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Newsletters

The Belsize Society publishes a quarterly Newsletter for its members

It is published in February, May August and November in both paper format (for members only) and on this website. They can be downloaded in PDF below. For previous editions, please see the BRA Archive. Members’ contributions to the newsletter, such as articles of local news and interest, are very welcome and should be sent to info@belsize.org.uk. Please note that wording and publication is subject to the Newsletter Editor’s final decision.

2025

Aug 2025

Belsize from 1945 – 2000

Book for Oct. local history walk

The Golden Age of Camden Housing 

Cycle Hangars

Solar panels on roofs 

100 Avenue Rd – update

New books by local authors

Dates for your diary

May

Bat monitoring with Heath Hands

Local history walk 

100 Avenue Road 

AGM, New Trustee 

TYCT & Newsletter Delivery 

Camden Climate Action Day 

Council Retrofit Support 

Ye Olde Swiss Cottage 

Visit a Heat Pump 

Volunteer for Friends of Belsize Library

February

Boarding Houses Cinemas and Strudel: Belsize from 1900 to 1945

BelSoc Spring Historic Walk

Saving the Swiss Cottage Pub

Energy Performance Certificates

BelSoc News

Climate Change Strategy Room

Scratchcard Parking Permits

Retrofit Update

Craft for All: Artistic side of Belsize

2024

November

Our local railway history

BelSoc Summer party, Autumn Walk

Volunteering, Membership fees

Retrofitting a flat

Carols this year

Join the Strategy Room

100 Avenue Road Development Forum

BelSoc/Friends of the Library event

Hong Kong Books Library

August

Victorians who shaped Beslsize

Book for local history walk

Interview: David S Percy

Monitoring air quality in your home

Isokon at 90: A very special birthday

Wish plus referral service

Planning consultations

BelSoc’s online presence

BelSoc annual membership fees

May

5-7 Belsize Grove Retrofit

LARA Project

Royal Free Architectural Award

Parking Scratchcard Update

Events at the Belsize Community Library

Remarkable Homes of NW3 Launch

AGM and online newsletter

At Isokon Gallery

At Hampstead Theatre

February

Belsize House and other Mansions

BelSoc Spring Historic Walk

BelSoc Annual Membership Fee

Recommendations for TYCT

Volunteering for the Society

BelSoc Carols, Local Plan Consultation

Scratchcard Parking Permits

Belsize in WWII: Martin Sheppard Talk

What’s on at Hampstead Theatre

2023

November

Grade 2 listing in Belsize Park

Howitt Close

Carols this year

Finding Comfort Among Strangers

Library events; Neil Harris’ books

Open House, Retrofit, Historic Walk

What’s on at Hampstead Theatre

Belsize Tennis Champion

Maggie’s at the Royal Free

Concert for Homeless

Spotted in Belsize

August

From Elysian Fields to Trains and Villas

Book Your Place on the Walk

London Open House Festival

Public Inquiry on Howitt Close

Bulky waste collection

Tradesmen you can trust

BelSoc/Friends of Library Talk

Energy Performance Certificates

What’s On at Hampstead Theatre

Doorstep Library; Trees in Camden

May

Belsize and the Monarchy

Isokon Gallery: Modernism at the Mall

Neil Harris: In memoriam

Library Events & BelSoc support

Queen’s Green Canopy Tree Planting

Marie Curie Hospice

Retrofitting our homes

Tradesmen You can Trust

AGM and Volunteering

February

Pistols at dawn in Chalk Farm

Camden consults on Climate Change

LIFT Skills Initiative

Howitt Close Update

Interests, Whims and Curiosities

Street Art in Belsize

Isokon Gallery, Carol Singing

Bulky waste collections

Belsize cost of living meeting

2022

November

Lucian Freud: The painter & his family

Belsize Community Choir 2022

Howitt Close Update

Deliveroo planning appeal

Energy Saving Workshop

University of the Third Age

Society’s Historical Walk in Belsize

Back In Person In The Library

Royal Free Hospital: Winter appeal

August

Soviet Spies in Belsize

Belsize Walk: Artists, Refugees & Spies

Book Your Place on the Walk

Diana Self: An Appreciation

O2 Centre Development

Camden’s Pollution Strategy

Camden’s Clean Air Parklet

Volunteering for the Belsize Society

BelSoc Summer Party; Belsize Village Launderette

What’s On at Hampstead Theatre

May

A Nest of Gentle Artists

Howitt Close: A Hidden History

Queen’s Jubilee Tree Planting

BelSoc AGM

Belsize Local Election Hustings

Tradesmen You Can Trust

What’s on at Hampstead Theatre

BelSoc & Camden Enforcement

Dates for Your Diary

February

100 Avenue Road Appeal

Haverstock Hill Pop Up Cycle Lanes

Jill Tyrrell

BelSoc Business

Folk: Hampstead Theatre Production

Helping our Newsletter to Thrive

Plant a Tree for the Queen’s Jubilee

Belsize Library Friends Committee

New Camden Wards

Dates for Your Diary

2021

November

Celebrating 50 years

Belsize Community Choir in 2021

From the Archives: celebrating 50 years

100 Avenue Road Planning Inquiry

Society’s Historical Walk in Belsize

Event: The Story of Moll King

Streaming of Moll King’s Belsize Houses

HS2, BelSoc subs, Are you a baker?

Camden consults, Belsize/Argentina

Dates for Your Diary

August

Event: Moll King’s Belsize Houses

A Stroll through Time: Historic Walk

Shaping  Belsize and BRA Campaigns

Walter Price: Pearl Lines Exhibition

Hampstead Theatre Reopening

100 Avenue Road Update

Engaging with Camden” Enforcement

Plant a tree for the Queen’s Jubilee

BelSoc donation to the Library

Floods in Camden 12 July

Tradesmen You Can Trust 2021

Dates for Your Diary

May

Mary Shenai’s Belsize Walks

31 Daleham Gardens

BelSoc AGM 2021

BelSoc Committee

Belsize Streatery: Update

Gift Aid: update

Tradesmen You Can Trust

Tribute to Aileen Hammond

Dates for Your Diary

February

We are 50 years old

Commemorative Tree

TYCT

Belsize Village Streatery

The Last Belsize Festival

Belsize Library Zoom Talks

Belsize Poetry

Society Donation Policy

Camden Council Safe Travel, Camden Arts Centre Archive

100 Avenue Road

Dates for Your Diary

2020

November

Walking in Lockdown

Looking at Camden’s Tree Register

Abacus Belsize Primary School Online Auction

Pinter at Hampstead Theatre

Access to Council Libraries

Renew your Membership

Belsize Village Streatery

Find out about Air Quality in Belsize

BelSoc Trustee Reporting Requirements

Dates for Your Diary

August

In Memoriam: Consuelo Phelan

Tradesman You Can Trust

A Celebration of Robert Stephenson

Belsize Park Air Quality Survey

100 Avenue Road

Update on Queen Mary’s House

Hampstead Hopper Bus

Book: Harlots of Haverstock Hill

Society Business: Donations & Gift Aid

Dates for Your Diary

May

Notable Trees in Belsize

Pollution Monitoring Update

Planning Matters

Tradesmen You Can Trust

Belsize Poetry

Essay: The Broader Perspective

AGM Report

The Winch Community Hub

Covid 19: Royal Free, Foodbank, Hampstead/Kilburn Community Relief

Dates for Your Diary

February

Air pollution monitoring project

Gift Aid

Borough Ward Boundaries

TYCT

Wac Arts plan

Bench for Arthur Rackham

Belsize Carols

BelSoc and planning enforcemtnt

Grants for energy efficiency

Camden parking suspensions

Dates for Your Diary

2019

November

Hampstead Theatre at 60

Belsize in Film/TV Adverts

Volunteering for Events

Ward Boundaries in Camden

Belsize Community Library

St Peter’s Church Clock

Renew your Membership

Camden Planning Enforcement

100 Avenue Road CMP

Dates for Your Diary

August

Ward Boundaries in Camden

Young Tree Maintenance

Your Society needs you

Changes to the Website

Blue Plaques in Belsize: A Walk

New Book about Hampstead Heath

Belsize Park RFC

Belsize Society Summer Party

Neighbourhoods of the Future

Dates for Your Diary

May

AGM: Association becomes a Society

About the Belsize Society

Burgh House: Margaret Rowney

St Peter’s Clock Appeal

New Planning Guidance

Camden’s Clean Air Action Plan

Electric Vehicle Charging in Belsize

Planning Matters

Tradesmen You Can Trust

Dates for Your Diary