Contemporary artist Finn Stone moved to Palmers Green for its family-friendly vibe
Where to live
My family and I have lived in Palmers Green for coming on 15 years
I think to myself that it would be nice to move to the countryside
Holtwhites, on Aldermans Hill, is a great artisan bakery
I’d go for a tuna salad sandwich and a chocolate brownie
It hasn’t been touched since the Seventies — if you did a Vogue shoot in there
It’s a great place if you want something traditional
There are lots of new places popping up too
The Little Green Dragon ale house on Green Lanes is a microbrewery which just won a Camra award
There’s a place around the corner on Green Lanes called Yoga Rocks
but a PureGym has also opened on Green Lanes
There’s a big pond too — you see the odd swan in there
I do a lot of my work in the evenings because it’s the quietest time
Painting at night is great for feeling calm
If you decided to make a salad — or whatever you wanted — you could get all your ingredients in there
There’s also a little Sainsbury’s on Green Lanes
You can pick up some really unusual stuff there
and all the cafes nearby get more customers
They are run by a not-for-profit company called Talkies
but it’s quite a powerful thing — you can go up to about 40 mph
You can get to Moorgate in under half an hour from Palmers Green rail station
good families — it’s got a nice culture about it
which is quite unusual too: we’re on a corner
I’ve got a 16-foot graffitied rhino in the parking space outside my house
The rhino seems to have become a sort of icon in the area
There are lots of cars parked everywhere — but that’s an issue everywhere
Finn’s exhibition
Walker Primary School and Tottenhall Infant School
Ashmole Academy and Winchmore School are three of the top-rated secondaries nearby
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Enfield Council is seeking a design team for an upgrade of Broomfield Park in north London [Deadline: 29 November 2024]
The winning conservation landscape architect-led multidisciplinary team selected for the estimated £320,000 contract will restore and upgrade the Grade II-listed park which is located around 10 minutes walk from Palmers Green station
The project will restore several lakes within the 21ha park
Grade II*-listed Broomfield House disassembled and memorialised in consultation with the local community
According to the brief: ‘The team will be responsible for a full range of architectural and landscape design services
bringing together diverse expertise under the leadership of a landscape architect with a focus on conservation
‘The team will be appointed to undertake design and planning work to bring an unused area of the Grade II-listed historic park back into use including the dismantling and memorialisation of Broomfield House.’
Broomfield Park was originally built in the 16th century as a private garden of Broomfield House
The 21ha park in Palmers Green was purchased by the local authority in 1903 and opened to the public
Broomfield House was struck by several fires in the 1980s and 1990s and is currently in a ruined state protected by scaffolding
The latest project will see the 200-year-old structure disassembled and memorialised as potentially a garden or structure
The latest commission is broken into two stages to align with the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s development phase
The contract will have a break clause at the end of the development phase and retention of the design team will subject to performance and receipt of funding from NLHF for the delivery phase
Alongside a landscape architect and conservation architect
the winning team will be expected to feature a conservation structural engineer
Found two bids for the commission will be evaluated 70 per cent on quality and 30 per cent on price
Applicants must hold employer’s liability insurance of £5 million
public liability insurance of £10 million and professional indemnity insurance of £5 million
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Has been in a ruined state for about 20 years now
The council has bene extraordinarily coy about what they mean by ‘memorialised’
with the answer – disassembly – not mentioned even far into relevant documents
a thorough report noting there is nothing really left to save behind
The acquisition will see the pub undergo an extensive multi-million pound refurbishment to create 150 internal covers with a further 60 external covers
Originally two adjoining cottages built in 1727
the pub first started serving guests under the watchful eye of retired police officer Henry Wale in 1868
The historic pub is well-known locally and is reputed to have one of the smallest bars in England
Heartwood’s refurbishment will preserve the listed building’s quaint features whilst infusing it with Heartwood’s signature cosy
quirky style where guests will be able to enjoy their seasonally changing
ethically sourced menus in line with its three star SRA rating
joins Heartwood’s acquisitions of The Royal Forest
East Barnet in North East London and continues Heartwood’s ambitious plan to grow to over 60 sites with a turnover of £133m by 2027 and joins four sites already confirmed by Heartwood to open in 2025
“We’re delighted to have been able to acquire this charming pub which has clearly been central to and much loved by the local community for so long
We have been looking at The Woodman for a number of years and feel it will make an outstanding Heartwood Inn.”
For any media enquiries please contact Emma Martin: emma.m@heartwoodcollection.com / 020 3166 2727
Heartwood Collection is the Group that operates 25 Heartwood Inns pubs and 14 Brasserie Blanc restaurants across the UK
Heartwood Collection’s current site portfolio is as follows:
The Plough & Harrow – Long Ditton
Heartwood Collection is backed by Alchemy Partners
Heartwood recently announced the news that Heartwood Collection recently secured an additional £100m of funding from its owner Alchemy Partners and its banking partner OakNorth to support the Group’s continued growth in freehold pubs and freehold pubs with rooms
Heartwood Inns has been awarded the Best Managed Pub Group and Best Operations Team Awards at the Publican Awards 2024 alongside the R200 Best Food-Led Pub Group Awards 2023
It has also been recognised as a Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024 and won the Bronze Award at the DRUM EMEA Awards for Best Rebrand for Heartwood Collection
For any media enquiries please contact Emma Martin: emma.m@heartwoodcollection.com / 020 3166 2727
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Lovers of vintage 1980s American and Brit Funk and funk jazz will be in for a special treat on 22 June when the Saturday Love All-Dayer comes to Broomfield Park in Palmers Green
patrons will be entertained by Brit Funk royalty
The Saturday Love All-Dayer, staged in collaboration with the Friends of Broomfield Park, will also feature food stalls, a bar, vintage vinyl purveyors RetroSistaz
Partly organised by veteran funk and jazz DJ and My Time (Green Lanes) café proprietor
the event will take enthusiasts attending the event back in time to the superb groups and grooves of the 1970s to the mid-1980s
The constellation of star DJs manning the decks on the day include Richie Tee (Diverse Radio)
The artistically creative music scene of the early 80s proved to be a strong influence on young North Londoner Lewis:
I loved spending hours in record shops getting the latest imported records
Alongside leaders in Brit Funk such as Light of the World
I also listened to a lot of the American bands which influenced us
who could possibly forget the whole ‘Philly Sound’ – MFSB
Dexter Wansel and McFadden & Whitehead.”
North London venues were central to ‘spreading the good vibes’ of jazz
He says clubs like the Royalty in Southgate “were the catalyst for us being able to engage with this music
Greg Edwards and even Pete Tong were very active at the Royalty
This gave birth to very entertaining All-Dayers and Soul Weekenders (Caiste) which we absolutely loved and made it possible to get together with liked-minded funksters.”
Brian hopes the 22 June event will reach across several generations
bringing along not only those who experienced the music four decades ago
but giving younger music lovers the chance to take in and enjoy the sounds of funk-jazz
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A man in his 50s has died after being hit by a van in Palmers Green
Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward following the collision, which happened on Green Lanes on Sunday
Paramedics and police were called to the scene around 5.20pm to reports a pedestrian had been hit by a van
The man was taken to hospital where he later died
“Enquiries are ongoing to identify and inform his next of kin,” said a Met police spokesperson on Wednesday
“The driver of the van stopped at the scene
“No arrests have been made at this time and enquiries into the circumstances are ongoing.”
or any road users with dash cam footage that could assist the investigation
is asked to contact the Serious Collision Investigation Unit at Alperton on 020 8246 9820
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Southgate and Tottenham will start running more regularly and for longer from this month
those bus services are set to get much more regular and run for longer.
which runs between Enfield Island Village and Turnpike Lane Bus Station
will now run every 10 minutes during the day on Sundays from 9am until around 7.30pm.
Route W4, which serves the North Circular at Palmers Green to Ferry Lane in Tottenham Hale
is going to start operating every 15 minutes (instead of 20) before 7.30am on weekdays
before 8.30am on Saturdays and every 15 minutes instead of every half hour before 10.15am on Sundays.
Those W4 buses will now begin 90 minutes earlier in the day than before and finish 45 minutes later to help improve the late night interchange between buses and rail or tube services at Edmonton Green
Palmers Green and Southgate stations.
the W6 (between Southgate Station and Edmonton Green Station
via North Middlesex Hospital) will begin running every 15 minutes instead of every 20 mins before 7.15am on weekdays
On weekends it’ll run every 15 minutes instead of every half hour before 7am on Saturdays and before 9am on Sundays.
The W6 service will also run every 15 minutes instead of every 30 on all evenings of the week after 8pm on Monday to Fridays and 6pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
TfL says it’s going to keep a close eye on these changes as they come into effect to make sure demand continues to be met.
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