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Tag Archives: Ashburton Park
Croydon teen is found guilty of murder of Croydon teen
A jury at the Central Criminal Court this afternoon took just three hours of deliberation to find an unnamed teenager guilty of the December 2021 murder of Zaian Aimable-Lina in Ashburton Park. Both the victim and his attacker were 15 … Continue reading
Ashburton’s sorry tale of park life in a council with no cash
It’s not a good sign when, less than a month into the new administration of £81,000 per year Conservative Mayor Jason Perry, residents are already getting restless. Perhaps inevitably, the complaints of the Friends of Ashburton Park involve the cutting … Continue reading
Ashburton’s Silverfit group get ready for a walk in the park
Edwina Brocklesby is on a mission to get the older community active while combatting social isolation. Brocklesby, 79, founded Silverfit nine years ago as a charity that promotes lifelong fitness and healthier ageing through physical activity and social connectivity. The … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Ashburton, Charity, Croydon parks
Tagged Ashburton Park, Edwina Brocklesby, Nordic walking, Silverfit
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Mr Motivator gets Oasis pupils moving in Zaian fund-raiser
While Croydon Council flogs off one park lodge on the cheap today, tomorrow a charitable foundation with property assets worth nearly half-a-billion pounds will be staging a fund-raiser in another park to get the money to pay for the purchase … Continue reading
Posted in Ashburton, Business, Charity, Church and religions, Crime, Education, Knife crime, Oasis Academy, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Schools
Tagged Ashburton Park, Ashburton Park Lodge, Mr Motivator, Oasis Academy Arena, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Steve Chalke, Zaian Aimable-Lina
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Oasis to convert Ashburton Lodge into Zaian youth centre
Working in partnership with a major schools academy trust, Croydon’s Labour councillors have stepped in to halt the sale of a park lodge in order to use the building as a youth centre in memory of 15-year-old Zaian Aimable-Lina, who … Continue reading
5-bed Ashburton Lodge to be auctioned for price of a flat
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Developers and property speculators look set to profit as more public-owned property is to be sold on the cheap. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The Croydon fire-sale, with public property being flogged off in a rush at bargain-basement … Continue reading
Police make arrests in Zaian Aimable-Lina murder investigation
The police have named the victim of Thursday night’s fatal stabbing in Ashburton Park as 15-year-old Zaian Aimable-Lina. A post-mortem examination conducted yesterday gave the cause of death as a stab wound to the heart. The police arrested another 15-year-old … Continue reading
Posted in Ashburton, Crime, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged Ashburton Park, Croydon, Met Police, Metropolitan Police, Zaian Aimable-Lina
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Another teenager’s tragedy as boy killed in Ashburton Park
30 The number of teenagers murdered on the streets of London in 2021 – a record death toll in the age group, after a 16-year-old was killed in Hillingdon last night 4 The total of Croydon teenagers killed through knife … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Ashburton, Crime, Knife crime, Policing
Tagged Addiscombe, Ashburton Park, Croydon, knife crime, London, Metropolitan Police, youth knife crime
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Peddle My Wheels are offering affordable route into cycling
Croydon’s Labour-run council is promoting an innovative scheme to make cycling more affordable – but only if you live in the north of the borough. A series of second-hand bike markets are being staged throughout August, in partnership with local … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Cycling, Transport
Tagged Ashburton Park, Croydon Sports Arena, New Addington, Peddle My Wheels, Westow Park
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The Ashburton chainsaw massacre as park’s trees are felled
Croydon Council, which has declared a climate emergency and claims it wants to be a green borough, is chopping down and pollarding trees in one of its parks. In the middle of the bird-nesting season. Members of the Friends of … Continue reading
Ashburton Park charity Easter egg hunt, Apr 13
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe East, Ashburton, Croydon parks, Environment
Tagged Addiscombe, Ashburton, Ashburton Park
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Long-delayed masterplans for borough’s parks get parked
KEN LEE, our green spaces correspondent, on an expensive waste of time After a consultation process that has taken almost two years and cost Council Tax-payers approaching £100,000 in fees to consultants to produce hundreds of pages of (virtual) glossy … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of Lloyd Park, Lloyd Park, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Ashburton Park, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Happy Valley, Labour, Lloyd Park, London Borough of Croydon, Park Hill, South Norwood, Timothy Godfrey
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Council left without operator for Ashburton Park venue
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on the strange silence from the council about the faltering fate of one of its flagship projects The latest embarrassing set-back for Tony Newman and his Labour colleagues’ hopes of retaining control of the council … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Ashburton, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Maddie Henson, Tony Newman
Tagged Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Ashburton, Ashburton Hall, Ashburton Park, Conservative, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Maddie Henson, Old Ashburton Library, Tony Newman, Tory
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Samaritans Car Boot Fair, Ashburton Park, Sep 3
CAR BOOT FAIR SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 3 ASHBURTON PARK LOWER ADDISCOMBE RD, ADDISCOMBE
Old Ashburton library to be handed over to private companies
That “ambition” thing we were told so much about in 2013 and 2014, before the last Town Hall elections? It seems that if you want to turn it into the “delivery” thing, it can take a long time and a … Continue reading
Dozens of open spaces excluded from ‘premier league’ of parks
WALTER CRONXITE reports on how the council is laying the groundwork for a privatisation-by-stealth of some of the borough’s open spaces If any more proof were required that Croydon’s worthless consultations are used to justify the council going ahead and … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of Grangewood Park, Jamie Audsley, Jo Negrini, Lloyd Park, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Ashburton Park, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Friends of Grangewood Park, Grangewood Park, Jamie Audsley, Jo Negrini, Labour, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Timothy Godfrey, Tory
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Big Dance after party, Tomorrow Hub, Sep 18
Posted in Croydon parks, Dance, Music
Tagged Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Ashburton Park, Croydon, Park Hill Park
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Council fails to staff its own consultation session in Ashburton
Croydon’s non-consultation consultations reached a new nadir over the weekend, when a promised drop-in session about the old library building in Ashburton Park was left unstaffed by council officials. Residents, and some councillors, have long suggested that such “consultation” sessions … Continue reading
Big Dance Bus is coming to Addiscombe Festival, May 29
Posted in Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Dance, Music
Tagged Addiscombe Festival, Addiscombe West, Ashburton Park
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One month left for bids to take on Ashburton old library
There’s less than a month for businesses and community groups to submit “expressions of interest” in taking on the old Ashburton library building. The handling of the future of this prestigious and historic building, set in 18½ acres of parkland … Continue reading
