Tottenham Heritage Walks

30/05/2025

04/05/2025

02/05/2025

Residents will be able to get a first glimpse of the newly refurbished & renovated East Wing gallery spaces at Bruce Castle Museum & Archive on Sunday.

& Lead, Cllr Emily Arkell, checked out the improvement works to this iconic building this week.

More: https://bit.ly/4d5BGak

01/05/2025

Happy 150th Birthday 'Ally Pally'

18/04/2025

Not to be missed!

Happy World Heritage Day - 18 April 2025 - from Bruce Castle Museum & Archive

Please also save the date on Sunday 4 May for the Bruce Castle Heritage Quarter Open Day. With special tours of Bruce Castle itself - a chance to see the newly renovated galleries, following the MEND restoration programme this past year.

The programme for the BCHQ Open Day celebrates our world-class local heritage in and around Bruce Castle. Explore our special historic area - Bruce Castle, the Park, Church, the Priory, the Pub, the Oak and Cemetery:

11am: Bruce Castle Museum doors open
11.15am to 11.30am: Ribbon cutting ceremony by Mayor of Haringey, to open the Museum’s newly restored gallery spaces

11.45am: Hear Bell Ringers at All Hallows Church

11.45am to 4pm: Bruce Castle tours every 45 minutes

11am to 4pm: Tottenham Cemetery Chapel open, plus guided walks:

11am: From the Andes to N17 – A Talk by Ashley Grey on John Eliot Howard
12 noon: Secret Spurs History – A Walk led by Martin Burrows covering the origins of Tottenham Hotspur
2pm: Stories Behind the Stones – A Walk led by Tony Ball on the lives of local people who made a difference

1pm - 4.30pm: All Hallows Church open

1.30pm to 4pm: Gardens of The Priory open

12pm 'til late: Antwerp Arms open

11am - 4.30pm: Old Kitchen Pop-Up Café will be open at Bruce Castle, with WW2 themed refreshments to mark 80 years since VE Day.

A new Heritage Trail map and leaflet of the BCHQ area will be available for the first time - a resource to use and explore all year round. Beautifully designed and illustrated by , with generous support from , and heritage commentary by and

18/04/2025

Not to be missed.. keep an eye out for the programme..

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On Sunday 4 May 2025, we will be celebrating the Bruce Castle Heritage Quarter Open Day!

Make sure to mark your calendars so you can come and explore this special historic area, including:
- Bruce Castle
- All Hallows Church
- The Priory Gardens
- Tottenham Cemetery Chapel
- Antwerp Arms

This will be a fantastic day full of walks, tours, visits and more!

More information about the full programme of events to come soon…

Haringey Council Friends of Bruce Castle The Antwerp Arms

16/04/2025

A bit of a Busman's Holiday today...

10/03/2025

Our programme continues this week, including with the launch of our new Joyce Butler project at Bruce Castle Museum this Thursday.

Explore the full programme: https://www.haringey.gov.uk/whm

08/03/2025

On International Women's Day we honour some wonderful women who have left their mark in Tottenham History.

05/03/2025

My heritage prints are up in the Hub cafe for the rest of March. Try and pop in if you can.

02/03/2025

March 2nd 1999: The death of singer Mary Isabel O'Brien - better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield. Born in Hampstead on April 16th 1939, she turned professional in 1958 with The Lana Sisters and later with The Springfeilds, turning solo in 1963 with "I Only Want to Be with You". Her other two signiture songs "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" released in 1966, and "Son of a Preacher Man" in 1968. Her image–marked by a peroxide blonde beehive hairstyle and heavy makeup made her an icon of the Swinging Sixties.
(Ian A Biddell)

Credit: Far Out magazine, The Spectator.