Events

Free, all welcome. Booking required.

Let our guide, Carol Hebbs, of Tottenham Heritage Walks, take you on a guided tour of 400 years of history around the village-like area of Scotland Green and Carbuncle Alley in Tottenham.

We start at Bluecoats, once a school, established in 1735, and today one of three pubs to be found on Scotland Green. We also explore the path of "Garbel Ditch" (recorded on the 1619 map of Tottenham), now a hidden part of the Moselle, which was diverted as early as the 15th century.

A Resident’s Perspective by Ruth Crowley.

Free, booking required.

Outside of Tottenham, the Article 4 Conservation Area of Tower Gardens is little known. Built between 1904 and 1928 in the beautiful Arts and Crafts style, the Tower Gardens estate is one of the world’s first cottage garden suburbs, noted for its radical social housing design.

Join us at Bruce Castle for morning tea and the opportunity to look at our collections and share stories.

September's session is: Back to School!

As the academic year begins once again, we'll be sharing objects and images to spark conversations about school days gone by. During the session you will be able to chat over morning tea in a welcoming environment, handle some of our museum and archive collections and share your own stories.

Join experts at PAYE Stonework and get hands-on with heritage crafts, for a practical introduction to brick laying and lime mortar.

This is a unique chance to help restore our Grade II Listed boundary wall on Church Lane, which dates from the 17th century! PPE provided.

Limited spaces available: first come first served.

Please book your free ticket via ticket tailor.

Free, but booking is essential as spaces are limited.

Workshop aimed for adults (18+). Materials and refreshments (Chinese tea) supplied.

On this Cloud Appreciation Day and in honour of Tottenham's Luke Howard, the Namer of Clouds, join us for this special open-air drawing session looking at clouds with artist Ki Wong.

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. 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.