Welcome to the community website of Alexandra Park neighbourhood in London. Our aim is to encourage interaction, both online and in person, between local people in Alexandra Park and surrounding neighbourhoods, as well as providing a channel for local information. Use it to discuss local issues, find out about local events and post your own events, create a group, recycle items...

            

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Penstock Tunnel under the railway provides a very useful (and enjoyable) walking and cycling route from Coburg and Western Roads in Wood Green, past the filter beds, to Alexandra Park and Hornsey. This is from Maureen Juliana Harvey, Community…
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Jul 20, 2025 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm

Muswell Hill Methodist Church

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Muswell Hill Methodist Church

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Muswell Hill Methodist Church

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Penny Woods posted an event

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Muswell Hill Methodist Church

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Penny Woods posted an event

Jul 27, 2025 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm

Muswell Hill Methodist Church

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This post is from Stella Embliss, who has broken her shoulder and so cannot post it herself:

My sister is selling her cutting table. It’s beautifully made and will fold down flat for travelling. Dimensions - width 180cm, depth 93 cm, height 98…
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Jun 28, 2025 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm

MHSG X Haringey Fixers' inaugural Muswell Hill repair café

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Thanks to Janice Williams for the photo.
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Julia Robinson commented on Julia Robinson's event Children's Art Club
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Julia Robinson posted an event

Jul 23, 2025 at 7:00am to Aug 1, 2025 at 7:00am

CUFOS

Tuesday
Penny Woods posted an event

Jun 18, 2025 from 2:00pm to 7:00pm

Muswell Hill Methodist Church

Tuesday
Collage Arts posted a
This week at Karamel! Andrea Rinciari - Mark Taylor QuartetThu, Jun 19, 2025Doors open 7pm, music starts at 8pm.£7.50 Early Bird £10 General Admission £5 Student  This album is a reflection of a really special time for me. For months, I had the…
Tuesday
caroline young replied to Christopher Owen's forum post Event Day Parking Controls in Alexandra Palace area proposals:
"It is a pre booked free service so maybe more pressure should be put on Spurs to restrict its usage only to those that are arriving by train, after all that is why they have a pick up point at a station.  There must be ways in this fast growing…"
Monday
Annabel Gregory replied to Christopher Owen's forum post Event Day Parking Controls in Alexandra Palace area proposals:
"Yes definitely, but I understand that attempts to get Spurs to restrict coach-users to those who have arrived by train have not been successful. 
 
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Monday
Annabel Gregory posted a
There's a lovely piece in the Guardian today about a very successful library in a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos - described as a 'sanctuary of hope and healing':…
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Events and Activities


Thursday 12 to Wednesday 18 June - Crouch End Festival  at various locations in Crouch End.

What's on in June at Karamel? 4 Coburg Road N22.

Some of the Events at All Good Bookshop this month.

Throughout June - Go Green Eco Urban Festival (Haringey) at various locations in Haringey.

Saturday 14 June - New Alexandra Triangle Residents Association Info. Session at Anderton Gardens (junction of Palace Gates and Alexandra Park Roads N22), 11.30am-2.30pm.

Saturday 14 June – Summer Fair at St. Martin of Porres school, 12-3pm.

Saturday 14 June - Lunchtime Concert at St. Andrew’s Church, Alexandra Park Road N10, 1pm.

Sunday 15 June – London Metropolitan Brass in the Grove, Alexandra Park, 2-4pm.

Sunday 15 June – Fortismere Community Symphony Orchestra concert at St. Andrew’s Church, Alexandra Park Road N10, 7pm.

Monday 16 June – Walk with Ease with Tanya Shoop at Pavilion Cafe, OR Tambo Rec, 12.30-1.15pm.

Thursday 19 June – Piano recital at St. Andrew’s Church, Alexandra Park Road N10, 7.30pm.

Saturday 21 June – Muswell Hill Creatives Summer Makers Fair at St James’ Square, Muswell Hill (outside Planet Organic), 10.30-5pm.

Sunday 22 June – Hustle Wrestling at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, 5.30-8.30pm.

Sunday 29 June – Famous Local Garden open for charity at 5 St. Regis Close, Alexandra Park Road N10 2DE (near St. Andrew’s Church), 2-6.30pm.

Sunday 29 June – London Metropolitan Brass in the Grove, Alexandra Park, 2-4pm.

Saturday 12 July - Lunchtime Concert at St. Andrew’s Church, Alexandra Park Road N10, 1pm.

Sunday 3 August – Famous Local Garden open for charity at 5 St. Regis Close, Alexandra Park Road N10 2DE (near St. Andrew’s Church), 2-6.30pm.

Thursday 10 July – Talk:Refugee Tales at Muswell Hill Methodist Church, Pages Lane N10, 7-10pm.

Thursday 10 July – Bowes Park Community Choir: 15 Years of Harmony at Alexandra Park School (entry via Rhodes Avenue), 7.45pm.


Ongoing courses and activities

5 and 6-a-side Football League on Wednesday evenings from 14 May to 17 December at Christ’s College, East End Road (where it meets the North Circular), East Finchley N2 0SE, 8-10pm. Leisure Leagues.

Gi Fumdamentals Course (BJJ Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) on Tuesday evenings in May at Alexandra Park School, 7pm.

Museum of Homelessness will be open from 17 April to 1 November, at the Manor House Lodge, inside Finsbury Park, Seven Sisters Road N4 2DE 12.30-4.30pm.

Illustrating Children’s books, course for adults on Wednesday mornings at The Green Shed, 1 Tetherdown N10, 10-11.30am. April 30 – July 9.

Geekstraveganza – regular boardgame meetup on these dates at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, 1-6pm.

Em Power fitness classes – Monday and Friday mornings in OR Tambo Rec, 9-9.30am (term time only). The main focus is on core and legs.

Life drawing sessions – alternate Saturdays during term time at Rhodes Avenue Primary School, 1-3pm.

Painting for Pleasure – Thursdays at CUFOS Community Centre (the old railway station), Top of The Avenue N10, 10-12.30pm or 1.30-4pm. Jan 9th - March 27th.

Fortismere Community Symphony Orchestra rehearses Tuesday evenings during term-time at Fortismere School, 7-9pm. Get in touch for more info.

Fortismere Community Choir rehearses Wednesday evenings during term-time at Fortismere School, 7-9pm. Get in touch for more info.

After School Sewing Club on Fridays at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 4.30-6pm. Term time.

Bowes Park Community Choir - Thursday evenings during term time at Bounds Green School, 7.15-9.15pm.

Salsa Wednesdays – Wednesday evenings at Bounds Green School, Bounds Green Road N11 2QG, 7-8pm. 

V&J Ensemble: Vocal group for ALL Singers on Wednesdays at St. Andrew's Church, Alexandra Park Road N10 (corner of Windermere Road), 6.50-8.30pm.

 

All Good Bookshop has many regular events - book groups of course, also music, writing, yoga - and special events .... at 35 Turunpike Lane.

Many Music and Art events are held at Karamel, including Collage Kids performance events on Saturday mornings at 11.30am. At 4 Coburg Road,

 

Wood Green N22 6UJ.

 

 

 

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life drawing, new dates for summer


This session is for all abilities,  and tends to be two Saturdays per month during term time at Rhodes Ave Primary School . There are some practicing artists and designers who join purely to work from the figure (and ignore me!), others who are novices or havn't drawn since school.  Each week I run through short poses with various exercises to widen your vocabulary of skills and techniques and then move onto a longer pose.  Drawing is like a muscle... just needs regular practice.  This class…

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Walks for Each Season...New edition


2nd Edition 'Walks for Each Season: 26 great walks in the countryside near London'  Julia Smith (local Haringey resident) - just published! 
 
Seize the moment, escape the city and fully experience the beauty of each season. These 26 fabulous walks, all within easy reach of London by train, showcase each season’s highlights, leading you through bluebells in spring, among poppies and wildflower meadows in summer, into the glory of beechwoods in autumn…
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A team from Lotus descended on some garages behind Alexandra Park Road yesterday with a little modified Austin 7, which turned out to be a replica of the original Lotus Mark 1. They were celebrating 75 years since it was built by Colin Chapman in one of these same garages, owned by his girlfriend's parents. Their son and daughter are pictured, about to set off on a repeat of its…

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