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Crouch End food hygiene: 16 fives, a 2 on Turnpike Lane
Double Apple Kitchen on Turnpike Lane was rated 2 after an August inspection that reached the register late. 16 of 20 new ratings in N8, N10 and N6 are 5s.
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Muswell Hill
Muswell Hill Christmas tree switch-on: 2026 date not out yet
Muswell Hill's tree in St James Square was lit by the Mayor of Haringey at 4pm on Sunday 7 December 2025. No 2026 date yet; last year's came six days ahead.
Food hygiene
Crouch End food hygiene ratings: 30 fives, none below 3
30 of 42 food businesses inspected in N8, N10 and N6 in July and August scored 5. Four got a 3, including Paesan on The Broadway. Every rating, with dates.
New Year's Eve
Crouch End New Year's Eve: no Ally Pally event, road shut
Alexandra Palace held no New Year's Eve event last year: car parks shut at 6pm and the road at 9pm. The Thames fireworks need a ticket, from £20 for Londoners.
Christmas
Crouch End Christmas markets 2026: 5 Dec at the town hall
Muswell Hill Creatives bring a winter market to Hornsey Town Hall on 5 December. Highgate's fairs start 20 November; Lauderdale House is 12 and 13 December.
Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace Panorama Room: £3.5m rebuild, plans 30 Sept
The Panorama Room comes down in February 2027 and is rebuilt for £3.5m on a Haringey Council loan. Planning and listed building plans go in by 30 September.
Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace concert noise: 46 complaints, 0 breaches
Seven concerts drew 46 noise complaints from 14 addresses. Sound peaked at 65db against a 75db licence, and Uber was geo-fenced off two Muswell Hill roads.
Housing
Muswell Hill Renter Wins £7,885 Back From HMO Landlord
A tribunal ordered a Muswell Hill landlord to repay 90% of a year's rent, £7,884.84, over an unlicensed shared house. How to check your own home and claim.
Hornsey
Haringey Remembrance Sunday: Hornsey 10am, Sun 8 Nov
Remembrance Sunday falls on 8 November 2026. Hornsey's wreath-laying has started at 10am for three years running, Wood Green at 10.45am, St Saviours Court at 3pm.
Alexandra Palace
Ally Pally Knit + Stitch: 2026 show over, next 7-10 Oct 2027
Knit + Stitch returns to Alexandra Palace 7 to 10 October 2027, the organiser says. The 2026 show ran 8 to 11 October; here is what tickets cost this year.
Crouch End
Haringey half term 26-30 Oct: £1 swims, free tennis, walks
Haringey half term is 26 to 30 October: £1 junior swims at Park Road, free Priory Park tennis, and four of Lauderdale House's eight Halloween walks sold out.
Alexandra Palace
Ally Pally fireworks 7-8 Nov: Eats Everything, 8pm display
Ally Pally fireworks: Eats Everything headlines Saturday 7 November, display 8pm; Sunday 8 is family night, 6pm show, Barry from EastEnders on karaoke.
Alexandra Palace
Christmas at Ally Pally: grotto 4-23 Dec, £14 a child
Cinderella On Ice at Ally Pally: six shows 3 to 6 December, seats £13.50 or £15.50, under-16s from £10.50. Plus the £14 grotto and Festive Skate dates.
Alexandra Palace
Ally Pally darts 11 Dec-3 Jan: ballot results already out
The Ally Pally darts ballot results went out 21 to 25 September. Face value from £55 tiered, £75 table. No general sale announced; resale is Fan-to-Fan only.
Alexandra Palace
Ally Pally BBC TV 90: free plaque unveiling 2 Nov, 6pm
The free World Origin Site plaque unveiling is 6pm to 8pm on Monday 2 November; the Baird talk is sold out. The East Court display runs daily to 30 November.
Highgate
Open House 2026: 26 local buildings open free, 12 to 20 Sept
Hornsey's medieval tower, Highpoint, Highgate School and the old Ally Pally station all open free next month. Which need booking, and which you can walk into.
Schools
A level results 2026: 51% A*s at Highgate School
Highgate School posted 51% A*s and Channing 62.4% at A*-A, while Fortismere reports its best ever sixth form progress. England's A-or-above rate: 28.3%.
Schools
Haringey term dates 2026/27: Christmas break from 21 Dec
Haringey schools break for Christmas on 18 December and return 4 January. Fortismere, Hornsey and Alexandra Park take a two-week October half term from 19 October.