Hosted by Hackney Council in partnership with Abney Park Trust, this talk by Mike Kaner introduces the Abney Park Restoration Project, looks in more detail at the buildings in this incredible site, and talks through what the site will be like when work is complete.

Watch the recording of Tree expert Russell Miller giving an tour of Abney Park's surviving remnants of the famous Loddiges arboretum.

During March, Keyline Productions came into Abney in the early hours of the morning and recorded bird expert Andrew Peel as he walked along the pathways identifying and describing the birds that could be heard. Watch the recording.

The theme for this year's International Women's Day was Choose to Challenge. There are a whole host of amazing women connected with Abney Park Cemetery who went against the expectations and restrictions imposed upon them by society. Listen to Romany Reagan and Sam Perrin’s talk to find out more.

Hosted by Hackney Council, in partnership with Abney Park Trust, this talk explores the biodiversity of Abney Park to mark the start of the National Lottery Heritage funded improvement project that begins on site later this year.

This January marks the 112th anniversary of the Tottenham Outrage. The online talk given by Alan Gartrell focused on the context of the Outrage and reveals Abney Park's links to the event.

Watch the recording of Alan Gartrell’s fascinating and moving talk on war grave arrangements and how and why we commemorate the war dead in the way we do.

Watch the recording of Angelina Osborne’s online talk on 'Joanna Vassa: An imagined life', as part of our Black History Month events.

Watch a recording of Burt Caesar’s talk, in which he considers three diasporic locations which precede the current so-called ‘Windrush Scandal’, a twenty-first century iteration of a ‘hostile environment’.

Watch 'Your Own, Your Very Own', a documentary detailing the life and times of the music hall stars buried in Abney Park, presented by Colin Sell, of Radio 4's Sorry I Haven't A Clue.

Abney Park Trust hosted an online event to mark the 80th anniversary of the Coronation Avenue bombing in 1940. Watch the recording.

Watch the recording of Dr Romany Reagan’s lecture exploring the Victorian garden cemetery today as a place for mortality mediation and shared community space.

On Wednesday 20 May 2020 we celebrated the 180th anniversary of Abney Park Cemetery with two online talks given by Alan Gartrell and Sam Perrin, followed by a Q&A Session. Watch the recording of this event here.

Watch a recording of Romany Reagan’s talk which presents the history of Abney Park - sharing a picture of the land itself; its place in wider mourning shifts and societal changes; and what Abney Park means for us today as a vital community space.