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The Friends of Norbury Park Winter Celebration, Dec 10
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Croydon parks, Norbury, Norbury Park
Tagged Christmas, Friends of Norbury Park, Norbury, Norbury Park
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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
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, GLL, Greenwich Leisure, Mayor Jason Perry, Pay-to-play, South Norwood, South Norwood Lake, Tennis, Tory
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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
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon parks, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Merton, Outside Croydon, Planning, Wandsworth Council, Wildlife
Tagged AELTC, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Ant and Dec, lawn tennis, Merton Council, Natasha Irons, Piers Morgan, Tennis, Wandsworth Council, Wimbledon, Wimbledon championships, Wimbledon Park, Wimbledon Park Golf Club, Wimbledon tennis
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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
Posted in City Commons, Croydon parks, Environment, Nature Notes, Wildlife
Tagged City Commons, Coulsdon Common, Farthing Downs, Redwing, Roundshaw Downs, RSPB, Wildlife Trust
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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
£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
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
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Gardening, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Friends of Love Lane Green, Labour, Love Lane, Love Lane Green, Mayor Jason Perry, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Tory, Woodside
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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
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Fairfield, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Queens Gardens, Steve Iles, Taberner House
Tagged Bloom House, car parking, Chorus Apartments, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fisher's Folly, London Borough of Croydon, Malcolm Wicks House, Mayor Jason Perry, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold, Tory
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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
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
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Planning, South Norwood, Wildlife, Woodside
Tagged ACV, Asset of Community Value, Croydon, Croydon Council, Friends of Love Lane Green, Green Belt, Love Lane Green, Metropolitan Open Land, MOL, South Norwood, Woodside
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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
Posted in Crime, Croydon parks, Knife crime, South Croydon, Waddon, Wandle Park
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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
Posted in City Commons, Croydon parks, Environment, Gardening, Wildlife
Tagged City Commons, Coulsdon Common, Farthing Downs, Hedgehogs, Kenley Common
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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
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
Posted in Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of Grange Park, Old Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association
Tagged Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Friends of Grange Park, Grange Park, Old Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Sally Ann Voak
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