Category Archives: Friends of Lloyd Park

The Friends of Lloyd Park, Boxing Day Walk, Dec 26

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Working together for Lloyd Park zoom meeting, Nov 21

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Police issue apology to residents for Lloyd Park festival

Local police issued an apology on Saturday night to residents living around Lloyd Park after the first day of the weekend-long Garage Nation music festival staged in the public park. The event organisers claimed to have sold out all its … Continue reading

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Lloyd Park locals confront council vacuum over two-day ‘rave’

For the second time this summer, Croydon Council has caused anger among the people they are meant to serve, with wide-ranging complaints from residents living in and around Lloyd Park they have had little or no information about a major … Continue reading

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All Croydon parks ‘under threat’ says environmental campaign

A shocking report from charity CPRE London highlights how the council’s Local Plan has put every open space in the borough at risk from development, writes PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent Croydon, and its planning protection-lite revised Local Plan, has … Continue reading

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Cash-strapped council bankrupt of ideas for borough’s parks

Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on the council’s latest blatant attempt to off-load its public responsibilities The council has what it calls its “Parks and Green Spaces Renewal Strategy 2022-2025”, which they say outlines “plans to support the borough’s cherished … Continue reading

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Friends of Lloyd Park working together discussion, Oct 21

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Dangerous caterpillar pest closes in on Croydon’s oaks

There have been sightings in Banstead Woods of the oak processionary moth, the extremely destructive moth caterpillars which can strip a tree of its leaves, leaving it weakened, vulnerable, even killing once healthy oak trees. The Forestry Commission has been … Continue reading

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Friends of Lloyd Park Conservation Day, Feb 9

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Friends of Lloyd Park bulb-planting, Nov 9

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FOLP Lloyd Park to Shirley Park autumn walk, Sep 29

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Friends of Lloyd Park summer walk to Addington Hills, Jul 7

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Nature Photography session, Lloyd Park, May 12

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Friends of Lloyd Park spring walk, Apr 21

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Friends of Lloyd Park guided history walk, Feb 17

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Friends of Lloyd Park post-Christmas walk, Boxing Day

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Friends of Lloyd Park autumn ecology walk, Oct 21

The Friends of Lloyd Park group is staging an Autumn Ecology Walk on October 21, led by led by the Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society.

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Friends of Lloyd Park conservation taster day, Jun 2

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Friends of Lloyd Park litter pick, May 13

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Long-delayed masterplans for borough’s parks get parked

KEN LEE, our green spaces correspondent, on an expensive waste of time After a consultation process that has taken almost two years and cost Council Tax-payers approaching £100,000 in fees to consultants to produce hundreds of pages of (virtual) glossy … Continue reading

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Friends of Lloyd Park launch event: guided walk, Jan 21

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