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Shirley’s wild garden opens its gates for a royal celebration
Staff at a Croydon care home will be using their historic garden to host a street party picnic. Wilderness Gardens is a seven-acre historic garden situated on Shirley Church Road within MHA Hall Grange, a care home that offers residential … Continue reading
Great North Wood under threat from holy order’s £3.5m scheme
A holy order of Catholic nuns wants to hack down mature and healthy trees in a specially protected site, part of the ancient Great North Wood, and then use the timber to build a “visitor attraction” to commemorate… the Great … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Church and religions, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Housing, Pat Ryan, Planning, Schools, Stephen Mann, Steve Reed MP, Virgo Fidelis, Wildlife
Tagged Congregation of Our Lady of Fidelity, Croydon, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Upper Norwood, Virgo Fidelis, Virgo Fidelis Convent School
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Springwatch: Join us for our latest guided nature walk, May 21
Make the most of the wonderful natural habitats on your doorstep and join us on Saturday, May 21, for the latest Inside Croydon guided walk. It will be a return visit to local nature reserve Roundshaw Downs, and once again … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Inside Croydon, Nature Notes, Walks, Wildlife
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Bumps and ‘bunkers’ to provide new homes for the small blue
NATURE NOTES/MAR 2022: Be careful what you wish for, as the February storms saw nature perform a handbrake turn before the first guided walk of our year-long nature watch project. By STEVEN DOWNES I’d muttered something about wanting the first … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Environment, Nature Notes, Wildlife
Tagged Dave Warburton, Roundshaw Downs, Sutton Biodiversity Team
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Mayor digs in to plant a Jubilee cherry tree at Mayday
The local NHS Trust and the Mayor of Croydon staged a joint ceremony yesterday to dig in and contribute to the Queen’s Green Canopy – a tree-planting initiative being run to coincide with celebrations around the 70th anniversary of the … Continue reading
Our subscribers are winners – from Norwood to Coulsdon
Many congratulations to the three winners of our latest competition – a quiz to win a copy of CJ Schüler’s critically acclaimed social history, The Wood That Built London. The book, as reviewed here, is “A human history of the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Coulsdon, Environment, Inside Croydon, South Norwood, Wildlife
Tagged CJ Schüler, The Wood That Built London
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Storms ahead after Great North Wood fuelled the industrial age
There are reminders all around us of what our ancestors have destroyed, and a new book about the Great North Wood reminds us that it is future generations who will have to deal with its effects. By STEVEN DOWNES Could … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, History, Wildlife
Tagged CJ Schüler, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Great North Wood, John Ruskin, London, Selhurst, South London, South Norwood, The Great North Wood, Thornton Heath
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MP backs call to extend Surrey Hills beauty area into Croydon
A Croydon MP says that residents have a “fantastic opportunity” to take part in a public consultation which could see parts of his constituency, such as Farthing Downs and Happy Valley, Coulsdon Common and Rddlesdown, added to an Area of … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, City Commons, Coulsdon, Croydon parks, Croydon South, Environment, Planning, South London Downs NNR, Wildlife
Tagged Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Common, Croydon, Farthing Downs, Happy Valley, Natural England, Riddlesdown, Surrey Hills AONB
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Croydon 2021: Where Eagles care and people power takes hold
DID WE HAVE NEWS FOR YOU: In the second part of our review of the year, loyal readers step up to report raptor sightings, there’s the retirement of a much-admired Palace manager, worrying election results for Labour and the council … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace FC, Environment, Housing, Inside Croydon, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, New Addington North, Patsy Cummings, Planning, Roy Hodgson, Sadiq Khan, Simon Hall, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Wildlife, Woodside
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Emma Hope-Fitch, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, New Addington, Simon Hall, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory
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How Coulsdon’s downland oasis is helping to save the planet
NATURE NOTES: The City of London rangers who look after Farthing Downs, Coulsdon Common and other precious green spaces are as hard at work over the bleak midwinter months as the rest of the year, including important projects to unlock … Continue reading
Posted in City Commons, Croydon parks, Education, Environment, Friends of Farthing Downs, Gardening, History, Nature Notes, South London Downs NNR, Wildlife
Tagged Brian Hope-Taylor, City Commons, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Common, Farthing Downs, Friends of Farthing Downs and Happy Valley, Happy Valley
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Bird sketches out bewitching account of The Great North Wood
We live in a part of London that is ‘a forest remembered in place names’. JOHN GRINDROD has found a book which illustrates the point wonderfully well Sometimes before you’ve even opened a book, you know you’re going to love … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Environment, Wildlife
Tagged John Grindrod, The Great North Wood, Tim Bird
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From the Wandle to the Hudson, Carr campaigns on pollution
Lizzie Carr, the environmentalist from Purley who in 2016 paddled the length of England’s waterways to check how much waste plastic was polluting the country’s rivers and canals, is still battling against the toxic polluting of the nation’s rivers and … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Purley, Wildlife
Tagged Hudson River, Lizzie Carr, Planet Patrol, Purley, River Wandle
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Help the Commons rangers plan for 10 more years of care
City Commons, the organisation operated by the City of London which manages a selection of green spaces in and around Croydon, is preparing its 10-year management plans, and is seeking input from the public which might influence how it approaches … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, City Commons, Croydon parks, Environment, Wildlife
Tagged City Commons, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Common, Farthing Downs, Kenley Common, Riddlesdown
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City Commons’ work recognised with 7 Green Flag awards
Seven green spaces in and around Croydon which are protected by the City of London Corporation have been granted prestigious Green Flag status. Coulsdon Common, Kenley Common, Farthing Downs and Riddlesdown, plus Spring Park and West Wickham Common in Bromley … Continue reading
Goats settle in for their winter’s work at Riddlesdown Quarry
There are goats in Croydon. No kidding. That was the announcement made by City Commons yesterday, as goats were turned out to graze at Riddlesdown Quarry. City Commons is the part of the City of London Corporation which manages large … Continue reading
Posted in City Commons, Coulsdon, Croydon parks, Environment, Kenley, Nature Notes, New Addington, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Sanderstead, South London Downs NNR, Whitgift Foundation, Wildlife
Tagged City Commons, Downlands Trust, Riddlesdown, Riddlesdown Common, Riddlesdown Quarry, South London Downs
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Farleigh golfers get a buzz out of joining the Pollinator project
Farleigh Golf Club has reaffirmed its commitment to sustainability and environmental initiatives by completing the development of two areas of wildflowers on the course as part of the Operation Pollinator programme. The areas of growth around the seventh hole on … Continue reading
Groups set off for autumn walks to stride on from covid
The nights might be closing in as we head into autumn, but that doesn’t seem to have deterred the organisers of some group walks being held around the borough, with one set even encouraging participants to bring a head torch … Continue reading
Help wildlife find a home for winter in your gardens
As we enter autumn, many species of wildlife will be looking for a place to stay and hibernate as the cold months pass. Gardens across Croydon will be acting as a home and there are small things that gardeners can … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Environment, Gardening, Wildlife
Tagged Coombe Wood Gardens, Gardening
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The Shirley chainsaw massacre: hundreds of trees condemned
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Chop! Chop! The bankrupt council is spending £15,000 in a rush to destroy dozens of trees, many of them apparently healthy. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Cash-strapped Croydon Council is planning to fell more than 250 trees around … Continue reading
Town Hall axeman is now let loose on Shrublands’ trees
It is looking like Croydon’s Labour council’s already dubious “green” credentials have suffered another blow, in the midst of their own climate emergency, with that blow being delivered by a well-oiled and over-used chainsaw. If the council has its way, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Shirley, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Sarah Jones MP, Shirley, Shrublands, Shrublands Estate
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Greenpeace are making waves over destructive supertrawlers
Greenpeace Croydon has this week helped to launch Operation Ocean Witness, which is making waves to confront destructive fishing methods and the use of supertrawlers. At campaign stalls around Croydon, locals signed a petition calling on the government to ban … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Environment, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon Greenpeace, Greenpeace, Sir David Attenborough
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