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Tag Archives: Happy Valley
Croydon’s oldest society is walking and talking towards 150
As it approaches its own historical milestone next year, when it will celebrate its 150th anniversary, the Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society is stepping out on another series of fascinating walks and talks exploring the wonders around us. Originally … Continue reading
Crime and livestock attacks on Farthing Downs cause concern
Croydon councillors will turn up in Coulsdon this afternoon on the hottest day of the year, maybe the hottest day ever recorded in these islands, to bask in the sun and in the reflected glory of the decades of hard … Continue reading
Posted in City Commons, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Fracking, Friends of Farthing Downs, South London Downs NNR, Wildlife
Tagged City Commons, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Farthing Downs, Happy Valley, London Borough of Croydon, Riddlesdown, Sanderstead
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National Reserve status granted for Coulsdon’s Farthing Downs
Croydon will get its own National Nature Reserve later this month, as more than 1,000 acres of chalk downland across Riddlesdown, Farthing Downs, Happy Valley, through to Kenley Common, Sanderstead and Whyteleafe will be formally declared by Natural England as … Continue reading
Posted in City Commons, Coulsdon, Croydon parks, Environment, Kenley, London-wide issues, Purley, Sanderstead, South London Downs NNR, Walks, Wildlife
Tagged City Commons, Coulsdon, Farthing Downs, Happy Valley, Kenley, National Nature Reserve, Purley, Riddlesdown, Sanderstead, South London Downs
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Happy Valley to be granted National Nature Reserve status
Some of Croydon’s best-known and most popular open spaces are to be afforded similar status to a National Park, giving protection from the threat of development. In a proposal to be considered by the City of London Corporation on Monday, … Continue reading
Posted in City Commons, Coulsdon, Croydon parks, Education, Environment, Old Coulsdon, Wildlife
Tagged City Commons, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Common, Farthing Downs, Happy Valley, Riddlesdown, Sanderstead
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Coulsdon’s blooming wildlife is chalking up a summer success
NATURE NOTES: It has been a long and very hot summer. After reading Ken Towl’s latest jaunt through Happy Valley, MOIRA O’DONNELL set off with her field guide to plants and butterflies and armed with her camera to find how … Continue reading
Posted in City Commons, Coulsdon, Croydon parks, Environment, Moira O'Donnell, Nature Notes, Wildlife
Tagged City Commons, Coulsdon, Farthing Down, Happy Valley, Moira O'Donnell
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Following the footsteps of DH Lawrence to the end of the LOOP
WANDLE WANDERER: There’s a slight end-of-term feel to our non-resident rambler, KEN TOWL, as he sets off on what for him is the final Croydon stage of the London Orbital walk, the LOOP. He’s even walked straight past a pub … Continue reading
Posted in City Commons, Coulsdon, Croydon parks, Environment, Ken Towl, TfL, Walks, Wandle Wanderer, Wildlife
Tagged Coulsdon, Coulsdon Common, Farthing Down, Happy Valley, Ken Towl, London LOOP, LOOP
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