Highgate is where I live. I came here at the age of five, went to Highgate Primary School – and the rest is history!
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.
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.
Recent great news - Our campaign to keep a free parcel collection service at the Archway Road Post Office has been successful!
We met with Royal Mail representatives in early February. We presented them with our petition – signed by over 500 Highgate residents – to keep the free parcel collection service at Archway Road Post Office. Royal Mail had wanted to charge you £1.50 per item for the privilege of collecting parcels from Archway Road – or travel to Tufnell Park to pick them up.
Royal Mail is now committed to keeping this free service. I’d like to say a sincere thank you to all of you who signed the petition.
You may be aware that many residents would like to see the 271 bus stand moved from Pond Square. Your local Lib Dem team has been meeting with local residents, TfL and Caroline Pidgeon, Leader of London Liberal Democrats and Chair of Transport on the London Assembly. We will keep you updated on any developments.
My Liberal Democrat Ward councillor colleagues here are Rachel Allison, Neil Williams and Bob Hare.
More news
- Lynne Featherstone MP and the Haringey Liberal Democrats have launched a campaign for 30 minutes of free parking on Haringey’s High Streets. Last year, retailers on Muswell Hill Broadway reported months of poor trade after the parking charges were increased from £1.40 to £3 per hour. The traders started a petition to lower the charges [...] read on
- The results of a survey by local MP Lynne Featherstone released this week reveals the level of concern amongst local residents about school places in Haringey. Survey returns from over four-hundred homes in Muswell Hill, Crouch End and Fortis Green wards show that nearly half of those who responded felt that more school places are [...] read on
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Highgate parcel collection serviced saved!
Liberal Democrat MP Lynne Featherstone today welcomed Royal Mail’s decision to continue to allow Highgate residents to pick up their parcels for free at the Archway Road Post Office, in response to months of campaigning by the local Liberal Democrats. The Royal Mail representatives, who met with the MP this morning, also confirmed that the [...] read on
Last chance to support Lib Dem petition on parcel services that has already been signed by thousands of people
MP Lynne Featherstone and Haringey Liberal Democrats are calling on even more residents to support a petition to keep parcel collection services local. Currently, residents can collect undelivered parcels at local office and collection points in Hornsey, Highgate and at the Arena on Green Lanes. As part of their reorganisation, however, Royal Mail plans to [...] read on
Hundreds sign Lib Dem petition for free parking on Haringey’s high streets
The Haringey Liberal Democrats and Lynne Featherstone MP last week launched a petition for 30 minutes of free parking on Haringey’s High Streets. The petition has already been signed by 399 people with another 105 people liking the campaign on Facebook. The campaign has also attracted the support of traders in Muswell Hill who recently gathered [...] read on