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Sharkey among guests as River Summit comes to the Wandle
Feargal Sharkey, a leader in the national debate about the parlous quality of water in the country’s rivers, lakes and canals, is among the participants at the 2024 UK River Summit which is being held along the banks of the … Continue reading
Rivers Week keeps water pressure high for climate change
Policymakers, water companies, businesses, industry and the public in London will all need to work together help to protect London’s rivers in order for them to be better prepared to tackle the impacts of droughts and floods brought on by … Continue reading
Discover the wonders of the Wandle in London Rivers Week
There’s a chance to learn more about one of the Thames’s important tributaries, the river that did much to shape Croydon, Carshalton and Merton, in a series of free events being staged on Wandle Discovery Day, being held on Saturday … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Education, Environment, Wildlife
Tagged London Rivers Week, Merton Abbey Mills, Morden Hall Park, River Wandle, SERT, South East Rivers Trust, Wandle
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Et tu, Brute? Globe brings Julius Caesar to Morden Hall
Julius Caesar is coming to a tram stop near you later this month, when the Shakespeare’s Globe company unpack their costumes and set up stage in the beautiful surroundings of Morden Hall Park. The performance will take place in the … Continue reading
Park’s learning department could be axed by National Trust
The National Trust’s slogan at present is “Everyone needs nature”. At the National Trust-run Morden Hall Park, just a short tram ride from Croydon, there is nature in abundance in a free-to-enter green oasis in the city, seemingly a perfect … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Education, Environment, Schools
Tagged Morden Hall Park, National Trust
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Quacky Races comes to the River Wandle next month
One of Morden Hall Park’s favourite traditions returns on Saturday, September 1: Quacky Races. The River Wandle and a number of channels flow through Morden Hall Park, now run by the National Trust. In the past, the waterways were used … Continue reading
Cashflow gets the Wandle rolling on a green way to the Thames
Croydon, Wandsworth, Sutton and Merton are to benefit from another £2 million grant for environmental work to further “de-urbanise” the River Wandle, one of the first industrialised and culverted of London’s Thames tributaries. In Croydon, that will help transform the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Environment, Outside Croydon, Phil Thomas, Planning, South Croydon, Waddon, Walks, Wandsworth Council, Wildlife
Tagged Carshalton, Croydon, London, Merton Priory, Morden Hall Park, River Wandle, South Croydon, Waddon
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