On Saturday 30th January about 1,000 people gathered in Richmond Park to protest against the plan by the Royal Parks commission to introduce parking charges in the parks’ car parks. In our borough, Richmond and Bushey Parks would be affected. A full slate of local politicians from all parties attended. All condemned the plans as likely to hit the [...]
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Protest in Richmond Park
Posted in Local Politics, Parks and Open Spaces, tagged Bushey Park, Richmond Park on January 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Vote for Crane Park!
Posted in Parks and Open Spaces, tagged Crane Park, Twickenham on January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Mayor of London is giving ten grants of up to £400,000 to London’s most needy parks to make them cleaner, safer, greener, and nicer places to visit. Londoners are now invited to vote for which parks win an award. There are forty seven candidate parks, which have been divided into five [...]
Terrace Gardens – Richmond
Posted in Parks and Open Spaces, tagged Richmond, Richmond Council, Terrace Gardens on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is a hill beside the silver Thames Shady with birch and beech and odorous pine; And brilliant underfoot with thousand gems. Steeply the thickets to his floods decline. Robert Bridges – Poet Laureate There won’t be much text in this post. [...]
