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Tag Archives: Lloyd Park
Travellers leave Coombe Wood – now the clean-up begins
The large group of travellers who had taken up residence on the playing fields at Coombe Wood were moved on yesterday. The familiar task of clearing up the mess left is expected to begin in earnest on Monday morning. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Coombe Wood School, Lloyd Park, South Croydon
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Friends of Lloyd Park conservation taster day, Jun 2
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Friends of Lloyd Park litter pick, May 13
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Striders show the way with three routes round our parks
Last year, Striders of Croydon, the local running club, applied successfully for a grant from Croydon Council for a scheme which, in the council’s opinion, would improve and highlight Croydon’s parks and open spaces. Included in this application was the … Continue reading
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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Labour backs plan to build selective school on Green Belt
KEN LEE reports on a planning application that would lead to Croydon getting its first grammar school since the 1970s A planning application is being considered by the council to develop a site in Croydon’s Green Belt, concrete over some … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Coombe Wood School, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Education, Paul Scott, Planning, Schools, South Croydon, Tony Newman
Tagged Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coombe Wood, Coombe Wood School, Croham Ward, Croydon Council, Folio Trust, Labour, Lloyd Park, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman
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Take your marks… Get set… Race For Life in Lloyd Park in 2018
Women who sign up to enter this year’s Race For Life in Lloyd Park, perhaps as they kick-start their year with a fitness drive, are this month being offered 30 per cent off their entry fee for the event, which … Continue reading
Harriers stage women’s free running sessions in Lloyd Park
Croydon Harriers is starting its first “Couch to Parkrun” all-female running group. Parkrun is the 5-kilometre (just a little more than 3 miles) timed fun run which is staged at 9am every Saturday; in and around Croydon, there are Parkruns … Continue reading
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Croydon Town and Country Show, Lloyd Park, May 28-29
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Croydon Festival of Dogs, Lloyd Park, May 28-29
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More than 200 runners take half-marathon in their stride
Striders of Croydon have declared their latest road race, Sunday’s Croydon Half-marathon, as a great success, after more than 200 runners from across London and the south-east took part in the warm spring sunshine. And with the London Marathon coming … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon Half-marathon, Lloyd Park, London Marathon, Striders of Croydon
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Pants! Runners told to keep their trousers on in park cafe
Shock, horror, and barely disguised disgust among the demure “ladies who lunch” in Selsdon and Ballards after “outrageous” behaviour – outrageous, no less – following a cross-country race in Lloyd Park a fortnight ago. There were even mutterings of refunds … Continue reading
Posted in Lloyd Park, Restaurants, Walks
Tagged Croydon Harriers, Lloyd Park, Parklife Cafe
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Help beat cancer by signing up for Race for Life 2017
The women of Croydon are being asked to sign up for Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life 2017, to be staged in Lloyd Park on July 9. Money raised by women racing, running, jogging or walking the 5km or 10km … Continue reading
Run for the hills! Lloyd Park’s the toughest in all London
Lloyd Park in Croydon has the toughest Parkrun course in the whole of London – and that’s official because the Londonist website says so. Their reporter, Geoff Marshall, has surveyed all 47 courses in Greater London’s parks and open spaces … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Croydon parks, Lloyd Park, Sport, Striders of Croydon
Tagged Lloyd Park, Londonist, ParkRun
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Croydon’s on its marks for 10km road race on Oct 9
The annual Lexus Croydon 10km – one of the most popular road races held in the area – takes place a week on Sunday, October 9, when a field of 500 runners is expected on the start line. The road … Continue reading
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Striders of Croydon Switchback 5, Lloyd Park, Sep 25
The Switchback 5 on Sunday September 25 is one of the highlights of Croydon Striders’ club calendar. The course is a five-mile, single-lap, off-road route around Lloyd Park and into Addington Hills. It’s a popular warm-up to the cross-country season … Continue reading
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Time has come to park the ban on cycling in Croydon’s parks
Elected on a manifesto which promised a clean, green borough, Labour’s delivery on cycling in Croydon has been, at best, sub-optimal. Disappearing cycle lanes on South End and London Road might be bad enough, but the abandonment of the car-free … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Croydon parks, Cycling, Environment, Friends of Wandle Park, Lloyd Park, TfL, Transport, Wandle Park
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Lloyd Park, Park Hill Park, Sustrans, TfL, Transport for London, Waddon, Wandle Park
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Charity walk is our chance to make a difference, says Day
Kevin Day, the stand-up comedian, scriptwriter and football pundit, is calling on the people of Croydon to turn up in force on Sunday to help raise as much money as possible for Mind in Croydon, the local mental health charity. … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Croydon parks, Lloyd Park, Mind in Croydon
Tagged Kevin Day, Lloyd Park, Mind in Croydon
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Comedian Kevin Day takes Positive Steps for charity, Jun 26
Kevin Day, the comedian, scriptwriter and Palace fan, will be the celebrity starter of this year’s Positive Steps event on Sunday June 26 around Lloyd Park for Mind in Croydon. A sponsored walk of anything from five kilometres – a … Continue reading
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Bank Holiday fair brings a touch of the country to Lloyd Park
The Town and Country Fair was staged in Croydon’s Lloyd Park for the first time over the Bank Holiday weekend, with dog shows, motor bike displays and craft stalls. Photographer LEE TOWNSEND put together this picture essay
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