We're sorry to let you know that Abney Park Trust's Spring Birdsong walk in April is cancelled due to Covid 19 measures. We hope to hold the walk at a later date. We hope you'll be able to come then, and that you keep well in the meantime. Ticket holders will be refunded through EventBrite.

We're sorry to let you know that Abney Park Trust's Dawn Chorus walk in April is cancelled due to Covid 19 measures. We hope to hold the walk at a later date. We hope you'll be able to come then, and that you keep well in the meantime. Ticket holders will be refunded through EventBrite.

We're sorry to let you know that Abney Park Trust's History Tour in April is cancelled due to Covid 19 measures.We hope to hold the next tour on the first Sunday of the month in the near future. We hope you'll be able to come then, and that you keep well in the meantime.

Come and enjoy a relaxing and entertaining stroll around one of London's most intriguing Victorian garden cemeteries and unique urban nature reserves. Learn about Abney Park's rich history, about some of the characters laid to rest here and about the diverse flora and fauna. This is an extremely informative tour, led by cemetery guide Sam Perrin.

Free,
Suggested £5 donation welcome

We're sorry to let you know that Abney Park Trust's Fundraising Quiz, Pie ‘n’ Pint Night on 26th March is cancelled due to Covid 19 measures.
We hope to hold the quiz at a later date. We hope you'll be able to come then, and that you keep well in the meantime.
Ticket holders have been refunded through EventBrite.
Please email info@abneypark.org if you have any queries.

Amir Dotan, whom many of you know through www.StokeNewingtonHistory.com, will be hosting a Stoke Newington History Quiz – do you know the answers to 'Who was William Patten? When did Clissold Park open? In which Stoke Newington pub did The Jam and The Police perform in the 70s? The Prince are offering a wonderful £14.50 deal for one of their scrumptious pies, with a drink.

£5 per person entry fee, please book here

Abney Park Cemetery has many memorials and momentos of World War One. The tour will talk about the forgotten air raids , the story of the Old Contemptibles and the Angel of Mons, rediscovered graves and other tales of 1914 -18. This compelling tour is led by historian Alan Gartrell.

Free, suggested £5 donation welcome
Meet at the main gates, Stoke Newington High St

For International Women’s Day, the Doyennes of Death pay homage to the cemetery’s fierce female mould breakers, risk takers and pioneers whose stories are both awe inspiring and poignant. Context is everything (especially with history) and this tour will examine the often adverse social, political and economic circumstances faced by the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian Women of Abney Park. Celebrate and commemorate these wonderful women in the contemplative setting of Abney Park Cemetery, one of London’s most unique and hidden gems.  This inspiring and informative guided tour is delivered by historian Sam Perrin.

Tickets: £12 / £10 concs
Book here

Come and enjoy a relaxing and entertaining stroll around one of London's most intriguing Victorian garden cemeteries and unique urban nature reserves. Learn about Abney Park's rich history, about some of the characters laid to rest here and about the diverse flora and fauna. This is an extremely informative tour, led by cemetery guide Sam Perrin.

Free, Suggested £5 donation welcome
Meet at the main gates on Stoke Newington High Street.
Please wear sturdy shoes.

We shall commemorate the life of Chartist, James ‘Bronterre’ O’Brien with a memorial address beside his grave in Abney Park Cemetery. O’Brien was a Chartist, and fought for a free, untaxed press, universal suffrage and parliamentary reform in the early part of the 19th century. The address will be given by this year by Professor Michael Turner, author of a definitive biography of O'Brien. Professor Turner has been published widely on 19th century reform movements including Chartism, and also on Britain's international role.

All welcome,
Free, donations gladly accepted
Meet at the main gates, Stoke Newington High St

Take an after-dark historical tour of the sinister side of 19th Century London as we go back in time to the Gothic novel era, exploring the heart of Victorian darkness... What's the connection to the radical history of Abney Park and the rich rebel heritage of Hackney? Hosted by local guide, writer and storyteller Hackney Tours (as seen at Stokey Lit Fest etc), this adventure will help you see Abney Park and Hackney in a different way, and possibly even the contemporary psychic landscape.

Tickets: £12 - Book here

Come and enjoy a relaxing stroll around one of London's most intriguing Victorian garden cemeteries and unique urban nature reserves. Learn about Abney Park's rich history, about some of the characters laid to rest here and about the diverse flora and fauna. This is an extremely informative tour, led by cemetery guide Sam Perrin.

Free, Suggested £5 donation welcome
Meet at the main gates on Stoke Newington High Street.
Please wear sturdy shoes.

110 years ago in January 1909 a payroll robbery in Tottenham led to a frantic pursuit of Latvian anarchists over the Lea River marshes. Four people died including PC. William Tyler, who lies buried in Abney Park under one of it’s finest monuments. Led by Alan Gartrell, this tour will tell the story of the 'Tottenham Outrage', also that of P.C Alfred Smith and others killed in the line of duty.

Free, suggested £5 donation welcome
Meet at the main gates, Stoke Newington High St

Come and enjoy a relaxing stroll around one of London's most intriguing Victorian garden cemeteries and unique urban nature reserves. Learn about Abney Park's rich history, about some of the characters laid to rest here and about the diverse flora and fauna. This is an extremely informative tour, led by cemetery guide Sam Perrin.

Free, Suggested £5 donation welcome
Meet at the main gates on Stoke Newington High Street.
Please wear sturdy shoes.

On 18,19th & 20th of December 1817 William Hone, antiquarian, bookseller and journalist was tried for Blasphemous Libel at the London Guildhall. This had been the site for famous treason trials and the charges were a cloak for political repression and an attack on the freedom of the Press. Defying the instructions of the Lord Chief Justice, the Juries acquitted  Hone each day. Come to his grave side (Charles Dickens attended the funeral) and hear this amazing story which has caught the attention of Ian Hislop and campaigners over the last 200 years. This tour is led by Alan Gartrell.

Join us at Abney Park for an uplifting repertoire of seasonal songs performed by local community choirs the Woodberry Warblers and Hackney Songworks. In aid of Abney Park Trust, delicious mulled apple juice and seasonal snacks will be sold to enjoy while you listen. Woodberry Warblers will sing from 12 - 12.30 pm, Hackney Songworks will sing from 12.45 - 1.15 pm and Stoke Newington School Parents and Community Choir from 1.30pm.

Inside the main gates on Stoke Newington High St
Free, donations welcome

Come and enjoy a relaxing stroll around one of London's most intriguing Victorian garden cemeteries and unique urban nature reserves. Learn about Abney Park's rich history, about some of the characters laid to rest here and about the diverse flora and fauna. This is an extremely informative tour, led by cemetery guide Sam Perrin.

Free, Suggested £5 donation welcome

Meet at the main gates on Stoke Newington High Street.
Please wear sturdy shoes.

There are almost 400 Commonwealth War Graves at Abney Park commemorating the dead of World Wars I & II. This tour will address the history of war burials and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, stories of the graves and individuals together with some of the unusual memorials of other conflicts, including the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the American Civil War. This informative tour is led by Alan Gartrell.

CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER WARNINGS

Come and enjoy a relaxing stroll around one of London's most intriguing Victorian garden cemeteries and unique urban nature reserves. Learn about Abney Park's rich history, about some of the characters laid to rest here and about the diverse flora and fauna. This is an extremely informative tour, led by cemetery guide Sam Perrin.

Free, Suggested £5 donation welcome

Meet at the main gates on Stoke Newington High Street.
Please wear sturdy shoes.

Enjoy the most magical night of the year in the very heart of Abney Park, the marvellously intimate and atmospheric mortuary chapel, for a talk by cemetery guide @misssamperrin about the Cemetery’s most enigmatic and spellbinding ‘permanent residents’, Halloween’s origins, dark Victoriana and the birthplace of modern horror.
Tickets: £13 / £10 concessions
Buy tickets here

Celebrate Allhallowtide at Abney Park with cemetery guide @misssamperrin as we pay our respects to the Cemetery’s most mysterious and magical ‘permanent residents’, followed by a talk on the origins of Halloween, dark Victoriana and the birthplace of modern literary horror.
Tickets: £13 / £10 concs
Buy tickets here

Abney Park is looking forward to hosting a day of fun at their annual Autumn Fair. Come along and enjoy a variety of arts and crafts stalls, second-hand books, tempting food and drinks for all, arts & plant workshops, kids activities and music in the chapel. Plus - fabulous prizes to be won on the Abney Park User Group tombola! Proceeds raised will help fund future activities at Abney Park.

Saturday 19th October
11 am - 4 pm
Free, All welcome

As a part of Black History Month, everyone is invited to a heritage walk to the resting place of Joanna Vassa, wife of Henry Bromley, and daughter of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African, best-selling author and abolitionist. The event also celebrates the 230th anniversary of his book, The Interesting Narrative, which was published in 1789, and which is included in the top 100 non-fiction books of all times (The Guardian Newspaper,  31st December 2017). Arthur Torrington is Director of The Equiano Society. 

Free, All Welcome
Please reserve your place here to ensure you are able to attend.
Meet at the main gates, Stoke Newington High St

Take an after-dark historical tour of the sinister side of Victorian London going back in time to the era of the Gothic novel, and the heart of Dickensian darkness.

Hosted by local guide, writer and storyteller Hackney Tours, this adventure will help you see Abney Park - and London - in a different way.

Book now

Come and enjoy a relaxing stroll around one of London's most intriguing Victorian garden cemeteries and unique urban nature reserves. Learn about Abney Park's rich history, about some of the characters laid to rest here and about the diverse flora and fauna. This is an extremely informative tour, led by cemetery guide Sam Perrin.

Free, Suggested £5 donation welcome

Meet at the main gates on Stoke Newington High Street.
Please wear sturdy shoes.

1840, the year that Abney Park Cemetery opened was also the year of the great World Anti-slavery Convention which several Stoke Newington residents attended. Join Alan Gartrell to find out about them and other politicians, missionaries and campaigners who fought against slavery.

Free,
Suggested £5 donation welcome

Meet at the main gates, Stoke Newington High Street.
Please wear sturdy shoes

Opened in May, 1840, Abney Park Chapel was the first nondenominational cemetery chapel in Europe. As part of the Open House weekend, the chapel will be open from 10am until 5pm on Sunday 22nd September. Tours will be given by the Abney Unearthed officer at 2pm and 4pm.

See here for details on the Open House website.

Trafalgar, Balaclava, the Streets of London. Soldiers, Abolitionists, nurses and policemen. What is heroism? A walk around the Cemetery will discuss these issues and tell some of the stories. This enlightening tour is led by Alan Gartrell.

Free, suggested £5 donation welcome
Meet at the main gates,
Stoke Newington High St

Come and enjoy one of London's most intriguing Victorian garden cemeteries and unique urban nature reserves. Learn about Abney Park's rich history, about some of the characters laid to rest here and about the diverse flora and fauna. This is an extremely informative tour, led by cemetery guide Sam Perrin.

Free, Suggested £5 donation welcome

Meet at the main gates on Stoke Newington High Street. Please wear sturdy shoes.

Join Katharine Blake and Charlie Cawood in Abney Park's chapel for an evening of folk music with violin and recorder in the centre of our beautiful cemetery. Katharine and Charlie will be performing mediaeval and folk music as a duo, and will also be joined by special guest Anna Pool from Mediaeval Baebes to perform songs from the Baebe’s new album ‘A Pocketful of Posies’, a psychadelic folk adventure through the surreal and often terrifying world of nursery rhymes.

Tickets: £12 / £10 concs
Buy tickets here