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Category Archives: Croydon parks
After five years, council finally acts to clean up country park
Sluggish council has finally acted to clean up local streams that have been turned into ‘sludge’ by sewage pollution After a five-year campaign by residents and environmentalists, backed by their Labour councillors and MP, Croydon Council has finally confirmed that … Continue reading
Posted in Amy Foster, Brigitte Graham, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of South Norwood Country Park, Natasha Irons, Wildlife, Woodside
Tagged Cargreen Road, Cllr Amy Foster, Cllr Brigitte Graham, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Environment, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons MP, Norwood Junction, Pollution, Sewage, South Norwood, Thames Water, Woodside
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Sensible Garden gets spruced up for 50th anniversary of punk
The Sensible Garden, the patch of waste ground in South Norwood that has been reclaimed for the people and transformed into a public open space thanks to the efforts of local community groups, has been given a bit of a … Continue reading
Costs up, volunteers vanished = community festival cancelled
There will be no South Norwood Community Festival in 2027. The announcement of the cancellation was made on social media this week. The reasons given: rising costs and lack of experienced volunteers. Staging costs have more than doubled since 2019, … Continue reading
Saved for the nation, Selsdon Wood conserved by its Friends
THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR: This year’s annual residents’ fair was where KEN TOWL found out more about the need for volunteers Jim Dunning is the first of the Friends of Selsdon Wood that I meet at one of their … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of Selsdon Woods, History, Ken Towl, Selsdon and Addington Village, Selsdon Residents' Association, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, South Croydon, Walks
Tagged Friends of Selsdon Wood, Ken Towl, Selsdon, Selsdon Park Hotel, Selsdon Wood, Walks
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Climate documentary lays out full horror of our catastrophe
The Everyman cinema in Crystal Palace last night screened People’s Emergency Briefing, a shocking new documentary that emphasises the reality and urgency of the climate crisis, at which a group called the Penge Climate Collective added their voices to a … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Crisis Commission, Community associations, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Environment
Tagged Chris Packham, Climate Crisis, Climate emergency, Crystal Palace, Everyman Cinema, floods, Food emergency, Friends of Love Lane, Glacier collapse, Himalayas, Jennifer Saunders, Nepal, Penge Climate Collective, People's Emergency Briefing, Tibet
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MP Philp’s Green Belt petition slammed as ‘scaremongering’
‘Croydon’s Green Belt under threat!’ was the deliberately alarmist headline on a mass email from the Croydon South MP last week. Some have described it as ‘reckless scaremongering’. Others have called it ‘outright lies’. BARRATT HOLMES, housing correspondent, puts down … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addington Hills, Addiscombe West, Business, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Croydon South, East Croydon, Environment, Housing, Lloyd Park, London Councils, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, New Addington North, New Addington South, Park Hill and Whitgift, Park Hill Recreation Ground, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Selsdon and Addington Village, South Croydon, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Addington Hills, Addiscombe, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon, East Croydon tram stop, Green Belt, Housing, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, London Mayor, Lord Sadiq Khan, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, New Addington, South Croydon, The Local Plan, The London Plan, Tory
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20th anniversary Apple Day, Addiscombe Railway Park, Sep 12
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20th anniversary Apple Day, Addiscombe Railway Park, Sep 12
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Friends of Grangewood Park Picnic in the Park, Sun Sep 20
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Perry’s ‘comedy’ video claims are leaving the joke on Croydon
The borough’s Conservative Mayor, rendered impotent by the presence of government Commissioners, has spent much of the summer conducting some personal political campaigning, all paid for by tax-payers, that is often deliberately misleading, that sometimes gaslights residents and, very often, … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Andrew Fisher, BH Group, Business, Commissioners, Council Tax, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Fly tipping, Live Facial Recognition cameras, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Planning, Policing, Refuse collection, Sadiq Khan, Selsdon Park Hotel, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Labour, Live Facial Recognition, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, Shop lifter tagging, Tory, URW, Westfield
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Woodland wonderland that’s hidden behind Selsdon’s suburbia
THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR: For his latest visit to a group of hard-working conservationists and volunteers, KEN TOWL retraces his steps from one of his LOOP walks to discover ‘Selsdon’s secret wood’ You know that look you get when … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of Littleheath Woods, History, Ken Towl, Selsdon and Addington Village, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, South Croydon, Walks
Tagged Friends of Littleheath Woods, Ken Towl, Littleheath Woods, London Outer Orbital Path, LOOP, Monks Hill, Selsdon, Vanguard Way, Walks
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Free: People’s Emergency Briefing, South Norwood, Sep 13
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Thanks to the magic of Merlin there’s more to see in the woods
THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR: This week, seeking pudding-like rock, a Bronze Age barrow and one of the highest viewpoints in Croydon without taking a lift in a tower block, KEN TOWL has been to Croham Hurst, where he may … Continue reading
Mini Beast Hunt with Roger Hawkins, Selsdon Wood, Aug 12
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Mini Beast Hunt with Roger Hawkins, Selsdon Wood, Aug 12
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T For more information about this and other events, visit the Friends of Selsdon Wood website by clicking here
Friends of Grangewood Park Picnic in the Park, Sun Sep 20
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Council’s ‘no barbecues’ plea after wildfires hit New Addington
Croydon Council has issued a “no barbecues” appeal for the borough’s parks and open spaces ahead of the weekend, after two more wildfires in the borough were among the hundreds of call-outs for the London Fire Brigade on its busiest … Continue reading
‘Create firebreaks around your homes’ warning from Brigade
After one of its busiest weekends on record, with blazes in Mitcham and in Wandle Park among more than 1,300 call-outs, the LFB is issuing further appeals for the public to behave responsibly As massive wildfires continue into a second … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Environment, London Fire Brigade, London-wide issues, Mitcham, Wandle Park
Tagged France, grass fires, LFB, London Fire Brigade, Mitcham, Spain, Wandle Park, wildfires
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Perry challenge to Khan: ‘Croydon’s Green Belt is sacrosanct’
Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor, has put himself on a collision course with Lord Sadiq Khan and City Hall over proposals in the draft London Plan to build hundreds of homes on the borough’s Green Belt. “Whilst I am Mayor, … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addington Hills, Addiscombe West, Andrew Pelling, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, East Croydon, Environment, Housing, Lloyd Park, London Councils, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, New Addington North, New Addington South, Park Hill and Whitgift, Park Hill Recreation Ground, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Selsdon and Addington Village, South Croydon, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Addington Hills, Addiscombe, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon, East Croydon tram stop, Green Belt, Housing, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, London Mayor, Lord Sadiq Khan, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, New Addington, South Croydon, The Local Plan, The London Plan, Tory
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London’s ‘Lord Mayor’ puts Croydon Green Belt in his plan
Any green space within one mile of a tram stop or railway station might be available for housing development according to Mayor Khan’s draft London Plan. ANDREW PELLING takes a look at the new proposals London Mayor Sadiq Khan wants … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addington Hills, Addiscombe West, Andrew Pelling, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, East Croydon, Environment, Housing, Lloyd Park, London Councils, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, New Addington North, New Addington South, Park Hill and Whitgift, Park Hill Recreation Ground, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Selsdon and Addington Village, South Croydon, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Addington Hills, Addiscombe, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon, East Croydon tram stop, Green Belt, Housing, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, London Mayor, Lord Sadiq Khan, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, New Addington, South Croydon, The Local Plan, The London Plan, Tory
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Join the Wildlife Trust’s butterfly walk at Hutchinson’s Bank
The London Wildlife Trust is staging a butterfly walk this Sunday, July 19, from 11am, at Hutchinson’s Bank, near New Addington. Hutchinson’s Bank is one of several nature reserves in the London Wildlife Trust’s care in and around Croydon. “Join … Continue reading
Paxton is given a new perspective across the park he designed
Paxton’s head is back! The bust of Sir Joseph Paxton, the designer of the Crystal Palace, has been relocated to its original location on the Italian Terraces in Crystal Palace Park, as part of ongoing regeneration works.
Posted in Art, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, History, Victoria Pinnington
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, National Lottery, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Paxton's head, Sir Joseph Paxton, Victoria Pinnington
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Week of events to re-connect Londoners to our waterways
This year’s London Rivers Week, which flows through the city until Saturday May 31, marks a decade of connecting people with the capital’s waterways. The festival’s theme is “know your local river”, with a wide-ranging programme of free events designed … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon parks, Education, Environment, Wandle Park, Wildlife
Tagged Carshalton, London Rivers Week, River Thames, River Wandle, South Croydon, Thames, Thames21, Wandle
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