Category Archives: Friends of Wandle Park

Wandle Wander heritage walk, Wandle Park, Jun 25

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Council officer leaves full activity programme at Wandle Park

Wandle Park has issued an updated list of the activities and shows being put on there over the coming months. The revised listing, reproduced in full below, was one of the last actions of Tom Smith as the council’s much-appreciated … Continue reading

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Help to build a pergola in Wandle Park, Mar 20

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Wandle Park free event: Ghost Walk, Mar 26

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Croydon Railway Walk, Wandle Park, Mar 13

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Wandle Park’s community gardeners will dig in this Sunday

Wandle Park’s community garden will be staging its first session of the year this Sunday, from 10am until noon.

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Holly wreath-making, Wandle Park, Dec 6

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Guided Halloween Ghost Walk, Wandle Park, Oct 31

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Volunteers get together to help maintain Croydon’s park life

Our environmental affairs correspondent, CHRIS PECKHAM, reports on a new group established to safeguard our green spaces Last week saw the latest meeting of the fledgling Croydon Parks, Woodlands and Greenspaces Forum: a group that brings together all of the … Continue reading

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Friends of Wandle Park annual meeting, Oct 25

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Poets Anonymous in Wandle Park, July 4

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Croydon Concrete Safari, free guided walk, June 27

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Historic Croydon town centre walk from Wandle Park, June 21

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Wandle Park River and Pond Day, Apr 12

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Wandle Wander from Wandle Park, Easter Sunday, Apr 5

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Wandle Park gets £58,000; Waddon park bulldozed with £87m

There’s something bittersweet about the announcement this week that Croydon Council has been awarded £58,800 from City Hall towards the cost of improving pedestrian and cycling access to Wandle Park. Sweet, because it is a cause that Inside Croydon’s loyal … Continue reading

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Heritage Walk booklet project, Wandle Park, Mar 14

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Vote now to help really connect Croydon at Wandle Park

Inside Croydon’s loyal reader has 24 hours left to help transform Croydon for the better. Or at least one bit of it. When the highly paid consultant PR spinners came up with the “Connected Croydon” campaign, they did so without … Continue reading

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Wandle Park community activities, spring/summer 2015

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Wandle Park community garden volunteer work day, Feb 22

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Volunteers required for Wandle Park heritage walks project

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Wandle Park community garden work day, Nov 16

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Wandle Park wildflower meadow project, Oct 19

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Wandle Park sows seeds for a community with flowers and veg

By Catherine Graham Wandle Park Community Garden will be sowing the seeds of future success next weekend when the park’s annual garden party is staged on Saturday, July 27. The garden party, in its second year since the revamped town … Continue reading

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Put in the Groundwork to help reflect the River Wandle on film

An environmental charity is working this summer to produce a film to tell the story of the River Wandle, and they want community groups and locals to help make the film. Groundwork is a national charity, established over more than … Continue reading

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