Special Events

One-off events, festivals and heritage days.

Open House Festival 2024 

  • Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 September, 1-5pm

Please note - there will also be a cafe open in Bruce Castle's Old Kitchen on both days.

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Saturday 21 September

Curator-led guided tours around Bruce Castle and Tudor Tower. 

Drop-in. Tours will run every half hour from 1pm until 4pm. 25 maximum per tour.

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Meet the architects from Clive Graham Associates, Haringey Council and Rodney Melville Partnership as they explain the MEND restoration works currently being carried out on Bruce Castle.

Drop-in sessions at 1pm, 2.15pm and 3.30pm.

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Come along and connect with others at this joyful, fun-filled day of activity that celebrates our older communities and explores what it means to age well. Taking place on the lawns outside the front entrance to Bruce Castle.

Drop-in 12pm - 4.30pm.

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11am - 1pm

Free, all welcome. Booking required.

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Join Carol Hebbs on a special guided walk following the 'Tottenham Tales' trail as part of our Open House Festival celebrations.

Tottenham has a rich and fascinating tapestry of tales of local rebels, artists, pioneers and more.

The tour will take us around South Tottenham, a treasure hunt for the new Tottenham Tale signage that highlights the buildings and sites that hold remnants of these tales, supported by an online map to bring archive material to life.

Starts: Outside Seven Sisters station, N15 5BT. Meet at 10.45am for an 11am start.

Ends: Tottenham Green

Please book your free tickets for this walk via the Open House Festival website.

Please dress for the weather and wear appropriate shoes for walking. This is a walking tour in an urban area, which will include stops on main roads that can be busy and loud.

See inside the oldest building in Tottenham and enjoy a rare opportunity to visit the tranquil gardens of the Priory, a Jacobean farmhouse next door to All Hallows.

Drop-in 2-5pm.

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Sunday 22 September

Curator-led guided tours around Bruce Castle and Tudor Tower. 

Drop-in. Tours will run every half hour from 1pm until 4pm. 25 maximum per tour.

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People looking at a painting in a museum gallery

Meet the architects from Clive Graham Associates, Haringey Council and Rodney Melville Partnership as they explain the MEND restoration works currently being carried out on Bruce Castle.

Drop-in sessions at 1pm, 2.15pm and 3.30pm.

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people in high vis jackets looking up at an exposed wooden ceiling

Drop-in 1.30pm - 4pm

Explore our Curious Spaces at Bruce Castle during Open House Weekend with local Artist Rebecca Chitty who will be here working with families to create a ‘wall of bricks’! Inspired by five centuries of brick-making for the historic building of Bruce Castle, you can get hands-on and curious by taking a brick rubbing from our Tudor Tower. You can then decorate your rubbings in your own style or add your story, turning the artwork into a commemorative 'brick'. You could dedicate it to a loved one or favourite thing to celebrate and remember. The ‘bricks’ will be hung up together to build a ‘wall’, collectively telling our diverse stories about local people. 

You can also tell us what you would like to see in the future at our mysterious Tudor Tower - from ghostly storytelling to escape rooms! Help us collect your vision and fantastical drawings about the Tudor Tower.

Supported by the GLA's UK Prosperity Fund.

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Tudor Tower

Drop-in 1pm - 4pm.

Enjoy a rare opportunity to explore the hidden beauty of the chapels in Tottenham Cemetery! Designed by George E Pritchett (1824-1912) in decorated Gothic Style, the two identical chapels are a stunning asset to the cemetery, which was opened in 1858.

With thanks to the Friends of Tottenham Cemetery.

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See inside the oldest building in Tottenham and enjoy a rare opportunity to visit the tranquil gardens of the Priory, a Jacobean farmhouse next door to All Hallows.

Drop-in 2-5pm.

(The Priory Gardens will open at 2.30pm on Sunday 22)

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all hallows priory gate