May 2025

Ahead of this year’s Epping Forest Centenary Walk, West Essex Ramblers’ David Evans explains the background to the event and invites local residents to join them on all or part of the 14-mile

Some South Woodford scribbles from DD, our resident diarist and observer of all things local. Illustrated by Evelyn Rowland I thought I might write about feet. I asked David what he thought. “I think the idea’s...

Kavita Rana from local solicitors Edwards Duthie Shamash explores the complexities of disputes relating to the right to inheritance after death and challenges to the validity of wills

A number of local residents will be opening their gardens to the public this summer as part of the National Garden Scheme

Local resident Nina Stafford explains the background to ArtHouse Social, a new charity dedicated to providing therapeutic art sessions for young adults with additional needs

Amanda Whittle introduces Woodford Arts Group’s summer exhibition All Nature Has Feeling, inspired by and on show in Epping Forest

Residents living with dementia and their carers are invited to join a nature-based memory café in South Woodford

After years of responding to emergencies across East London, Inspector Nick Sutton is now proud to be part of neighbourhood policing in South Woodford and all other Redbridge wards north of the A12

The rising blight of graffiti tags in South Woodford can be seen on our streets, subways and shopfronts, but with your help, we can report it, remove it and restore pride in our

A total of 114 new trees have been planted across South Woodford

Open-air theatre will return to Wanstead Park this summer

The annual South Woodford Jumble Trail will return this June, raising funds for Haven House Children’s Hospice

Redbridge Council has joined other local authorities across the country in calling for reform of gambling laws

A drama group founded by former pupils of Woodford County High School will stage its next production in May

The residents of Alexandra Road and Burton Road in South Woodford held a street party on 5 May to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day

TfL has published a review of the W12, W13 and W14 bus routes, which were restructured last September.

Residents are continuing their fight against the changes made to local bus routes last September

Redbridge Council is urgently calling on men in Redbridge to prioritise their health

David Varney is the manager of South Woodford’s Manor Court Lodge for the over-60s and is hosting an open day in May to dispel the common misconceptions about what a ‘later living’ development

Redbridge Council is looking at ways to improve road safety on Hermon Hill

Residents are invited to take part in a series of community action days in Elmhurst Gardens

Ray Park in Woodford will be one of nine starting points for Ride Redbridge on 11 May

The South Woodford Ladies celebrated their 10th anniversary in April

As the nation marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day, local historian Davis Watson reflects on the impact World War Two had on Woodford

Calvin Bailey MP has launched a petition calling for step-free access to Snaresbrook station