The Hyde Park estate 

A VILLAGE in Hyde Park Estate is celebrating its history by launching a series of entertainment events next week marking its 150th anniversary.

Connaught Village is hosting a string of festivities over summer, kicking off next Thursday with history walks, cheese-tasting and live performances.

Actors in prosthetic make-up from the London College of Fashion will give guided tours of the village, bringing the history of the estate to life with dance and music.

Designer boutiques, art galleries and restaurants will be open for business as usual with a chance to meet the experts. Rhuaridh Buchanan, founder of Buchanans Cheesemonger, will be giving “vertical cheese tasting”, sampling models from different years and demonstrating the ageing process.

Joanna Love, commercial real estate manager for the Church Commissioners for England, said: “ The church commissioners are proud to have been stewards of the Hyde Park Estate and Connaught Village, the uniquely London village at its heart, for the last 150 years.

“We are delighted to use this anniversary to showcase our fabulous businesses, and celebrate our history with the local community and those people who are incurably curious about London and its history.”
l The free event at the village is on July 5, from 3- 7pm.