Among the landmarks of the area is the Lincoln Street Vent, a disused Art Deco sewerage vent, designed by Russell Dumas and completed in 1935, alongside the disused Highgate Hill Police Station (which is also the site of the WAPOL Historical Society's Police Museum) [citation needed]).

The vent, which proved to be a "white elephant", was secretly used as an antenna base by the Police Wireless Service during World War II.

[2] The St Mark's buildings were constructed from 1936, as a Catholic Christian Brothers boys' high school.

St Mark's was closed and sold several years later, when all students were transferred to Chisholm College, in Bedford.

Highgate Primary participates actively in local sporting events and teaches the Indonesian language as a special LOTE.