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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 bright and early for a chance to discover the birds of Abney Park. Image with thanks to: Jack Ferris
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.
Join us for a guided ecology walk with Hackney’s Biodiversity Officer, Cassandra Li.
London Month of the Dead bring you a guided tour of the history of the music hall stars buried at Abney Park. Each ticket includes a 20% donation to the restoration projects at Abney Park Cemetery.
London Month of the Dead bring you a guided tour of the history of the music hall stars buried at Abney Park. Each ticket includes a 20% donation to the restoration projects at Abney Park Cemetery.
Join Abney Unearthed for this brand new tour based on research into the 200,000+ people buried in the cemetery. Hear the stories of those who lost their lives at sea who are either buried at Abney Park, or commemorated on a family grave. The subjects of this tour include seafarers lost on various oceans, families lost in shipping and ferry disasters, ship’s surgeons and a naval captain posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.
Queer Tours of London and Unity Arts present their Queer History walking tour of Abney Park to celebrate London Pride 2024 and the anniversary of the Stonewall uprising
Join us to find out about Abney Park before 1840 and hear stories of some of the key figures in Stoke Newington’s history.
Some of the people of Abney were Non Conformist in more than religion. Those buried here include Chartists, Abolitionists, Suffragettes, Fenians and Teetotallers. Join Alan Gartrell to hear the stories of those who stood outside the mainstream.
On 23rd January 1909, Latvian revolutionaries attempted to steal the payroll wages of factory workers in Tottenham. This resulted in a wild chase across the Hackney Marshes involving hundreds of people. Join Alan Gartrell to hear the story of this extraordinary event.
Join our ecology trustee, Martina Girvan, for a New Year’s Day walk.
Join us for our Memorial Lecture on the life and work of William Hone. Hone was an early nineteenth century satirist who famously faced a three-day show trial in 1817. It was so dramatic that Ian Hislop wrote a play about it. But Georgian satire was so robust that it can put even Private Eye in the shade.
Join Abney Unearthed for a walking tour to discover the originator of the Medical Witnesses Act, a president of the Royal College of Surgeons, homeopaths, one of the co-founders of the Hunterian Museum and a pioneer in the treatment of TB.
Join us on All Hallow’s Eve for a walking tour through Abney Park and it’s ghostly literary history
London Month of the Dead bring you a guided tour of the history of the music hall stars buried at Abney Park. Each ticket includes a 20% donation to the restoration projects at Abney Park Cemetery.
London Month of the Dead bring you a guided tour of the history of the music hall stars buried at Abney Park. Each ticket includes a 20% donation to the restoration projects at Abney Park Cemetery.
Anti-Slavery International is the oldest human rights charity in the world, dating back to 1787. An important demonstration of its international reach was the Anti-Slavery Convention of 1840, the same year that Abney was opened.
Join Nina Lovelace from Hackney Outdoors CIC to learn to identify nature's abundance in autumn, while learning about the stories and folklore associated with common trees and plants found in Abney Park. Finish the walk with a delicious herbal tea.
The Bronterre O’Brien Commemoration is back after a hiatus, and this year it will be given by Diane Abbott - MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington.
After 40 years of European peace, the Crimean War was a shock to British Society. Join Alan Gartrell on a walking tour to explore this time with the people at Abney who fought in it, nursed at Balaclava, used it to expose the chaos of government processes or were inspired to fight for Peace.
Catherine Booth campaigned against the exploitation of women and child trafficking. When she and a journalist showed it was possible to purchase a 13 year old girl, the Government's response was to imprison those who exposed this. Abney holds people who planned and were sentenced for their part in this scandal of the 1880s. Adult themes will be discussed.
All four MPs buried at Abney Park were on the radical side of the House, often in dispute with their own parties and promoters of progressive reforms and liberation movements. Join Alan Gartrell for this talk, where he discusses their trials and triumphs to gain a greater understanding of the political climate they lived in.
