Crouch End Walks
Oonagh and Paul are badged guides and have lived in the area for over twenty years.
Join them on a historical walk and be surprised by what you didn't know about the area.
Here's some of the nice things people have said about us:
"Informative and entertaining, a great afternoon out. Thanks."
"It really was fantastic."
"Congratulations for setting up and organising such an interesting walk."
"An excellent walk, well-researched and a whole new way of looking at Crouch End.
Thank you."
Our first walk looks at life here during the First World War.
As the young men, fathers and husbands became soldiers, how did the conflict change lives of their families at home?
See how these local people survived, supported, commemorated and even resisted what was to become The Great War.
Tours last around 90 minutes, are conducted in small groups and cost just £7 per person.
We meet at the Roundabout Gate of Priory Park, junction of Middle Lane, Hornsey High Street and Priory Road.
By popular demand we'll be walking one more time this summer on Sunday 7 September.
If you want to come along, let us know at crouchendwalks@btinternet.com or on 07539399549.
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WW1 Crouch End : The Home Front
Our second walk takes us to the south of the borough where historically Hornsey parish met Islington parish.
Why is it known as Stroud Green?
Why are there so many stables here?
What’s so special about the panels outside the Old Dairy?
Why is there a kink in Upper Tollington Park by the old railway bridge?
Why did the fences go up at Finsbury Park?
Which block of flats caused national excitement when it was built?
Where is Stapleton Hall?
Find out how Stroud Green turned from a nice to place to go for the week end for Elizabethans, to one of London’s suburbs, with a reputation for radical protest.
Tours last around 90 minutes, are conducted in small groups and cost just £7 per person.
We meet outside the World's End, 23 Stroud Green Road N4 3EF.
We finish at the MIND building in Stapleton Hall Road, where there's an optional tea for £3. All of which goes to the charity.
The three dates we're walking are:
Saturday 6th September
Saturday 27th September
Saturday 18th October
If you want to come along, let us know at crouchendwalks@btinternet.com or on 07539399549.