{"title": "Chapel noon talk on the war dead buried and remembered throughout the cemetery", "start": "2026-11-01T12:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Glass House", "address": "Springfield Park, E5 9EF", "price": "Free, donations to support the work of Abney Park Trust are welcome", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/world-war"], "description": "A noon talk inside the recently restored chapel of Abney Park, open to drop-in visitors in the morning. The Abney Park Trust hosts it and highlights stories of the War Dead buried and remembered in the cemetery, where 150 Commonwealth War Graves mark the resting places of soldiers, sailors and airmen who lost their lives in the World Wars.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/chapel-noon-talk-on-the-war-dead-buried-and-remembered-throu-87766/", "official_url": "https://abneypark.org/upcoming-events/2026/4/5/chapel-open-morning-3357c-8ws8c-r8w76-m5hwn-be7mk", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-01T12:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Glass House", "address": "Springfield Park, E5 9EF", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Chapel Open Morning", "start": "2026-11-01T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T13:00:00Z", "place": "Abney Park", "address": "219 Stoke Newington High Street, N16 0LH London", "price": "Free - donations to support the work of Abney Park Trust are welcome.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/world-war"], "description": "Chapel Open Morning is a chance to drop in and see inside the recently restored Chapel at Abney Park, open between 11:00 and 13:00. The Abney Park Trust hosts the morning, including a talk at midday about some of the War Dead buried and remembered there, highlighting stories among the 150 Commonwealth War Graves of soldiers, sailors and airmen who lost their lives in the World Wars. Visitors can drop in at any time to see the Chapel, and toilets, baby changing facilities and accessible toilets are available onsite. Entry is free, with donations to support the Trust's work welcome; no dogs in the chapel please, as Abney can get muddy.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/chapel-open-morning-59934/", "official_url": "https://abneypark.org/upcoming-events/2026/4/5/chapel-open-morning-3357c-8ws8c-r8w76-m5hwn-be7mk", "image": "https://noky.io/images/392827c3b474c6342465924ade43e3e6d71b5b18726ff353559449caa9dae952-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Remembrance Sunday 2026", "start": "2026-11-08T10:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Abney Park", "address": "219 Stoke Newington High Street, N16 0LH London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "worship", "tags": ["occasion/memorial"], "description": "A Remembrance Sunday commemoration held at the War Memorial in Abney Park Cemetery. It is run by the Abney Park Trust and combines traditional ceremony elements with an address from a local Councillor, the laying of wreaths, music from Hackney Songworks and the Morris Folk Choir, and the Last Post played by Steve Pretty. The cemetery holds many Commonwealth War Graves, and the gathering remembers those who lost their lives in conflicts across the world. Attendance is free and unticketed, and dogs are asked to be on lead.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/remembrance-sunday-2026-59937/", "official_url": "https://abneypark.org/upcoming-events/remembrance-sunday-2025-twdcp", "image": "https://noky.io/images/31b31f339a72ae7a54074c5ccf18d8f96097220aa46c9205e7de6f412ab64407-600.webp"}, {"title": "‘Forget Me Not’ - The role of Military Pin-Stuck Cushions in WWI", "start": "2026-11-08T13:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Abney Park", "address": "219 Stoke Newington High Street, N16 0LH London", "price": "", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/world-war/world-war-i", "occasion/memorial"], "description": "A Remembrance talk at Abney Park cemetery on Military Pin-Stuck Cushions, heart-shaped keepsakes made by servicemen from the Crimean War to the First World War, exploring their role as symbols of remembrance. It is given by Alessandra Curtis, a British-Italian folklorist with a background in archaeology, and subject specialist of the Military Pin Stuck Cushions exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum. Abney Park holds 262 First World War burials, and the talk considers the cushions' emotional narratives and the Imperial War Graves Commission's role in 1917. Please meet at the Abney Park Chapel.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/forget-me-not-the-role-of-military-pin-stuck-cushions-in-wwi-59938/", "official_url": "https://abneypark.org/upcoming-events/2026/8/31/forget-me-not-the-role-of-military-pin-stuck-cushions-in-wwi", "image": "https://noky.io/images/531a6b367b26f9316456a586c5f349416b77c38e202149c2e972d27052542212-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Monthly History Tour", "start": "2026-11-01T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Abney Park", "address": "219 Stoke Newington High Street, N16 0LH London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "tours", "tags": ["nature/plants", "history"], "description": "Monthly History Tour is a guided walking tour through Abney Park, held on the first Sunday of every month. It is hosted by Abney Park Trust and focuses on the park's uniqueness, from its diverse permanent residents to its striking funerary architecture, as well as its historic dual role as burial ground and arboretum since 1840. Known as the 'middle child' of London's Magnificent Seven cemeteries, Abney Park has traditionally been the resting place of rebellious, radical and dissenting Londoners. The tour quietly celebrates that spirit in this community-focused green space and lasts about 90 minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/monthly-history-tour-59935/", "official_url": "https://abneypark.org/upcoming-events/history-tour-2026-jun-zc6yk-h9ap5-kzrsp-try5x", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fd11c13db0662504f323dc62dbb799b1ff7b85d542b1e50df2d55bc0a48b1928-600.webp"}, {"title": "Tour: Memorials and memory", "start": "2026-11-04T14:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-26T15:15:00Z", "place": "Westminster Abbey", "address": "Dean's Yard 20, SW1P 3PA London", "price": "£11.55 (including £1.55 booking fee)", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["occasion/memorial"], "description": "A guided tour of Westminster Abbey called Tour: Memorials and memory, looking at the abbey as an evolving place of national memory. It asks who is buried there and why, exploring over 3,000 people buried and remembered through memorial stones, windows and sculptures. Over 75 minutes, the tour stops at famous and lesser-known memorials from the last 1,000 years, walking through spaces such as the Cloisters, Poets' Corner, the Lady Chapel and the Nave with the Grave of the Unknown Warrior. Westminster Abbey runs the tour, which is for adults and young people over 16 and meets by the North Door.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tour-memorials-and-memory-49728/", "official_url": "https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-events/special-tours-and-events/2026/october/tour-memorials-and-memory/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fe41544886aed63f46f6da0c11ef7ac8c3fe59ab81e9f59b5c5f695528518820-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Tour: War and Remembrance", "start": "2026-11-06T13:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-09T14:00:00Z", "place": "Westminster Abbey", "address": "Dean's Yard 20, SW1P 3PA London", "price": "£42 (including general admission)", "price_from": "42.00", "price_to": "47.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/war"], "description": "Tour: War and Remembrance is a special guided tour of Westminster Abbey about its connections to war, sacrifice, and national memory. It traces the journey of the Unknown Warrior, one of the country's most significant remembrance memorials, to the Abbey over a century ago. The tour also uncovers the Abbey's wider role in commemoration, from burials to memorials telling stories of courage and loss.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tour-war-and-remembrance-81020/", "official_url": "https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-events/special-tours-and-events/2026/november/tour-war-and-remembrance/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/51d497cc0828c0f008a90481fd0d64d61cb82e52e5d5cce99e86e80371168322-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Speaker Series: Paul Woodadge – Remembrance Sunday", "start": "2026-11-08T11:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Battle of Britain Bunker - RAF Uxbridge", "address": "Wren Avenue, UB10 0GG Uxbridge", "price": "£8 - free for members", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "8.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["occasion/memorial/remembrance-sunday", "history"], "description": "A special talk marking Remembrance Sunday, held at the Battle of Britain Bunker. Historian and author Paul Woodadge delivers it, speaking on commemoration and memorialisation. It is open to ages 14 and above, and the ticket price includes visitor access.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/speaker-series-paul-woodadge-remembrance-sunday-78787/", "official_url": "https://pre.hillingdon.gov.uk/events/event/450/speaker-series-paul-woodadge-remembrance-sunday", "image": ""}, {"title": "Remembrance Day at Brompton Cemetery Chapel", "start": "2026-11-11T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T12:00:00Z", "place": "Brompton Cemetery Chapel", "address": "Fulham Road, SW10 9UG London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "worship", "tags": ["occasion/memorial"], "description": "Remembrance Day at Brompton Cemetery Chapel is a quiet gathering for personal reflection and remembrance held in the chapel at Brompton Cemetery. The Royal Parks invite visitors to join them in the chapel. There will be a two minutes silence at 11am, followed by wreath laying in the Colonnades and at the Chelsea Pensioners Monument.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/remembrance-day-at-brompton-cemetery-chapel-80975/", "official_url": "https://www.royalparks.org.uk/whats-on/remembrance-day-brompton-cemetery-chapel", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8cbb5ec4b84a88bb94ec5e7e54c817448fc4462ff454f22d1ecc49fc1239f358-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Radical Writers: 100 Years of John Berger with Guest Speaker Lisa Appignanesi", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T21:00:00Z", "place": "Harriet Delph Room, Stoke Newington High Street, London, N16 0LH", "address": "", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["community"], "description": "The Annual General Meeting 2026 of the Abney Park Trust, held in the Harriet Delph Room on Stoke Newington High Street. The Trust presents its independently examined accounts and annual report, and members plus others interested in its work can hear what it has done this year and plans over the next twelve months. Attendance is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/radical-writers-100-years-of-john-berger-with-guest-speaker-87767/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Field of Remembrance 2026", "start": "2026-11-06T08:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-15T18:00:00Z", "place": "Westminster Abbey", "address": "Dean's Yard 20, SW1P 3PA London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["history/military", "occasion/memorial"], "description": "The Field of Remembrance is a field of scarlet poppies and memorials blanketing the Abbey's grounds, planted to remember loved ones lost serving in the Armed Forces. It has taken place every November since 1928, when The Poppy Factory brought a group of disabled veterans, a tray of poppies and a collecting tin to the grounds. From a handful of poppies around a single cross, the tradition has grown so that tens of thousands of poppies on wooden crosses and tributes are now planted every year, in its 98th year.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/field-of-remembrance-2026-75130/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a8bf034f8ec8cab6801fe10323379851b12e4b378f995246b98275619350abd9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Rededicating the Dudden Hill School War Memorial", "start": "2026-11-10T10:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Brent Museum", "address": "95 High Road, The Library at Willesden Green - second floor, NW10 2SF London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "worship", "tags": ["history/world-war/world-war-i", "occasion/memorial"], "description": "A dignified Remembrance service marks the rededication of the newly restored Dudden Hill School War Memorial. The occasion honours the memory of former pupils who made the ultimate sacrifice during the First World War. Members of the community, former students, families and local residents are invited to come together in remembrance, reflection and gratitude. Light refreshments are provided and the event is free to attend, with booking in advance.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rededicating-the-dudden-hill-school-war-memorial-60117/", "official_url": "https://www.brent.gov.uk/events-in-brent/2026/november/rededicating-the-dudden-hill-school-war-memorial", "image": ""}, {"title": "Remembrance Sunday Walking Tour", "start": "2026-11-07T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Civil Service Club", "address": "Great Scotland Yard 13-15, SW1A 2HJ London", "price": "£15 per person", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/wwii"], "description": "A 120-minute guided walk through London's most significant sites of war, peace, remembrance, and commemoration. It is led by Caroline Mongan, a qualified London tour guide and BBC-featured storyteller. The walk explores the courage, sacrifice, and resilience that shaped Britain in times of conflict, including the Blitz, the Battle of Britain, the Cenotaph, wartime code breakers, and resistance fighters and the SOE. It starts at Trafalgar Square.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/remembrance-sunday-walking-tour-49072/", "official_url": "https://www.civilserviceclub.org.uk/remembrance-sunday-walk/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Grief, Ghosts and the Search for Summerland", "start": "2026-11-13T12:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Army Museum", "address": "SW3 4HT London", "price": "FREE", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/spirituality/spiritualism", "history/ww1"], "description": "A talk at the National Army Museum exploring how spiritualism helped bereaved families cope with the trauma of the First World War. Dr Alice Vernon, a Lecturer in Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University who researches ghost stories, examines Sir Oliver Lodge's 'Raymond' alongside similar spiritualist texts. Lodge, a physicist, sought to contact the ghost of his son Raymond, a young soldier among the more than 800,000 British military dead, and his book about their séances inspired other families to seek ghosts of their loved ones. The talk also looks at Summerland, a secular utopian afterlife developed through such séances, which let families imagine soldiers continuing their lives in comfort.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/grief-ghosts-and-the-search-for-summerland-37240/", "official_url": "https://www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/grief-ghosts-and-search-summerland", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3339f11c282a46b0f8e828ba59e605c0329e07484070619f4584acbc8c800562-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Speak Shakespeare’s Ghosts at Brompton Cemetery Chapel", "start": "2026-11-01T14:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Brompton Cemetery", "address": "", "price": "£16.95", "price_from": "16.95", "price_to": "16.95", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature/classics"], "description": "A playful workshop exploring Shakespeare's ghostly speeches, from Hamlet and Macbeth to Julius Caesar and Richard III, at Brompton Cemetery. It begins with a visit to Shakespeare-related graves in the Cemetery before moving into the Chapel for spoken voice exercises in its resonant space. Voice coach Matthew Collins leads the session, which is non-thespian, non-academic and open to complete newcomers as well as Shakespeare aficionados; children aged 12 and over are welcome with a parent. Tea, biscuits and mineral water are provided.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/speak-shakespeares-ghosts-at-brompton-cemetery-chapel-69600/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ed98b07e5e037be3d959b3822b308842cd2391981fe7bd963468a57f3815af55-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Rededicating the Kilburn Grammar School War Memorial", "start": "2026-11-11T14:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T16:30:00Z", "place": "Brent libraries, Kilburn library", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "worship", "tags": ["history/world-war/world-war-i", "religion/christian"], "description": "A Remembrance Day service marking the rededication of the Kilburn Grammar School War Memorial, honouring former pupils who died in the First and Second World Wars. It is held by the Kilburn Grammar School Old Boys' Association, which originally commissioned the memorial clock in 1919 for former pupils lost in WWI. The memorial clock, plaques and WWII panels stand in Kilburn Library as a lasting tribute and a tangible link to local history. Light refreshments are provided, and it suits ages 10 and over with a responsible adult.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rededicating-the-kilburn-grammar-school-war-memorial-60118/", "official_url": "https://www.brent.gov.uk/events-in-brent/2026/november/rededicating-the-kilburn-grammar-school-war-memorial", "image": ""}, {"title": "Weekly Service", "start": "2026-11-01T09:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Biggin Hill Memorial Museum", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian"], "description": "A weekly worship service inviting everyone to join a friendly congregation and celebrate the Word of God in the Chapel of Remembrance. No booking is needed; visitors can simply turn up, though the events calendar should be checked for special services or closures that may occasionally affect availability. The event takes place at St George's RAF Chapel of Remembrance and is free of charge.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/weekly-service-34989/", "official_url": "https://bigginhillmuseum.com/event/weekly-service/", "image": ""}]}