Haringey has two of the biggest event venues in north London at opposite ends of the borough. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, in the east, holds more than sixty thousand for Premier League football, NFL games, boxing and stadium concerts. Alexandra Palace, on its hill in the west, hosts big gigs, the World Darts and one of London's largest firework displays. Between them lie Wood Green, Harringay, Hornsey, Crouch End and Muswell Hill. Minibus hire Haringey customers book is shaped by both venues, with event days, along with school trips, family celebrations and runs to Stansted.
Haringey stretches from Highgate, Muswell Hill and Crouch End in the west to Tottenham and the Lee Valley in the east, in north London. From our base in SE1, Wood Green is about forty-five minutes to an hour outside the rush hour, and Tottenham about forty-five minutes.
Minibus hire Haringey for Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
On a Spurs match day, the High Road through Tottenham closes to traffic around the stadium for several hours, and a wide zone of residents' parking controls covers the streets around it. The stadium also hosts NFL games, big boxing nights and summer concerts by the world's biggest acts, each with its own traffic plan.
Supporters' clubs, hospitality guests, NFL fans and concert-goers book us to get there and home. We'll check the closures and the coach and minibus arrangements for the event, drop at an agreed point outside the zone and set a meeting point for the return. Our Tottenham page covers match days in detail. Stadium tours and the Skywalk across the roof run on non-match days, and school groups and families book us for those.
Alexandra Palace event days
Alexandra Palace's Great Hall, theatre and park host gigs, comedy, the darts, the snooker and the fireworks festival. On event nights, the roads up the hill are busy and the exit after a big show is slow. We'll agree a pickup point at the palace or a short walk down the hill, depending on the event. Our Wood Green and Muswell Hill pages cover Ally Pally in more detail. The palace's ice rink is open for much of the year and suits a school or birthday outing.
If an Ally Pally event and a Spurs match fall on the same day, the whole borough slows down. Tell us the date and we'll plan the route.
Bruce Castle, the marshes and the woods
Haringey's primary and secondary schools book us for museum visits, theatre trips, swimming, sports fixtures and residential trips. Bruce Castle Museum, a Tudor manor house in Tottenham, tells the story of the borough and of Rowland Hill, who introduced the Penny Post, and it runs school sessions. The Lee Valley, on the eastern edge, has the Tottenham Marshes, the Lee Valley Athletics Centre nearby and the Walthamstow Wetlands. Highgate Wood and Queen's Wood, in the west, suit nature trips, and Lordship Recreation Ground in Tottenham, with its lake and model traffic area, suits younger pupils.
Minibus hire Haringey schools book for central London trips usually means a departure after half past nine to avoid the traffic on the A10 and the Seven Sisters Road.
Family celebrations and communities
Haringey is one of the most diverse boroughs in London, with Turkish, Kurdish, Greek and Turkish Cypriot, Caribbean, West African, Polish, Orthodox Jewish and many other communities. Weddings, christenings, engagements and big birthdays fill halls and restaurants across the borough, and Green Lanes in Harringay is famous for its Turkish restaurants. South Tottenham, next to Stamford Hill, has a large Orthodox Jewish community, and its schools and synagogues book us for trips.
Guests are collected from homes across the borough, taken to the ceremony and the reception, and brought home at the end of the night. For big events, a second vehicle can run alongside.
Stansted and the airports
Stansted is about forty to fifty minutes from Tottenham outside the rush hour, via the A406 and the M11, and a little longer from the west of the borough. Luton is about fifty minutes, Heathrow about an hour and Gatwick about an hour and a quarter. Families flying out together book us for the run, with room for everyone's luggage. When family fly in, we keep an eye on the landing time.
The A10, the North Circular and event traffic
The A10, through Tottenham and Seven Sisters, and the North Circular, along the north of the borough, are the main routes, and both are slow at peak times. On match days and Ally Pally nights, traffic across the borough can be much slower than usual. The hills of Highgate, Crouch End and Muswell Hill have steep, narrow roads. Give us the address and the date, and we'll check for events and plan the approach.
For minibus hire in Haringey, call 020 7183 0567.