Wandsworth Heritage Festival 2024
Published: Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Details are available now of what’s in store at next month’s Wandsworth Heritage Festival, with the focus this year on health and wellbeing in Wandsworth’s past and present.
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Last month a study by Historic England said people living in Wandsworth are among the happiest in the country due to living close to so many historic parks, buildings and monuments.
The annual Wandsworth Heritage Festival is organised by the Wandsworth Heritage Service to celebrate Wandsworth’s rich past, with the support of contributors from local groups and societies who share their enthusiasm, knowledge, and time.
It is one of a series of events that will celebrate and highlight Wandsworth’s unique culture and heritage as Wandsworth prepares to become London Borough of Culture 2025.
The Wandsworth Heritage Festival 2024 runs from May 18th to June 9th.
Highlights include encounters with the dead in cemetery walks, finding folklore in the borough’s flora and fauna, a heritage day of walks, talks and book sales at the recently restored Woodfield Pavilion, talks and archive tours exploring the overlap between educational training and health, tutored beer tastings in Ram Street, a chance to trace your black ancestry, a deep dive into the history of Tooting market, the untold histories of local hospitals and a chance to beat the bounds of Tooting Graveney parish.
St Anne’s Church in Wandsworth will celebrate its bicentenary with open days and there will be commemorative plaques unveiled celebrating Dr Levinson and the Furzedown Project, Deaconess Isabella Gilmore and Charlotte Despard.
Activities for children include library storytimes and a craft and archaeology workshop.
