{"title": "Chapel Open Morning – Remembrance talk", "start": "2026-11-01T12:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Abney Park Chapel", "address": "", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/world-war"], "description": "A Chapel Open Morning at which visitors can drop in freely to see the recently restored Chapel from the inside. At midday the Abney Park Trust hosts a talk about some of the War Dead buried and remembered at Abney Park, where 150 Commonwealth War Graves mark the resting place of soldiers, sailors and airmen who lost their lives in the World Wars, and the talk will highlight a few of their stories. The event is free, with donations to support the work of the Abney Park Trust welcome. No dogs are requested in the chapel, while service dogs on leads are welcome, and the ground floor of the Chapel is fully accessible.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/chapel-open-morning-remembrance-talk-78716/", "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": "Abney Park Chapel", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Chapel Open Morning", "start": "2026-11-01T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T13:00:00Z", "place": "Abney Park", "address": "Stoke Newington High Street, London, England, N16 0LH, United Kingdom", "price": "Free - donations to support the work of Abney Park Trust are welcome.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "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": "Stoke Newington High Street, London, England, N16 0LH, United Kingdom", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "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": ""}, {"title": "Monthly History Tour", "start": "2026-11-01T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Abney Park", "address": "Stoke Newington High Street, London, England, N16 0LH, United Kingdom", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.tickettailor.com/events/abneyparktrust/1880491/select-date?modal_widget=true&widget=true", "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": "‘Forget Me Not’ - The role of Military Pin-Stuck Cushions in WWI", "start": "2026-11-08T13:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Abney Park", "address": "Stoke Newington High Street, London, England, N16 0LH, United Kingdom", "price": "", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.tickettailor.com/checkout/view-event/id/9001556/chk/6a96f5bb315283eb70d9288b14c3afff/?modal_widget=true&widget=true", "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": "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", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1994020549140", "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": "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", "tickets_url": "", "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": "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", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.westminster-abbey.org/", "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", "tickets_url": "https://mpv.tickets.com/?agency=HIMS_MPV&orgid=54332&pid=9807964#/event/9807964/ticketlist/?view=sections&minPrice=8&maxPrice=8&quantity=1&sort=price_desc&ada=false&seatSelection=false&onlyCoupon=true&onlyVoucher=false", "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": "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", "tickets_url": "", "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": ""}, {"title": "Grave Gazers Club: A Drawing Safari at Abney Park", "start": "2026-10-31T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Abney Park Cemetery, Park Entrance Meeting Point", "address": "Stoke Newington High Street, London, England, N16 0LH, United Kingdom", "price": "", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.tickettailor.com/checkout/view-event/id/9088631/chk/91b1c6c945f0e08bc10ed68fd5c6b687/?modal_widget=true&widget=true", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing"], "description": "Grave Gazers Club is an observational drawing workshop exploring the monuments, symbols and inscriptions of Abney Park Cemetery. Participants are guided on a walkabout around the park, recording gravestones, lettering, symbols and details through drawing, looking as a form of contact with the site, its heritage and the people held within it.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/grave-gazers-club-a-drawing-safari-at-abney-park-36356/", "official_url": "https://abneypark.org/upcoming-events/2026/10/31/grave-gazers", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b0ffa9a1acd9369561ecefa86df548e4ee99fdd47d795e062715b671c3913927-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Rededicating the Dudden Hill School War Memorial", "start": "2026-11-10T10:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Brent Museum", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/remembrance-rededicating-the-dudden-hill-school-war-memorial-tickets-2003451357943?aff=oddtdtcreator&_gl=1*rg35s0*_up*MQ..*_ga*ODA3NDc3Njc3LjE3OTIwNjA5Mjk.*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3OTIwNjA5MjgkbzEkZzAkdDE3OTIwNjA5MjgkajYwJGwwJGgw", "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": "A Service of Remembrance with the Commemoration of the Fallen", "start": "2026-11-08T10:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Paul's Cathedral", "address": "St Paul's Churchyard, EC4M 8AD London", "price": "Free and unticketed", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["occasion/memorial/remembrance-sunday", "religion/christian"], "description": "A Service of Remembrance with the Commemoration of the Fallen is a special service for Remembrance Sunday, held on the Cathedral Floor of St Paul's Cathedral. The cathedral holds it to remember those who have lived and died in defence of justice and freedom in the service of humankind. The service is free and unticketed, and you do not have to be a practising member of the Church of England to attend. An easy-to-follow order of service can be picked up at the beginning to guide you through each part.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-service-of-remembrance-with-the-commemoration-of-the-falle-80881/", "official_url": "https://www.stpauls.co.uk/whats-on/service-of-remembrance-with-commemoration-of-fallen-3", "image": ""}, {"title": "Bereavement Service", "start": "2026-11-01T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T16:00:00Z", "place": "Saint Mary's", "address": "St Mary's Road 30, SW19 7BP London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian"], "description": "A bereavement service at St Mary's Church, Wimbledon, to remember those who have died. Names to be remembered may be added to a list in church at the cross aisles or sent by email, and the Book of Remembrance is open during October for new entries. The service is followed by tea in the Garden Hall.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bereavement-service-47375/", "official_url": "https://www.stmaryswimbledon.org/events/bereavement-service-2", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f7f1a3a1380f73678faae9854e0ed958cd43094c63aa0c97f25f9b4efee6babe-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Remembrance Sunday", "start": "2026-11-08T10:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "North Ockendon: St Mary Magdalene", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["occasion/memorial"], "description": "A Remembrance Sunday service at St Mary Magdalene church in North Ockendon. The congregation remembers the men of North Ockendon who fell during the two World Wars, with the reading of the names on the war memorial, half muffled bell ringing, music and the national two minutes silence at 11 o'clock. Poppy wreaths will be laid on the War Graves in the churchyard during the service. The church is a small friendly congregation welcoming all, whether a regular church person or an occasional visitor.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/remembrance-sunday-63644/", "official_url": "https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/6499/service-and-events/events/767447/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/42eedae0963f30a60aca0d5d384c5ce35fab910c387aa87567c6aa75e62f1947-1200.webp"}, {"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", "tickets_url": "", "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": "Family tour: Souls, saints and stories", "start": "2026-10-26T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "place": "Westminster Abbey", "address": "Dean's Yard 20, SW1P 3PA London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/middle-ages", "religion/christian"], "description": "A family tour through Westminster Abbey that uncovers the strange stories beneath the stones and explores the mysteries of burial. The Abbey invites curious families to hear tales of surprising ends, unusual burials, kings, queens, a saint, and the connections between the Church calendar and this mysterious time of year.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/family-tour-souls-saints-and-stories-49725/", "official_url": "https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-events/family/2026/october/family-tour-souls-saints-and-stories/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c52dcf84d1eda4ac75da4883b1a08616c508600223f4b48b25172a2c34bc597a-2000.webp"}]}