https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/Local news, what's on and the information you need across the borough of Enfield.en-GBMon, 05 Oct 2026 07:17:09 +0000https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-halloween/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-halloween/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnHalloween in Enfield 2026: Capel Manor's Spooktacular runs 26 to 31 Oct from £12, and Town Park fireworks are on Halloween night, gates 5pm, display 7pm.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/trent-park-5k-run-against-executions-iran/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/trent-park-5k-run-against-executions-iran/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnYoung people will run or walk 5K in Trent Park at noon on Saturday 10 October, London's leg of a nine-city protest against executions in Iran.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/ochea-donaghy-enfield-to-hollywood/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/ochea-donaghy-enfield-to-hollywood/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsEnfield-born actress Ochea Donaghy has signed with a US agency and shot three short films in LA this summer. She tells us how dyslexia shaped the way she works.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/greggs-enfield-bakery-closure-proposal/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/greggs-enfield-bakery-closure-proposal/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsGreggs plans to close its Enfield Bakery in Brimsdown, one of four factories in a change that puts about 740 jobs at risk. Its Enfield depot stays open.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/forty-hall-beavers-colony-11/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/forty-hall-beavers-colony-11/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsNew kits have taken Enfield's beaver family to at least 11, the council says, four years after a pair became London's first reintroduced beavers at Forty Hall.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-roadworks-travel/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-roadworks-travel/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoThe M25 anti-clockwise shuts from J25 to J23 overnight 5 to 7 October. Fore Street Tunnel closes 8 October night; nine new council road closures.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/southgate-chase-side-fatal-collision-appeal/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/southgate-chase-side-fatal-collision-appeal/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsA 48-year-old man has died after a collision on Chase Side, Southgate. A second man is critical and a woman, 32, is on bail. Police want dashcam footage.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/church-lane-temple-approved/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/church-lane-temple-approved/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCouncillors backed the Church Lane temple plan in Edmonton by seven votes to one. The 100-person cap stays, and a flood objection is left to conditions.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/whats-on-enfield-this-month/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/whats-on-enfield-this-month/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnTown Park Fireworks on 31 October now opens at 5pm, display 7pm. Before it: the Black Literature Festival on the 18th and a half term of Halloween shows.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/erbil-crews-hill-golf-course-conduct-ruling/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/erbil-crews-hill-golf-course-conduct-ruling/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsFormer council leader Ergin Erbil did not breach the code of conduct over his Crews Hill golf course video, a committee ruled, though some claims were wrong.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/trent-park-animal-centre-40000-appeal/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/trent-park-animal-centre-40000-appeal/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe Trent Park Animal Centre needs £40,000 to avoid closing, its appeal says. Its accounts show a £23,724 loss in 2024. Here is how to help, from £4.50 a visit.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/exeter-road-estate-37-homes-contract/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/exeter-road-estate-37-homes-contract/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsEnfield Council has let the contract for 37 affordable homes on the Exeter Road estate, EN3. Work must start by 30 September to keep its GLA grant.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/wolfson-hillel-two-exceptional-ofsted/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/wolfson-hillel-two-exceptional-ofsted/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsWolfson Hillel in Southgate says its Ofsted report card is exceptional in two areas. Only nine primaries in England hold two such grades, and none in Enfield.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/alma-estate-127-social-rent-homes/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/alma-estate-127-social-rent-homes/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsEnfield Council will own all 127 social rent homes in the Alma Estate's next phase, under completed deals with Vistry. The 421-home Phase 2B is under way.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-poets-literary-festival-forty-hall/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-poets-literary-festival-forty-hall/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnPoetry readings, workshops and talks at Forty Hall on 26 and 27 September, tickets from £5. Patience Agbabi headlines two days of readings and workshops.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-chase-green-belt-land-sale/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-chase-green-belt-land-sale/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCabinet agreed to sell 54.77 hectares of Enfield Chase farmland without putting it on the open market. Ministers and the Duchy of Lancaster must both consent.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-house-prices-july-2026/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-house-prices-july-2026/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsEnfield's average reached £470,988 in July, up £2,765 on the year. Just 681 homes sold from January to May, the fewest in any year since the index began.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/meridian-water-film-studios-settlement/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/meridian-water-film-studios-settlement/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsEnfield Council has approved a settlement to end the Troubadour film studios lease at Meridian Water. The financial terms are exempt from publication.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-send-inspection-top-outcome/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-send-inspection-top-outcome/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOfsted and the CQC gave Enfield's SEND partnership the strongest of the three outcomes on 10 September, up from 2023. ADHD and autism waits remain long.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/edmonton-temple-planning-decision/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/edmonton-temple-planning-decision/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsEnfield's Planning Committee rules on the Church Lane temple plan in Edmonton on 15 September. Officers back approval, five years after it was filed.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/just-us-men-cancer-support-group/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/just-us-men-cancer-support-group/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsJust Us Men, the Nightingale's new support group for men with cancer, meets first on Monday 14 September, 7pm to 9pm at the Little Green Dragon, N21.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/broomfield-house-memorial-garden/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/broomfield-house-memorial-garden/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe National Lottery Heritage Fund has approved £4.1m to dismantle derelict Broomfield House and create a memorial garden in Broomfield Park. Enfield's Cabinet decides on accepting the grant on Wednesday 9 September.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/walbrook-house-demolition-cpo/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/walbrook-house-demolition-cpo/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsEnfield's Cabinet decides on Wednesday whether to demolish Walbrook House, a 23-storey block of 126 homes in Lower Edmonton, and to use compulsory purchase powers on the last three leasehold flats.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/minchenden-lodge-tickled-pink-afternoon-tea/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/minchenden-lodge-tickled-pink-afternoon-tea/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsResidents, families and staff at Minchenden Lodge in Blagdens Lane, Southgate raised more than £90 for Asda's Tickled Pink over cake, music and dancing.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-remembrance-sunday/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-remembrance-sunday/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnRemembrance Sunday falls on 8 November 2026. Enfield holds three services: Edmonton Green at 10.35am, Southgate at 10am, Enfield Town in the afternoon.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/forty-hall-christmas-fayre/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/forty-hall-christmas-fayre/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnForty Hall Christmas Fayre is still dated 28 and 29 November, 11am to 4pm, but its ticket listing was pulled from the box office. 2026 prices are unpublished.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-santas-grotto/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-santas-grotto/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnCapel Manor has confirmed its grotto for 12 and 13 December 2026 at £6 a child on top of admission, plus a dogs-only Santa Paws day on 19 December.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-free-30-minute-parking-proposal/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-free-30-minute-parking-proposal/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsEnfield plans one free 30-minute parking stay per vehicle per day, on street and in its 11 council car parks. A 30-minute stop currently costs up to £1.70.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-food-hygiene-ratings-august-2026/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-food-hygiene-ratings-august-2026/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsNineteen Enfield venues took the top five-star hygiene rating in August, from Prezzo in the Town to a Trent Park cafe. One Southgate grill house scored a 4.https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-fireworks-bonfire-night/https://enfieldtoday.co.uk/enfield-fireworks-bonfire-night/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnEnfield Town Park fireworks, Saturday 31 October: gates now 5pm, last entry 6.30pm, display 7pm. No tickets on the gate; collect yours by 5pm on 30 October.