On the first Sunday of every month, join us to explore the newly restored Abney Park Chapel and learn about it’s history. At midday, Abney Park Trust are hosting a 30 minute long talk, giving an insight into the history of the Chapel, with the opportunity ask questions, to explore and to photograph the interior.
Occurring on the first Sunday of every month and led by Abney Park Trust, this tour focuses on Abney Park's uniqueness – from its diverse permanent residents to the striking funerary architecture, as well as its historic dual function as both burial ground and arboretum since it opened in 1840.
We invite all ages to become a pop-up orchestra with The Enchanted Cinema’s interactive show- Monsters & Magic featuring Lotte Reiniger’s exquisitely-crafted The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), the oldest animated feature ever made.
Join us on Sunday 9th November at 10.15am at the War Memorial in Abney Park Cemetery, where local choirs will perform songs and poetry to commemorate Remembrance Sunday.
Anna Letitia Barbauld (1743-1825): 2025 marks the 200th anniversary of Anna Barbauld’s death in Stoke Newington. Come and discover the story of her radical life.
This Halloween Season, be immersed in horror with a live & original musical score to FW Murnau’s Expressionist masterpiece - Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horrors (1922) - the birth of the vampire movie. Join composers Kieron Chissik and Caelia Lunniss (The Enchanted Cinema) for their original score - first performed at LSO St.
One Jazz Presents Afternoon Jazz At The Chapel. Zara McFarlane sings “Sweet Whispers” celebrating the music of Sarah Vaughn
Sharon is the author of The Lost History of the Lady Aeronauts, which reveals Mrs. Graham’s remarkable story.
Biographer Sharon Wright, who worked with Abney Park Trust to commemorate overlooked female pioneer of early flight Margaret Graham, reveals how she then had the misspelled memorial to Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë corrected in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey - and unearthed the truth about the 85-year-old error.
Join Katie Crabtree and Vicky Sharples for a meandering walk through Abney Park to observe the deadwood, the graves, the living/dying pathways and the ecosystem to reflect upon our mortality. In keeping with Abney Park Cemetery’s history in radical thought, this workshop is intentioned to spark discussions to rethink death and dying narratives.
We invite all ages to become a pop-up orchestra with The Enchanted Cinema’s interactive show featuring five magical, remarkable and eccentric scenes from My Neighbour Totoro (1988) - including Catbus & Flying Sequence.
Join Abney Park Trust’s ecology group for a night walk to encounter the bats who are just one of the many species of wildlife who reside in our nature reserve.
5th Oct is cancelled due to the yellow wind warning and the closure of Abney Park until safety checks are carried out.
Occurring on the first Sunday of every month and led by Abney Park Trust, this tour focuses on Abney Park's uniqueness – from its diverse permanent residents to the striking funerary architecture, as well as its historic dual function as both burial ground and arboretum since it opened in 1840.
5th Oct is cancelled due to the yellow wind warning and the closure of Abney Park until safety checks are carried out.
On the first Sunday of every month, join us to explore the newly restored Abney Park Chapel and learn about it’s history. At midday, Abney Park Trust will host a 30 minute talk, giving an insight into the history of the Chapel, with the opportunity ask questions, to explore and to photograph the interior.
We invite all ages to become a pop-up orchestra with The Enchanted Cinema’s interactive show featuring stunning scenes from The Red Turtle (2016) and our favourite two scenes from My Neighbour Totoro (Catbus & Flying Sequence). Please note: this event has been moved to 12th Oct and also early 2026 to coincide with the Red Turtle anniversary.
Richard Yeboah is a writer, public servant and historian from Hackney, East London with a strong interest in local history, public policy and urbanism, and has written on a variety of political and social issues over the last ten years.
Margaret Renn is a writer and journalist. Paul Foot: A Life in Politics is her book about Foot, one of the most influential investigative reporters of his generation.
This event has been cancelled. Join Abney Park Trust’s ecology group for a night walk to encounter the bats who are just one of the many species of wildlife who reside in our nature reserve.
A film by Elin Moe and Winstan Whitter, How To Get On with Everybody is an intimate portrait of the unique life of Herschel Gluck, a Rabbi from the Haredi Jewish community. One of life's true optimists in a time of global tension, Rabbi Gluck reminds us that power lies in empathy and in our shared humanity.
Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Hackney Council, Abney Unearthed is an exciting project to remap the cemetery and discover more about the people buried there. The project manger is giving a talk to introduce the exhibition and explain why the project is so vital.
Join Abney Park Trust’s ecology group for a night walk to encounter the bats who are just one of the many species of wildlife who reside in our nature reserve.
Join Abney Park Trust’s ecology group for a night walk to encounter the bats who are just one of the many species of wildlife who reside in our nature reserve.
We invite all ages to go wild with The Enchanted Cinema’s interactive show – Ghibli’s Forest featuring Where the Wild Things Are (the 1973 animation) and our favourite two scenes from My Neighbour Totoro (catbus & flying).
Open air theatre in the enclosed garden returns to Abney Park, with Moving Part’s production of ‘Vanity Fair’ - a giddy carousel of social climbers, buffoons and preening dandies. In a world of gossip and speculation, where scandal and celebrity can turn on a sixpence, we follow the twisting fortunes of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley.
Open air theatre in the enclosed garden returns to Abney Park, with Moving Part’s production of ‘Vanity Fair’ - a giddy carousel of social climbers, buffoons and preening dandies. In a world of gossip and speculation, where scandal and celebrity can turn on a sixpence, we follow the twisting fortunes of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley.
We invite all ages to go wild with The Enchanted Cinema’s interactive show – Ghibli’s Forest. We invite you to celebrate our launch with our Garden Band & a special performance by multi-instrumentalist Kieron Chissik from The Enchanted Cinema on viola, guitar, keyboard & immersive sound instruments, accompanying a visual tapestry of underwater footage and graphic illustrations.
In this interactive talk writer, researcher, and political theorist Sarah Stein Lubrano, author of the new book “Don't Talk about Politics: Changing 21st Century Minds”, will combine insights from history, politics, and literature to point to some less-commonly-understood things about the reality of the end of (this) world.
Isaac Watts (1674-1748) is remembered as one of Abney Park’s most famous connections, for his hymns – which are still sung to this day. In his lifetime, Watts’ hymns were highly controversial, marking a transition away from the practice of psalm-singing.
Join Abney Park Trust’s ecology group for a night walk to encounter the bats who are just one of the many species of wildlife who reside in our nature reserve.
James Braidwood, The Father of the Modern Fire Service - A talk by Diana Hamilton-Jones.
The world’s first municipal fire service was founded in Edinburgh in 1824 and it was lead by James Braidwood. Who was this relatively unknown Scot who recruited and trained a team of fire fighters, and created a science in fire-fighting methods. Why has he been forgotten? We invite you to Diana’s talk to learn about him and why he should be remembered and honoured.
Join us bright and early for a chance to discover the birds of Abney Park. Image: Jack Ferris
Join Abney Unearthed for a tour held in recognition of War Graves Month. Learn more about the lives of those who died in service who are buried in Abney Park - including those with Commonwealth War Grave Commission memorial stones and those commemorated on the headstone of their family grave.
Join us bright and early for a chance to discover the birds of Abney Park. Image: Jack Ferris
Join us in the garden and community room for stay and play - book a pay-what-you-can ticket or drop in on the day
The Bronterre O’Brien Commemoration 2025 will be delivered by Bruno Leipold, Fellow in Political Theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
The Abney Unearthed project is pleased to be included in Hackney History month. Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Hackney Council, Abney Unearthed is an exciting project to remap the cemetery and discover more about the people buried there. The project manger is giving a talk to introduce the exhibition and explain why the project is so vital.
Join us bright and early for a chance to discover the birds of Abney Park. Image with thanks to: Jack Ferris
