NAWIC Morning Tour and Breakfast: Peabody Trust Development, Holloway Park
Schedule
Wed Apr 22 2026 at 08:00 am to 10:00 am
UTC+01:00Location
277 Camden Rd | London, EN
About this Event
Join us for a breakfast site visit at the new Peabody Trust, London Square development site; Holloway Park, on Camden Road, London N7 0JN.
This is a large development project on the former Holloway Women’s Pr*son site of 10 acres, where there are many female contractors and apprentices. The site will have a new 1 acre landscaped park, a women’s centre, workshops, retail premises and 985 new homes of which 60% will be affordable.The site has an important history as the Pr*son housed many famous women including suffragettes Emmeline Pankhurst, Christabel Pankhurst, Emily Davison and Annie Kenney in c1908-1914 when they went on hunger strike and were force fed, in their fight to get women the vote. As they called out: 'deeds, not words'.
Date: Wednesday 22 April 2026
Time: 08.00-10.0
Venue: Holloway Park; meet at 277 Camden Road, London N7 0JN
Cost: £10.45 members, £15.87 non members, including breakfast, coffee or tea.
Join NAWIC for free :
Dress: PPE has to be worn.
Please bring your own PPE and wear site boots. If you need to borrow PPE please email [email protected], indicating what size boots you need. Please also advise us if you have a disability or if you are pregnant. This will allow our tour leaders to make appropriate arrangements and provide a safe and inclusive experience for all attendees.
What to expect. A tour of a large and busy building site, by female contractors, with details of the scheme provided. To finish with a networking breakfast on site and meeting women who work on the project.
Nearest tube station is Caledonian Road on Piccadilly line. Or bus routes 29, 253, 17, 91, 259 pass by.
Open for NAWIC members, non members, all genders.
Where is it happening?
277 Camden Rd, 277 Camden Road, London, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 10.46 to GBP 15.87
