Tag Archives: Coombe Lane Playing Fields

Travellers’ arrival at Coombe Wood could delay school opening

Posted on June 3, 2018 by insidecroydon

GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, on a possible set-back for Croydon’s £30million new selective school The arrival of a group of travellers, setting up camp on what was until recently Green Belt playing fields, could jeopardise the planned September opening … Continue reading →

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In south London, birds of a feather are flocking together

Posted on January 2, 2018 by insidecroydon

NATURE NOTES: The darker months at the end of the year have been brightened up by huge flocks of non-native birds, and a couple of surprise visitors to the area, as PETER ALFREY, the ‘Birdman of Beddington’, reports In November … Continue reading →

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