• The Friends will continue to organise two gardening sessions per month and anyone is welcome to join us gardening in St Mary’s Churchyard and the Garden of Remembrance. Find the latest dates here: Future Events

  • Update The Tower was opened by the FoHCT from 2pm to 5pm on Sunday 22nd September as part of the Open House London weekend. Despite the threatening weather the event was a great success with requests to climb the tower…

  • The additional signage was installed above the Churchyard notice board facing the High Street by the manufacturer Fitzpatrick Woolmer on the 26th June. The finished board looks very professional and the official name is now very prominently advertised: ‘St Mary’s…

  • This year, for the first time, the FoHCT Open Day was held jointly with the Hornsey Community Picnic on Sunday June 16th. The Community Picnic commenced at 12:30pm and the FoHCT Open Day started at 2pm with both events finishing…

  • Thanks to the hard work of the Friends, volunteer gardeners and the staff of the Council Parks Department, St Mary’s Churchyard Hornsey has retained the Community Green Flag Award for the tenth year running, since the first award was achieved…

  • Friends will remember that last year in March 2018 the Haringey Tree Officer at the time visited the Churchyard in response to concerns raised by the Friends about the health of a number of trees in the Churchyard. There had…

  • The four lamp standards on the south side of the churchyard that are not working were reported to Haringey Council in November 2018 and logged on to the system as needing repair on the 3rd December. Haringey’s team checked the…

  • It was ‘standing room only’ at the annual Carol Service held in the Garden of Remembrance at 6pm on Saturday 22nd December 2018. The service was conducted by Fr Bruce Batstone ably assisted by Curate Anna Stuttard and Pastoral Assistant…

  • The 2018 Christmas lights were installed by a ‘Friends’ working party over two days on the 30th November and 1st December. The flagpole was again utilised to enhance the display as shown in the pictures below with light clusters in…

  • Friends will remember that in 2016 when the tower crypt was being cleared for the summer Open Day, decay was discovered in the timbers supporting the chapel/vestry floor.  A floor joist which supports one end of the chapel hearth was…