Highgate is where I live. I came here at the age of five, went to Highgate Primary School and played kiss chase in Highgate Woods – as a child. Depending on the boy, occasionally I let myself be caught!
Highgate has to be one of the most attractive places to live, visit or work. That’s not to say it doesn’t have its share of problems. The need to ration parking, the failure of Haringey Council to enforce control over developments, the traffic jams that pollute Highgate Village, the treacherous nature of crossing Archway Road, the lack of youth provision and other issues all regularly rear their heads.
The Highgate Society and the Highgate Institute are key local institutions as is Jackson’s Lane Community Centre. The landscape is dominated by Highgate School, with its splendid buildings and green sports fields reminiscent of an England of cucumber teas and leather on willow.
We are very fortunate in this ward to have so many green spaces and to be so near to the wonderful open spaces of Hampstead Heath, Kenwood and Waterlow Park as well. Despite its name, the ward itself also stretches down the hill to include parts of what we all call Archway.
My Liberal Democrat Ward councillor colleagues here are Rachel Allison, Neil Williams and Bob Hare.
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- To see the children at Highgate Primary in full creative Christmas spirit, drawing entries for her fifth annual card competition, Lynne Featherstone MP on Friday visited the Storey Road school. This year the Hornsey and Wood Green MP has decided not to set a theme for the competition, instead the children are encouraged to [...] read on
- On a tour of the new Highgate Children’s Centre on Gaskell Road today, Lynne Featherstone MP got the chance to chat with fathers who attend the centre’s unique ‘dads club’, a special playgroup for local stay-at-home dads and their kids. The club, one of only a handful in London, was started by a local dad [...] read on
- On her first local visit after being re-elected MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, Lynne Featherstone on Friday went to visit her old school, Highgate Primary, to help the children write a special school magazine with stories from old and new students. The year six students from the North Hill school asked the Liberal Democrat [...] read on
- Liberal Democrats in Highgate have slammed Haringey Council for refusing to act over the future development of a key site at the gateway to Highgate. Liberal Democrats say Haringey Council’s ‘crackpot’ approach could see the busy gyratory system, at the top of the Archway Road, used for building flats. The fact that Haringey owns the [...] read on
- A disabled woman who has spent a year and a half in the same room without access to normal bathroom facilities has this week got extra support from local MP Lynne Featherstone to make sure Haringey Council delivers on their year-old promise to build her an accessible toilet and shower room. Highgate resident Michelle, who [...] read on
- Local residents will not be able to use the Northern Line from local stations in Highgate, Archway and Finchley at weekends until December 2011 after tube operator, Tubelines, announced 82 weeks of weekend closures, starting on 27 March 2010. The Liberal Democrats have launched a petition against the closures, saying that they will affect residents travelling into central London and [...] read on
- To help raise awareness of the proposed 82 weeks of evening and weekend closures on the Northern Line and to gain further support for their campaign Liberal Democrats have been out collecting petition signatures around Highgate Station. Lynne Featherstone MP, Highgate councillor Rachel Allison and local Transport spokesperson Councillor Martin Newton spent Wednesday afternoon chatting with [...] read on
Muswell Hill Area Forum Councillors give thumbs down to Pinkham Way
Muswell Hill residents packed the British Legion Hall last Thursday to hear about the controversial Pinkham Way Waste Plant from Haringey Council officers at the first meeting of the new Muswell Hill Area Forum. The Pinkham Way proposal was on the agenda at the insistence of Liberal Democrat councillors who demanded residents be given the [...] read on
Where’s your Watch?
To launch the ‘Where’s your Watch?’ Campaign, to encourage local streets to start Neighbourhood Watch groups, Lynne Featherstone MP and Cllr Martin Newton recently went to speak to a newly started Neighbourhood Watch in Highgate. Residents on Southwood Lawn Road and Highgate Avenue started their ‘Watch’ after a recent spate of burglaries. With the [...] read on
Lynne Featherstone MP speaks to local students about lobbying and campaigning
To help inspire students to engage in the local community and make a difference through campaigning and lobbying, Lynne Featherstone MP on Friday spoke to year ten at Highgate School. The Hornsey and Wood Green MP was speaking to the students as part of their citizenship class about the workings of Parliament, lobbying MPs, [...] read on