Tottenham Online

The Penny Black devised by Rowland Hill (1795-1879), father of the Penny Post, the modern affordable postal service and Tottenham resident.

This site hopes to give you a bit of a picture of all the fun and interesting places to go in and around Tottenham - with a few extras thrown in.

But we can't put it up here all at once and these things take a bit of time...so any reviews and exciting news is always very welcome...

A good place to start for online hints and tips is the haringey.gov website which provides lots of really useful info covering practically everything. And of course the papers carry listings too.

If you're strolling around Bruce Castle Park check out Marmalade's notice board or the handy flyers at the Museum.

Otherwise a scan of the links below shows that the area's already well covered on line- the new Tottenham Carnival website is brilliant and there's loads of interesting things to learn about Tottenham and more and more local businesses and groups are getting connected.

'Rowland! Rowland! Rowland! my new incisive and generous advertising form,' Brazilian envelope showing Rowland Hill Service stationer's logo 1920 .

The Tottenham Civic Society, devoted to promoting all things great and good in Tottenham, is also connecting ASAP. They publish a really interesting newsletter with pics called CIVITAS TOTTENHAM.

Just the other day the Society gave a tour of the High Road to share their knowledge of local history and exciting new developments. On Saturday 31st May they're giving a tour of Broadwater Farm. You can find their events at Bruce Castle Museum and the Hornsey Historical Society.

And also a new free local paper, available in print and online, is now doing the rounds.

With a circulation of 27,000, First Tottenham, is shining a little light through local views, reportage and advertising.





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Take A Walk On The Farm

The Tottenham Civics Society are inviting us all for a tour of Broadwater Farm.

Broadwater Farm estate

Date: 11.00am Saturday 31st May

Walk leader: Sean Gardiner, Broadwater Farm Neighbourhood Officer, with member of Broadwater Farm Residents Association

Broadwater Farm Children's Centre, designed by Gollifer Langston Architects and winner of a Royal Institute of British Architects award 2007.

"Broadwater Farm is a remarkable place….Can this be the same place that I saw 20 years ago in the aftermath of the terrible riot…? The transformation is quite astonishing. Architecturally there have been big changes.

"The estate had been built on the principles established by Le Corbusier, with walkways in the sky that were designed to separate people from the traffic. But they also left the ground floor level entirely vulnerable and the estate quickly became rife with drug dealers while escaping burglars made good use of all the different passageways.

"After the riots the Tory government made the estate one of its priorities, pouring £33 million into demolishing the walkways and a series of other structural improvements. But the estate needed more than physical changes…

"Perhaps the single most important factor in changing the feel of the place was to get in a local management team on the estate. Installing a concierge system… was another major development… And, most important, was ensuring that the community was involved and that the views of local residents were listened to.”(Christian Wolmar, 20 Years Later at Broadwater Farm, 2005)

“Broadwater Farm…now thrives…Once again it is seen as a model public-housing project, but this time around, that seems genuinely to be the case.” (Lynsey Hanley, Estates: An Intimate History, 2007)

A view of the Farm from Gloucester Road.

Come and hear about the changes and improvements that have been made to this estate which Sean Gardiner will describe on his tour.

Meet at the Neighbourhood Office, 108c Gloucester Road, N17. This is on the left hand side just down the slope of Gloucester Road from the junction with The Avenue.

(apart from pics all text and quotes taken from Tottenham Civic Society walk update)

Broadwater United meets Gordie's wife and fly to Tokyo...

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Some places to go around the High Road, Bruce Grove and Lordship Lane...

A bit of a critic? just have to tell the world about somewhere great in your neighbourhood? get scribbling and write our reviews for us!



Tottenham High Road, Bruce Grove and Lordship Lane have loads of places to go out for a bite to eat, a cup of coffee, or a fresh tub of halva.

We've drawn up a list of just some of them in the area.

(and also promise to add one's we can't quite remember the names of! Like that nice Thai place in the alley between the Butchers and McDonald's - you know the one! - and pubs of course)

You may have seen a few of these on the beeb's
'Bruce Grove - Our Street.'




Tottenham High Road

Bar Latina - life and soul of the party, Accoustic Vibe Nights on Tuesdays, otherwise Salsa food and fun - join them at the Carnival for Latin singing and boogie.



Bar Latina - What's On

(Music journos and budding directors get to work! send us your stuff! It's right on your doorstep!)

Shuggie - Bar Latina



Daniel Spiller - I Confess



Rosered - Bar Latina


Luke Paul Jackson's Absent Friends

Mauritian Dance Night


Salsa - sound's a bit rough on this one...


Grhymey Live On Stage


La Barca's - excellent cafe restaurant - lovely seaside themes- opposite Spurs - doors always open

Tottenham Star - give it three stars for delicious kebabs and more, go on! just by Spurs

TFC - a High Road giant, filled with lovely fresh veg and packed with goodies - it's a supermarket but anyways....

Cirrik - Time Out's been there - fancy Turkish cuisine, good atmosphere

Jack's cafe - good old traditional cafe just by Spurs - great food

Titanic Cafe - best named caff in the world

Still there. Best looking cafe in the world, the Titanic holds its course.

Nexus Point - almost the best name in the world?


Tony's Cafe, sadly no more.


Bruce Grove

Well established family run San Marco's opposite the station - everyone loves it

Well established Scorpio's Chicken - tasty eats

New Moroccan Menar Patisserie - great coffee, cakes and cuisine

New massive cafe next to the station in converted post office with function rooms.

Lordship Lane

New Portuguese Marina Cafe - very friendly family run cafe just opposite Bruce Castle Park stacked with treats and a few tipples

(a bit of a cop-out we know - but it's a start!)

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Last Chance to See the Work of Local Artist John Godden at the Museum

If you haven't been already don't miss your last chance to see the work of local painter John Godden (1930-1999) at the Museum which finishes at the end of May.



An Oxford graduate, Godden worked as a librarian in the civil service and used to cycle around the area with camera in hand and paint the scenes that caught his eye.



The Royal Academy chose a few for their summer exhibition.


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New Bookshop?

It looks like there's still a great chance to open a nice new bookshop right next to Marmalade Cafe on Lordship Lane.

Or maybe one of those lovely boarded up buildings on the High Road?

Or next to Bruce Grove Station?

Or Seven Sisters Tube just by Tesco?

Or the Bernie Grant Arts Centre?

Or The Hale Roundabout?

Or Bruce Castle Museum?

Until then you have lots of excuses to meet the almost local heroes who saved Wood Green at the Big Green Bookshop.


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