Past news

Following its brief closure Saturday Coffee morning at 10A will resume on Saturday 5th February.  Coffee and conversations every Saturday at 10.30 -12.00. All welcome. £2 for coffee (free refills) and biscuits/cake.

As members of the Hampstead Heath Consultative Committee, the Highgate Society supports the aims of the Heath and Hampstead Society and the City of London to preserve Hampstead Heath and, equally important, to ensure that development near the Heath must not harm its openness, or views from and to it. The Society believes that the massing and height of the six tower blocks proposed at Murphy’s Yard, of between 11 to 19 storeys, will have an overwhelming adverse impact on the openness of the Heath. For more details click More

The Community centre and housing development on the Highgate Newtown Community Centre Bertram Street site is advancing, with outlines of the new buildings taking shape. A wide range of activities offering vital support to the community are now provided in partnership with a range of local organisations and funders. The community centre will return to […]

The Highgate Society considered this Plan and has made submissions to Haringey. The closing date for submissions was 10 January and Haringey are now revising the Plan before putting it to Councillors. Haringey’s plan is to spend money mainly on cycle lanes, on safety round schools and on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, that is to say […]

Following representations by the Highgate Society, Pond Square residents and others, Camden Council has announced that the ‘No right turn’ restriction at the South Grove junction of Swains Lane will be withdrawn. The restriction at Bisham  Gardens will be made permanent. 

The Highgate Society is campaigning to have The Victoria pub on North Hill declared an Asset of Community Value. To find out more and to add your name to the petition click More

The Highgate Society will be submitting a full and detailed response objecting to the application for a change of use from cafe to pub of the former Pain Quotidien at 86 Highgate High Street.

Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, N6 5HG
October 20 to November 15, 2021
Monday to Saturday 12 noon to 4.00 pm
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The Highgate Society has issued a statement opposing Camden’s plan to make the experimental right turn prohibitions into Bisham Gardens and South Grove permanent. To read the full text click More