Events

Free, all welcome. Refreshments included.

"That just about sums up the buildings around us today, whether mean terraces of houses or high-rise flats, futuristic stadiums, or maybe the mellowed elegance of our older buildings. Do we miss some of the buildings we grew up with, or are we happy with what has replaced them? Do you have a favourite – probably brick built – building? Perhaps houses such as those on the pioneering cottage garden estate of Tower Gardens Housing with grace and space. Or can you refer us to a more modern piece of architecture that you like?

We are trying something a bit different this year by having Open House tours on two Sunday afternoons during the Open House Festival.

For full details on how Bruce Castle and the surrounding Heritage Quarter is getting involved, visit our special events page.

Free, all welcome. Booking required.

The Priory in Church Lane, is the last remaining Jacobean house in Tottenham. It has had many lives and many people have lived there - however, none are quite as significant as Joseph Fenton, the Barber Surgeon for whom it was built in 1620, who from humble beginnings became a distinguished figure in the medical establishment of the City of London and whose legacy is still alive today.

Free, all welcome. Refreshments included.

Free, all welcome. Booking essential. 

Meet: At 10.45am for 11am start outside Costa Coffee, 261 High Road, South Tottenham, London N15 4RR, UK

This marvellous Black history walk with tour guide Avril Nanton takes in the whole length of this famous Tottenham street whose history is almost as long as the street itself! Come and hear about the first Black bookshop that opened in the area; the first Black Millionaires; how the Windrush affected the Black people of Haringey...

...Plus lots more!

Free, all welcome. Booking essential.

Meet: 10.45am for 11am start outside Finsbury Park Station, Station Place, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DH

This walk starts at Finsbury Park Station and looks at some of the Black History that connects the area with its large African and Caribbean population. Your guide, Avril Nanton, will take you around the area, pointing out interesting and fascinating historical places that you've probably walked past many times.