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HALLOWEEN 'BRING YOUR BABY GUIDED LONDON WALK': WOMEN OF ABNEY PARK CEMETERY
BRING YOUR BABY
From the award-winning creator of 'Bring Your Baby Pub Quiz'
- Fridays 11:00–14:00
- NEXT ON: 31 Oct 2025
Just inside Abney Park Cemetery Egyptian Gates (NOT THE CHURCH STREET ENTRANCE) Stoke Newington High Street, London, London, N16 0LH
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0 months - 2 years
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£24.00
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Description
A very special tour of Abney Park Cemetery for Friday 31st October - Halloween!
You are welcome to bring friends and family who do not also have a baby.
Walk starts and ends: By Abney Park Cemetery Egyptian Gates, 215 Stoke Newington High Street, London, N16 0LH
Midway stop for an hour at Abney Park cafe for refreshment and/or lunch and baby change before you head back into the cemetery for the second part of the tour.
Please note that although this tour sticks to the main paths of the cemetery where possible, if the weather has been very wet before the tour it may be muddy in parts. Please use your discretion as to whether you would prefer to bring a buggy or sling/baby carrier if there has been a lot of rain before the day of the walk.
Walk description:
The two volumes of 'Women from Hackney’s History' include some extraordinary stories of women whose final resting place is Abney Park Cemetery. The first book resulted in a film - 'Women of Abney', available to view on the Hackney Society’s YouTube channel.
This walk - by the editor of the second book - concentrates on those who feature in the second book, but we’ll also fit in the Bostock Lion where menagerie owner Susannah Bostock rests, and as many music hall stars as we can!
Women whose graves you'll visit and hear about on this walk:
- A Victorian magician.
- The first woman to demonstrate a scientific invention at the Royal Society, who was also a top opera singer. She was proud enough of both talents to have them mentioned on her gravestone.
- The music hall couple who both cross-dressed.
- Those who devoted their lives to helping others - one who ran a children’s home, the Salvation Army women, and two lifelong friends who lived and worked together in the poor areas of Islington.
- A nineteenth century missionary in China.
- An animal rights campaigner involved in the founding of the RSPCA.
- The first headmistress of Skinners School in Stamford Hill.
Booking info & prices
Important notes: - Children are the responsibility of the parent or guardian, and must be monitored by them at all times. - Refunds or requests to move to a future event or date must be requested within 24 hours of the event commencing so that we can try to refill the space in adequate time. - On occasion we take photos or short video clips at our 'Bring Your Baby Pub Quizzes' or 'Bring Your Baby Guided London Walks'. By attending you are giving your permission for these to be used for Bring Your Baby Ltd promotional purposes. Any individual who we have taken a photograph of and published can request that any photographs are removed and deleted at any time. Even if they have given consent when booking according to our terms and conditions, they can of course withdraw their consent and can contact us at the email provided. - At 'Bring Your Baby Pub Quizzes', we understand that the parent or guardian will want to keep sleeping babies close to their table in baby carriers (including, for example: prams, buggies or car seats). However if babies are awake we reserve the right to ask the parent or guardian to move their baby carrier into a designated area of the venue to meet health and safety requirements (such as clear access to fire exits and clear walkways).
Prices
- Adult ticket (children go free but each adult needs a ticket): £24.00
- Additional adult with no baby: £24.00
Booking info & prices
Important notes: - Children are the responsibility of the parent or guardian, and must be monitored by them at all times. - Refunds or requests to move to a future event or date must be requested within 24 hours of the event commencing so that we can try to refill the space in adequate time. - On occasion we take photos or short video clips at our 'Bring Your Baby Pub Quizzes' or 'Bring Your Baby Guided London Walks'. By attending you are giving your permission for these to be used for Bring Your Baby Ltd promotional purposes. Any individual who we have taken a photograph of and published can request that any photographs are removed and deleted at any time. Even if they have given consent when booking according to our terms and conditions, they can of course withdraw their consent and can contact us at the email provided. - At 'Bring Your Baby Pub Quizzes', we understand that the parent or guardian will want to keep sleeping babies close to their table in baby carriers (including, for example: prams, buggies or car seats). However if babies are awake we reserve the right to ask the parent or guardian to move their baby carrier into a designated area of the venue to meet health and safety requirements (such as clear access to fire exits and clear walkways).
Prices
- Adult ticket (children go free but each adult needs a ticket): £24.00
- Additional adult with no baby: £24.00
