Events

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 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.

Free, all welcome. Booking essential. 

Meet: At 10.45am for 11am start outside Costa Coffee, 261 High Road, South Tottenham, London N15 4RR, UK

This marvellous Black history walk with tour guide Avril Nanton takes in the whole length of this famous Tottenham street whose history is almost as long as the street itself! Come and hear about the first Black bookshop that opened in the area; the first Black Millionaires; how the Windrush affected the Black people of Haringey...

...Plus lots more!

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.

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.

‘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.

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….

‘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.

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….

‘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.

Free, all welcome. Refreshments included.

Free, all welcome. Booking required.

The inventive Headmaster of Bruce Castle School Rowland Hill was probably best known for his Penny Post. But postal reform was far from his only interest ...

During his time at Bruce Castle, Rowland Hill was an avid experimenter, especially interested in the circulation of clean air around the building. Some of the physical changes he made to the building are still visible today, though often hidden in surprising places! Join us for an exploration of Bruce Castle, through the eyes of one of its most famous residents.

Free, suitable for 15+ to adults. Materials provided. No artisitic experience required.

Booking is essential as spaces are limited. Please book your free ticket on Eventbrite.

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

Free, suitable for 15+ to adults. Materials provided. No artisitic experience required.

Booking is essential as spaces are limited. Please book your free ticket on Eventbrite.