted and we took a total of eight full car loads of clothes to the consolidation point for onward delivery to Poland before transfer into different vehicles to be taken into Ukraine. […]
The proposed changes to bus routes affecting the Highgate area will not proceed. Routes 4, 24, 88, 205 and 214 will remain unchanged (TfL press release 23 November 2022)
Highgate School have ambitious development plans and last month Haringey held an online Development Management Forum at which the school, its architects and planning consultants presented details of developments proposed in phases over the next 10 years. Development Management Forums are now a normal procedure for presenting major proposals to the community after the applicant […]
The Highgate Society has started a Petition relating to the development at Townsend Yard.
Although there was a significant number of objections to attaching the name of Boris Nemtsov, a Russian dissident killed in Moscow in 2014, to the small roundabout at the bottom of Swain’s Lane, Camden still held a reduced naming ceremony at the roundabout on the morning of 14 November. The Society does not object to […]
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 […]
Haringey Council is consulting residents and businesses on its waste strategy. We encourage Haringey residents and businesses to participate,. The deadline is 22 January 2023.
Crowds braved a cold December evening to join in the annual carol singing in Pond Square in Highgate Village, with many going on to enjoy mulled wine, mince pies and sausage rolls at the Highgate Society nearby. We thank Dan Hall the rousing The Master of Ceremony and Highgate School Symphonic Band and Concert Choir, […]
