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C1: North East London by Bike curated by Caro Communications

This year, Caro’s collection highlights places to see along C1: the 16.2 mile (26.2km) cycle route that connects the north eastern boroughs to the City of London. Starting at Freezy Water in Enfield, cyclists can pedal past White Hart Lane, through Tottenham, into Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill and De Beauvoir, concluding close to Liverpool Street Station. Explore the full C1 map here and a map of locations from
the collection here. The collection features artists’ studios, bold new housing typologies, a Tudor castle and one of the world’s first known collections of transgender artifacts. If you don’t
fancy making the trip on two wheels, you can also use the Weaver Line.

Caro Communications is a leading PR and digital agency based in Clerkenwell: as cultural communications strategist, Caro provides support to Open House Festival throughout the year.

Join us for a walking tour of Broadwater Farm Estate and see close up building of the first new council homes being built on the estate for 50 years and visit our Terrace Garden projects.

KCA, 2025

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Bruce Castle Museum

museum, gallery, historical house

Tudor Manor House built for Sir William Compton in 1514, substantially altered in 17C, 18C & 19C. A museum since 1906 housing local history and community collections, archives, art & exhibitions of Bruce Castle, and Haringey area.

Unknown, 1514

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Founders' Hall

livery hall

Founders' Hall has a unique blend of neo-Vernacular, Arts and Crafts, and Post-Modern styles. Its exterior features distinctive gabled bays, terracotta panels, and metal grilles, while the interior showcases a ceremonial staircase, ornate parlour, and a livery hall illuminated by impressive œil de bœuf windows, creating an exceptional fusion of architectural elements.

Green Lloyd Architects, 1987

Guided tour

Green House

housing

RIBA House of the Year 2023: A new exposed CLT-frame house, built on a site once occupied by market garden greenhouses, featuring a planted façade with sliding external screens and a riad-style central atrium, assisting in natural daylighting, ventilation and cooling.

Hayhurst and Co., 2021

Join us to explore the newly reopened Seven Sisters market and surrounding area. Known as a hub for North London’s Latin American community, the market has been closed since 2021 whilst the site has been undergoing development. The reopening of this site in June 2025 gives us a great opportunity to gather together, remember the history of the market and collectively imagine its future.

Peter Culley of Spatial Affairs Bureau will lead a hidden world view of the 'Little Citadel' retreat compound, described by the RIBA Jury as an "extraordinary house" that to visit "will inevitably be a different experience from any before" and by the Civic Trust Awards as "an outstanding piece of architecture". The tour comprises Rana's studio, home, guest house and gardens on multiple levels.

Spatial Affairs Bureau, 2022

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Sarabande Foundation

Established by Lee Alexander McQueen to support the most fearless creative minds of the future, Sarabande provides heavily subsidised studios for artists across two sites in London. The Tottenham site opened in 2023 and sits within two restored Georgian townhouses, part of the historic Northumberland Terrace and in stark contrast to the contemporary stadium next door.

F3 Architects, 2023

Explore The Museum of Transology’s archive of objects donated by trans, intersex and non-binary people to uncover the timely relationships to space, amenities and privacy these artefacts show. This workshop and exploration of the archive will be run by Scar Barclay, the exhibition designer of TRANCESTRY: 10 Years of the Museum of Transology, and will consider trans spatial equity and spatiality.

Charles Harrison Townsend, 1891

Drop in / Walking tour

Tower Gardens Garden Suburb

walk/tour

One of the first garden suburbs in the world, 2-storey terraced cottages retaining decorative architectural features. LCC created 'housing of the working classes' role for architects' department under Riley, member of the Art Workers guild.

W E Riley, 1905