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Tag Archives: Streatham Common
Reach for the skies: Streatham Common Kite Day set to return
After a covid-enforced gap, the Streatham Common Kite Day returns next month for its 22nd staging. The organisers claim the Streatham Common Kite Day is London’s only free family-friendly kite festival, combining world-class displays with the opportunity to fly your … Continue reading
Hope Is Everything: Rookery gardens gets a Gervais bench
Today is supposed to be “Blue Monday”, which some claim to be the gloomiest day of the year. But depression doesn’t care what day it is, which is one of the reasons why CALM – the Campaign Against Living Miserably … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Gardening, Health, Norbury, Outside Croydon
Tagged After Life, Netflix, Norbury, Ricky Gervais, Streatham, Streatham Common, The Rookery
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Fanfare for the Common man, and here’s a toast to two ‘saints’
WANDLE WANDERER: Our non-resident rambler KEN TOWL is off on his travels again, but he hasn’t had to venture very far afield to discover some overlooked treasures St Reatham is not, of course, a church named after a saint, but … Continue reading
HHH Streatham Common 6M Cross-country, Sep 28
Streatham Common 6M XC Tough 6-mile cross country race, multiple undulating off-road laps of Streatham Common, organised by Herne Hill Harriers. 11.15am, Saturday September 28, 2019 Streatham Common, Covington Way, Streatham SW16
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Tagged Herne Hill Harriers, Streatham Common
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Winter tree and bird walk, Streatham Common, Feb 21
Posted in Outside Croydon, Walks, Wildlife
Tagged Friends of Streatham Common, Streatham Common
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Friends of Streatham Common Funghi Walk, Oct 20
Posted in Environment, Outside Croydon, Walks
Tagged Friends of Streatham Common, Streatham Common
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Volunteer for Doggy Splash Day, Streatham Common, Oct 7
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Tagged Friends of Streatham Common, Streatham Common
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Streatham-Croydon’s women’s rugby try-it day, Aug 5
Are you free this Sunday Aug 5? Want to kick start your fitness? Then get down to Streatham Common from 10am for a free training session with Streatham-Croydon RFC women’s teams.
Posted in Rugby Union, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC
Tagged Streatham Common, Streatham-Croydon RFC
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Guided geology walk, Streatham Common, Aug 20
Posted in Community associations, Education, Environment, Norbury, Outside Croydon, Walks
Tagged Norbury, Streatham Common, Thornton Heath
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Birds of prey flying display, Streatham Common, Jul 30
Posted in Activities, Norbury, Outside Croydon, Wildlife
Tagged Norbury, Streatham Common
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Take to the air at Streatham Common Kite Day, May 14
The annual Streatham Common Kite Day will be staged for a 19th time on Sunday, May 14. The day-long event is London’s only free family friendly kite festival, which combines world-class kite displays with the opportunity to fly your own. … Continue reading
Streatham Common woods reserve work days, Mar 2-16
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Streatham Common Six-mile Race, Sep 17
Posted in Athletics, Herne Hill Harriers, Outside Croydon, Sport
Tagged Herne Hill Harriers, Streatham Common
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Magical Garden Event, Streatham Common Rookery, Sep 12
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Environment, Gardening, Lambeth Council, Outside Croydon, Walks
Tagged Gardening, Gardens, Lambeth, Streatham Common
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17th annual Streatham Common Kite Day, June 21
Posted in Activities, Lambeth Council, Outside Croydon
Tagged Lambeth, Streatham, Streatham Common, Streatham Common Kite Day
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Streatham Common Six-mile race, Sept 27
Posted in Athletics, Herne Hill Harriers, Sport
Tagged athletics, cross-country, Herne Hill Harriers, Lambeth, Sport, Streatham Common
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Inspired by the Olympics? Try the race that’s too tough for Mo
Inspired by the Olympics? Want to set yourself a real challenge? There’s a very challenging – and that means a lot of hard hills – six-mile charity cross-country race on Streatham Common at the end of this month, where regular … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Athletics, Charity, Sport
Tagged Croydon, Gold medal, London, Mo Farah, Olympic, Olympic Games, Streatham Common
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Historic rugby fixture that plays for ghoulish trophy
It is possibly the most ghoulish trophy in world sport, the sort of thing that Damian Hirst might have devised if he’d been asked. The Skull and Goalposts is the trophy contested between Streatham-Croydon and Esher rugby clubs, with the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Rugby Union, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Thornton Heath
Tagged Jeff Probyn, London, Maurice Colclough, Skull, Sky Sports, Streatham, Streatham Common
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