Special Events

One-off events, festivals and heritage days.

Anti-Valentine Candlelit Tours

  • Thursday 13 February, 6.30pm to 7.30pm & 8.30pm to 9.30pm

Tickets £15. Booking essential. 

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'What’s love got to do with it?' .... Very little!
Love is fickle and this Valentine’s, Bruce Castle will be hosting the perfect event for those who dread the build up to Valentine's Day.

Come on a blind date with us on Thursday 13 February and listen to eye opening tales of Cupid’s wayward arrows on a candlelit evening tour of The Castle. There’ll be stories of love unrequited, forbidden and ghostly, guaranteed to not leave you feeling all warm inside.

Tickets are £15 and will include your choice of twilight tipple: either a glass of wine or a warming hot chocolate.
Each tour will run for an hour.
These tours are strictly for adults 18 and over only. Booking is essential.

There are two tours to choose from:
6.30pm to 7.30pm
& 8.30pm to 9.30pm

Tickets £15 each (including drink)

To book your tickets please email us at museum.services@haringey.gov.uk and provide us with the following information:
• Your name (and the names of other guests)
• The number of tickets you would like to buy
• The time (either 6.30 to 7.30pm or 8.30 to 9.30pm) of the tour you would like to attend,
We will then send you a payment link.

LGBT+ History Month Events

Becoming a Zinester! Zine-making Workshops (16 - 25 years only)

  • Saturday 22 February, 10.30am to 12.30pm
  • Sunday 23 February, 2pm to 4pm

Free, booking required. 16-25 years only.

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Come along to our zine-making workshop and learn how to be a zinester for LGBT+ History Month. Bring your own story or an important LGBTQ+ moment in history and join this collective zine-making workshop with local comic artist and illustrator Wilson So (@morrowdragon). You can document your story in the zine using collage, drawing and writing. No artistic experience required! This session is aimed for 16 - 25 year olds only.

Saturday 22 February, 10.30am to 12.30pm - Free tickets via Ticket Tailor

Sunday 23 February, 2pm to 4pm - Free tickets via Ticket Tailor


Walking with Pride! An LGBTQ+ history tour from Turnpike Lane to Finsbury Park

  • Sunday 23 February, 11am to 1pm

Free, all welcome. Booking required.

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Join curator Deborah Hedgecock for a fascinating LGBTQ+ heritage walk along Green Lanes and Harringay. Keeping with this year’s LGBT+ History Month theme - ‘Activism and Social Change’ - this walk takes in Harringay’s many connections to iconic radical episodes in the nation’s LGBTQ+ heritage. From historic protests, to parties and politics, this tour celebrates the diverse and proud history of our borough. Please do bring along your own stories as well, as we map more about the borough's LGBTQ+ history!

Meet: 10.45am for an 11am start outside Roj Café at Duckett’s Common – nearest station Turnpike Lane.

Please book your free ticket via Ticket Tailor.

Please dress for the weather and wear appropriate shoes for walking. The route for this walk is flat level access.

Organised by Bruce Castle Museum & Archive, as part of Haringey Council’s LGBT+ History Month Celebrations. For any queries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk