Events

pic of stroud green
Sunday 19 October 2025, 11.00am to 1.00pm

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.

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Sunday 19 October 2025, 2.00pm to 4.00pm

Free, all welcome. Booking required.

Music by violinists Constance Hsieh & Frank Zhou. Artworks by Li Shuangqiang

After last year's successful concert celebrating Lunar New Year, we are delighted to welcome back creatives from Ming-Ai (London) Institute for a special afternoon concert: 'Music Along the Silk Road'. Come along to Bruce Castle for an immersive audio-visual concert mapping the ancient Chinese journey westward through music & art.

trolley bus on tottenham high road in 1961
Thursday 23 October 2025, 10.30am to 12.30pm

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

October's session is: All aboard! Haringey's Transport Heritage.

18th century drawing of a church
Monday 27 October 2025, 12.00pm to 1.30pm

Free, all welcome. Booking required.

Come along to October’s edition of Munch & Listen to hear a fascinating talk by Friend of Bruce Castle and local historian Victorine Martineau.

Herself a descendent of Huguenots, Victorine will highlight significant people and places in Tottenham connected to this important heritage, including the story of Tottenham’s Philip De la Haize (1718 – 1769), son of Huguenots and a good friend of James and Henrietta Townsend, Lord and Lady of the Manor at Bruce Castle.

ghostly image of bruce castle
Wednesday 29 October 2025, 6.30pm to 9.45pm

‘Bruce Castle is haunted, as everybody knows…If Bruce Castle is not haunted, then who stalks about in the turret class room when mortals are a-bed? And who…leaves nought behind him but a heavy feeling of presence in the darkness?’ The Brucian, August 15, 1856

Visit the Candlelit Castle and be transported back to the Victorian age of ghost stories by costumed guides. They will share the sinister secrets and eerie experiences hidden inside the walls of one of London’s most haunted buildings.

Young girl in black hat doing craft workshop
Thursday 30 October 2025, 1.30pm to 4.30pm

Free, drop in.

Activities suitable for families with children aged 5-10 years old.

This Halloween join us at Bruce Castle, one of London’s most haunted homes. Get hands on creating creepy cobweb decorations and other crafts, explore Halloween themed books in our spooky story space, and discover the story of Constantia Lucy, the lady who never left the Castle….

ghostly image of bruce castle
Thursday 30 October 2025, 6.30pm to 9.45pm

‘Bruce Castle is haunted, as everybody knows…If Bruce Castle is not haunted, then who stalks about in the turret class room when mortals are a-bed? And who…leaves nought behind him but a heavy feeling of presence in the darkness?’ The Brucian, August 15, 1856

Visit the Candlelit Castle and be transported back to the Victorian age of ghost stories by costumed guides. They will share the sinister secrets and eerie experiences hidden inside the walls of one of London’s most haunted buildings.

Young girl in black hat doing craft workshop
Friday 31 October 2025, 1.30pm to 4.30pm

Free, drop in.

Activities suitable for families with children aged 5 -10 years old.

This Halloween join us at Bruce Castle, one of London’s most haunted homes. Get hands on creating creepy cobweb decorations and other crafts, explore Halloween themed books in our spooky story space, and discover the story of Constantia Lucy, the lady who never left the Castle….

ghostly image of bruce castle
Friday 31 October 2025, 6.30pm to 9.45pm

‘Bruce Castle is haunted, as everybody knows…If Bruce Castle is not haunted, then who stalks about in the turret class room when mortals are a-bed? And who…leaves nought behind him but a heavy feeling of presence in the darkness?’ The Brucian, August 15, 1856

Visit the Candlelit Castle and be transported back to the Victorian age of ghost stories by costumed guides. They will share the sinister secrets and eerie experiences hidden inside the walls of one of London’s most haunted buildings.

Radio store on Tottenham High Road from circa 1950
Tuesday 18 November 2025, 2.00pm to 4.00pm

Free, all welcome. Refreshments included.

Poster advertising vintage fair at Bruce Castle
Saturday 29 November 2025, 10.30am to 4.30pm

Free entry. Vintage cafe open all day.

The much loved Festive Tottenham Flea & Designers Fair returns to Bruce Castle this November!

Make sure to #savethedate in your calendars to come along to the Castle for vintage goods, artworks, retro collectibles and more! The perfect chance for you to do your Christmas shopping.

For enquiries about having your own stall at the Fair (£40 per 6ft table), please contact museum.services@haringey.gov.uk