Category Archives: Croydon parks

The Friends of Norbury Park Winter Celebration, Dec 10

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Happy Valley flock of sheep removed after three killed by dogs

WARNING: This report contains some graphic and very distressing images A flock of sheep has had to be removed from Happy Valley in Coulsdon after three attacks by off-lead dogs in as many days. The sheep are managed by the … Continue reading

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Council contractors drive roughshod over park’s grass area

While Jason Perry, Croydon’s £84,000 per year part-time Mayor, has been boasting about modest upgrades to some of the borough’s playgrounds, concerned residents have been pleading with him to stop council workers trashing our parks. According to the council’s propaganda … Continue reading

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Volunteers needed for hedge-laying, South Croydon, Nov 19

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Council planners opt to block Wimbledon’s ‘corporate ecocide’

News from the far end of the tram network shows that council planning departments really can say “No” to big-money interests, after planners rejected proposals from the All England Club to build a massive stadium and dozens of tennis courts … Continue reading

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Bumper berry crop could save wildlife from winter storms

A bumper crop of hawthorn berries – reckoned to be the biggest since records began 20 years ago – is bringing a big boost for wildlife across Croydon’s commons and open spaces. Hedgerows and woodland across the nation are awash … Continue reading

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Apple Day at Croydon Ecology Centre, Heathfield House, Oct 28

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Dartnell Road amenity area public meeting, Nov 20

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Join us and Croydon Ramblers for 5-mile tour of New Hill

Inside Croydon is delighted to announce that it is joining forces with the local branch of the Ramblers’ Association to take part in an invigorating amble around New Hill, Driftway and Netherne. The walk on Sunday, November 12 (which this … Continue reading

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£500,000 tennis refurb that will turn free courts into pay-to-play

The council has announced what it calls an “exciting” £500,000 refurbishment project for the borough’s tennis courts – while trying to hide the fact that what have previously been free facilities will now become pay-to-play. Cash-strapped Croydon isn’t even offering … Continue reading

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Volunteers wanted for Park Hill community garden on Sundays

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Yellow Rattle community sowing, Crystal Palace Park, Oct 20

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Sunday Sounds concerts in Crystal Palace Park, Oct 8-Nov 5

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Mayor Perry has 48 hours to save Love Lane’s playground

Croydon’s first elected Mayor, Tory Jason Perry, is showing himself to be just as useless and unreliable as Labour’s discredited Tony Newman, one of his predecessors in the role as council leader. The failures of both third-rate politicians could now … Continue reading

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Perry slow to stop cars parking in town centre pedestrian zone

Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, on the belated end to a free parking wheeze in a kids’ playground It has taken Tory Mayor Jason Perry nearly two whole months to get around to issuing parking tickets on cars parked illegally … Continue reading

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Apple Day at Addiscombe Railway Park, from 2pm, Sep 17

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Fire Brigade at the ready as risk of grass fires rises in the heat

Firefighters are asking people to follow safety advice as the hot weather continues, with forecast temperatures above 30⁰C. This follows an Amber heat-health alert issued by the UK Health Security Agency, which asks people to check on older family members, … Continue reading

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Community gardening, Park Hill Park, Fridays and Sundays

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Suspicion over £20k offer from council to vacate green space

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Community group suspects council is accepting money from developers to help them build on a piece of protected open space A community group that through years of hard work has transformed a piece of Woodside ward wasteground … Continue reading

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Police helicopter flies in after late night assault in Wandle Park

Wandle Park was the scene of more drug-related crime last night, with a Metropolitan Police helicopter surveying the immediate area in Waddon and South Croydon for around an hour just before midnight. The police search was instigated after a man, … Continue reading

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Kenley Common’s ranger finding ways to save hedgehogs

Volunteering days across Coulsdon Common and Farthing Downs, and a special summer holiday forest adventure for children are among the activities coming up The City Commons ranger at Kenley Common has been working on a project this summer to help … Continue reading

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Crystal Palace Park Trust Garden Party, free festival, Sep 17

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‘Path Wars’: Time to park worries about these improvements

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Not everyone shares the concern for the future of a protected public park expressed on these pages last week, as BEN GADSBY, a Thornton Heath resident, pictured right, explains As a resident of Thornton Heath, I am a … Continue reading

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RSPCA and council dog warden free event, Lloyd Park, Aug 15

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Council sends in bulldozers to village’s cherished green space

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Contractors working for the council have had the bulldozers in one of the borough’s much-loved, and too often neglected, public parks. Old Coulsdon resident SALLY ANN VOAK shares her concerns On Monday morning, residents in Old Coulsdon woke … Continue reading

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