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A series of free events organised by the Tottenham Civic Society

Since 2007, the Tottenham Civic Society has organised an annual programme of events which starts in March and runs through to October.  The programmes have included walks, led by architects or other experts, around conservation areas, parks and housing estates, as well as visits to churches and other buildings.

The list of events we are drawing up for this year is likely to include walks around "Tottenham's Historic Heart", the Tower Gardens conservation area, Tottenham High Road and Green Lanes; visits to the Brook Street Chapel and other places of worship; a tour of the restored buildings in the Bruce Grove section of the High Road; the opening of the restored Markfield Park with the opportunity to see the historic Beam Engine in steam; and much more.

Fuller details of the programme should be available shortly -- or you can register your interest in the programme with us at this year's Local History Fair at Bruce Castle Museum (right) on Saturday 13th February.  In addition to displays and stalls by local history and heritage groups, including ourselves, the Fair has a programme of talks by Christine Protz on her recently published new history of Tottenham, the Rev Glyn Williams on John Williams, Missionary and Martyr (his plaque is on 316 Tottenham High Road), Caroline Simpson on the Bowes Park Tunnel on the New River, and others.  Instructions on how to get to Bruce Castle Museum can be found here.

Until then, we have some photographs from three of the events which took place in 2009.  The first was a walk across the old parish of Tottenham from Alexandra Palace to Bruce Castle, through nine parks and seven conservation areas, which was led by Joyce Rosser and had been listed in Time Out.  Some photographs are here.

Another walk, led by Chris Barker and Judith Hanna, followed the route of the Great Eastern Railway's branch line from Palace Gates station -- the nearest it got to Alexandra Palace -- to the junction with the still existing line at Seven Sisters, along the streets and boundaries which follow the line of the now vanished track.  The walk included visits to the allotments at Mannock Road and Elmar Road, two of the open spaces where rails were once laid.  Some photographs of the walk are here.

Another walk took in the Tottenham Green Conservation Area.  Some photographs and a handout with some details of the buildings seen are here.