Healthy Heritage Walk
Date and time: Sunday 13 September 2026 at 2.00pm
Meeting point: St Mary-at-Finchley Church Entrance, 26 Hendon Lane N3 1TR
Length: 5 miles
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Google Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/3zj5Scs9sczZ4LwTA
Join us for a fascinating 5 mile circular route that connects seven schools to St. Mary-at-Finchley and links with the Capital Ring and Dollis Valley paths. Our church guides have curated this route. Soak up some history, get some exercise, celebrate our wonderful green spaces and enjoy drinks & nibbles from 4.30pm onwards, after the walk! Did you know that these historic paths have been in use for hundreds of years? There will also be an optional organ recital at 11.30am and/or lunch at 12noon beforehand.
If you make it to the end of the walk, you will be able to view our famous sundial as shown on the Sunday 26 October 2025 episode of the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow
You will see the Tiny Forest at Mutton Brook as featured in this BBC article
Come join us at St Mary-at-Finchley to celebrate Heritage Open Days 2026 in our Grade II* listed church and churchyard – the oldest building in Finchley! This is your chance to be a part of something truly unique in London. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to be a part of Finchley’s history. Join our fascinating history tours.
A quote from Philip Mould, famous art curator and presenter of “Fake or Fortune?”:“The Church and Churchyard Project at St. Mary at Finchley embodies a poignant reclamation of our shared heritage. The planned restoration of the Georgian Sundial, as depicted in the 1793 watercolour by JMW Turner, offers a remarkable opportunity to preserve a remarkably evocative and documented cultural artifact. Such projects are invaluable in keeping our past alive for future generations.”
See us on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow at 22:27 minutes.
We will be running free-of-charge tours of our church and churchyard, and other events, at the following times:
- Friday 11 September 10am and 2pm
- Saturday 12 September 10am and 2pm (or Community Gardening at 10am)
- Sunday 13 September 2pm (with Organ Recital at 11.30am and Patronal Lunch plus Heritage Walk at 2pm)
- Monday 14 September 10am and 2pm
- Tuesday 15 September 10am and 2pm
- Wednesday 16 September 2pm
- Thursday 17 September 10am and 2pm
- Friday 18 September 10am and 2pm
- Saturday 19 September 10am and 2pm
- Sunday 20 September 2pm