Halloween: Highgate Cemetery & City Ghost Walk

Oct '09 31 Sat 1:00 PM
Location
Archway Tube Station

Highgate Hill
London

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"Lookout for the 'Cultureseekers' signs when you come through the ticket barriers at Archway tube station."

Estimated attendance
 63  people attended.
4.50 4.5022 (22 ratings)

Who organized?
Robert

Come along on Saturday 31st October for a Halloween special! At 1pm we will be visiting Highgate Cemetery and then at 5pm going on a ghost walk called 'Ghosts of the Old City'.

Highgate Cemetery
So many people from the group have recommended visiting Highgate Cemetery, so I thought what better time to visit it than Halloween!
We will be visiting the east cemetary only, with it's ornate victorian architecture, it's the burial place of some famous people, notebly Karl Marx, physicist Michael Faraday and John & Elizabeth Dickens, parents of Charles and models for Micawber and Mrs Nickleby. The cemetery is a short bus ride from the station.

Entry is £3 each.

Meeting up at Archway tube station at 1pm.

After the cemetery visit we will be heading for a drink and a snack at 'Ye olde London pub' at 42 Ludgate Hill (near St Paul's tube station). Click here to see a map of where the pub is.


Ghosts of the Old City
Exploring the city's shadowy back streets and dimly lit alleys we might be in a medieval citadel, in overpowering stone. The very street names - Aldersgate, Cloth Fair, Charterhouse, Threadneedle - take us far back. We're alone...or are we? For this is the hour when the She Wolf of France glides through the churchyard, the hour when the dark figure on Newgate wall rattles his chains, the hour when the Black Nun keeps her lonely vigil, and something inexpressibly evil lurks behind a tiny window.

The walk starts at 5pm and costs £7 each.

If anyone wants to just come on the ghost walk, we will be meeting up at St Pauls tube station at 4:45pm.

If you can't see us at Archway tube station or St Paul's for the walk, please call.

Hope to see you there!

Regards

Robert
07905 901 834

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  • Nicola Pazdzierska
    Posted Oct 12, 2009 1:49 PM
    Nicola Pazdzierska
    Couldn't we find somewhere else to eat, given comments?
  • Robert
    Posted Oct 11, 2009 4:49 PM
    Robert
    Organizer
    The walk is at 5pm, at 1pm we are going to Highgate Cemetery at 1pm and then will head down to 'Ye Olde London' pub near St Paul's for a snack before we go on the walk at 5pm.
  • Posted Oct 10, 2009 9:41 AM
    Former Member
    I'm confused-- is the walk at 5pm? what happens from 1pm-5pm? why meet up at 1pm?

Who attended?

  • 63 attendees
    • “ Only went on the Ghost Walk but it was wonderful - the guide was very informative, and a great orator and entertainer - loved the spooky gruesome ghost stories! Perfect for Hallowe'en. Always enjoy navigating the smaller off-the-beaten-path streets and finding new historic London nooks and crannies. Had a fantastic evening :0) ”
    • “ Brilliantly organised as always. A really fun time with lots of nice people. Ghost walk was excellent. ”
    • Robert (+1 guest)
      Organizer
      “ The cemetery was very interesting and the guide for the Ghosts of the City walk was fantastic! ”
    • Tom
      “ Only attended the ghost walk and this was really good. The walk leader Simon did an excellent job in showing what a fascinating place the old City of London is. Enjoyable session in the pub afterwards too. ”
    • “ excellent! ”
    • “ Large group of really lovely people, very interesting ghost walk ”
    • st
      “ Truly enjoyed the walk with such fun crowd! Kudos to Robert for the effort -- even with the colour printouts! ”
    • “ A great day out! The cemetary was very interesting and looked lovely with the autumn colours on the trees and the walk was fascinating too, with a wonderful guide who really brought the area to life for us. Thanks Robert for organising this so well for us. ”
    • “ Well orgnaised, a friendly group and informative walk round the cemetery - (i didnt attend the evening ghost walk) ”
    • “ Good day out. ”
    • “ Good raconteur, excellent route round the city ”
    • bronislava Novotna (+1 guest)
    • Molly (+1 guest)
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