The Highgate School Museum tells the story of Highgate School through documents, artefacts, photographs and paintings. It opens a window on the past, showing school life through the centuries, our relationship with Highgate Village, and how we endured two world wars. Exhibits include a Royal Charter of Queen Elizabeth I, an 1860s slate for taking […]
Hear about some of the amazing recipients of Highgate’s unique Pink Plaques Local history expert and archivist Catharine Wells will take you to several locations to hear about the wonderful women of Highgate. Meeting Point: Pond Square in Highgate Village Free: No booking required
at Kenwood Ladies Pond. Join swimmers and lifeguards for the presentation of a Pink Plaque at the Ladies Pond. This is a free event but usual prices for swimming apply. Photo by Ruth Corney, used with permission. View Ruth's films about the Hampstead Heath Ladies Pond: Cost: £4.25, £2.55 concessions. Women and girls only (must be […]
with Peter Walton. Peter will introduce some of Highgate’s famous Jewish residents, such as George Michael, Peter Sellars, Karl Marx, Gerald Hoffnung, Yehudi Menuhin and Jerry Springer. He will tell the story of Highgate’s own Jewish press baron (who became Lord Southwood), show the iconic building designed by Berthold Lubetkin, and talk about Rabbi Solomon […]
With local historian and author Fabian Watkinson Led by Fabian Watkinson, author of The Golden Age of Camden Housing, this hour-long walk will include the stepped concrete terraces of the Whittington Estate, Neave Brown’s row of houses, and the final Neo-Vernacular phase, winner of a Civic Trust Award. Meeting point: The House pub on Dartmouth […]
Tour and talk A rare chance to visit Highgate's old burial ground adjoining the Highgate School chapel, which was consecrated for interments in 1617 and was the initial resting place of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The school chaplain, Father Robert Easton, will be present to talk about the graveyard and offer a brief tour of the […]
Tour and talk A rare chance to visit Highgate's old burial ground adjoining the Highgate School chapel, which was consecrated for interments in 1617 and was the initial resting place of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The school chaplain, Father Robert Easton, will be present to talk about the graveyard and offer a brief tour of the […]
STOP PRESS: Andrew Whitehead has Covid and will not now be able to lead this walk, but details of the locations to be visited will be handed out to those attending so you can walk round the four locations at your own pace. Historian Andrew Whitehead leads a gentle stroll round locations with links to […]
With local historian and author Fabian Watkinson Highgate New Town was one of the most ambitious housing schemes built by Camden Council in the 1970s. Pioneering first borough architect, Sydney Cook, believed that nothing was too good for the residents so recruited exceptionally talented young architects to design it. Led by Fabian Watkinson, author of […]
at the Kenwood Ladies Pond. Visit the Ladies Pond to hear about the Pink Plaque project, see the plaque and participate in the Pond Postcard project. The event is free, but usual swimming fees apply. Photo by Ruth Corney, used with permission. View Ruth’s films about the Hampstead Heath Ladies Pond: Cost: £4.25, £2.55 concessions. Women […]
with Father Damien Mason. This 1870s parish church was designed and built by William Butterfield and its interior is much more beautiful than the sturdy exterior might suggest. It also houses a splendid Tudor alabaster of a Celtic saint, St Arthmael. The vicar, Father Damien Mason, will be present and happy to talk informally to […]