The Hornsey Community Picnic (also known as ‘The Great Get Together) was held on Sunday the 24th June from 12:30 pm to 4:30pm. This event was organised by the Long View Working Group and featured live music, a bouncy castle,…

The FoHCT Open Day was held on Saturday June 16th 2018 from 2pm to 5pm and once again was a successful event with fine weather. Activities during the open day included the very popular tower tours, the teddy bear zip…

The Friends 2018 Tower and Turrets Tour took place on Saturday April 28th and the theme was ‘Change and Risk West of London’. The purpose of the event was to visit some of the religious and historic buildings west of…

Thanks to the support of our three Ward Councilors, in late 2016 the FoHCT received a generous grant from the Hornsey Ward Budget which enabled the Friends to purchase new signs and information boards manufactured by Fitzpatrick Woolmer Ltd in…

The annual Candlelit Carol Service was held outdoors in the Garden of Remembrance at 6pm on Saturday 16th December 2017 following the unveiling and blessing of the new sign at the Hornsey High Street entrance. The service was conducted by…

In 1950 the Borough of Hornsey created the Garden of Remembrance on the site of the demolished 1832 St Mary’s church to commemorate the sacrifice of the casualties of the two twentieth century world wars. The Garden was marked by…

The Christmas lights were installed by a working party from the ‘Friends’ over the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd December. The new flagpole was utilised to enhance the display as shown in the picture of the lights from the…

The Tower was opened by the FoHCT from 2pm to 5pm on Sunday 17th September as part of the Open House London weekend. The weather was good and the event a great success with requests to climb the tower heavily…

Gardening has been a regular activity since 1990 and in conjunction with Haringey Council many improvement have been made to the Churchyard over the years. For 2017 the number of Gardening Mornings has been doubled, with regular mid-month Thursday sessions…

As part of the Long View Working/Steering Group’s programme to raise the profile and use of the Tower within the local community a series of four concerts were held in the Churchyard/Garden of Remembrance each Sunday in June. The launch…