The Great Eastern Railway brackets at Snaresbrook StationLocal historian Lynn Haseldine Jones will lead a walk around Snaresbrook this month looking at the evidence for commuters. “We begin at Snaresbrook Station, where the railway first came in 1856, changing the...
Redbridge Council will be giving away spring-flowering bulbs to the community this month, encouraging everyone to plant them as part of the Big Bulb Planting Weekend (18 to 20 October). This is part...
Local families are invited to explore Wanstead Park next month by taking part in an orienteering event. “Using a map, go exploring and try to navigate your way around all the markers. The...
Leader of the Council, Councillor Jas AthwalRedbridge Council has doubled the amount of time drivers can park for free on the borough’s high streets from 30 minutes to one hour. “This will be a real boost for our high...
Redbridge Council has installed a hi-tech Bigbelly bin on Snaresbrook Road as part of work undertaken with residents and the City of London to clear up Eagle Pond. “It’s a smart bin that...
The Ornamental Water – the largest of Wanstead Park’s five lakes – has suffered from low water levelsThe Friends of Wanstead Parklands – which has been campaigning for the regeneration of ‘east London’s hidden gem’ for the past decade – is seeking to recruit new members to support their work....
River Roding flooding at the Charlie Brown’s Roundabout in 2000. Photo kindly supplied by the Woodford & Wanstead Photographic SocietyThe Environment Agency has announced a day of community engagement in Woodford in connection with the River Roding Project, which aims to improve local river defences. “Heavy rain has caused the River Roding...
An It’s a Knockout competition organised by Woodford Green dental practice Improve Your Smile raised £6,800 for Haven House Children’s Hospice at the end of July. Team Improve Your Smile went head-to-head against...
©Cheryl GabrielMembers of Woodford Arts Group will be displaying their work at Packfords Hotel this autumn in what will be the art collective’s second exhibition at the Snakes Lane West venue. Since their inaugural...
Mama G of Petite Pantos, which produces ‘pantomimes with a social conscience’, championing LGBTQ+ issues, feminism and positive representation of race and genderThe magic of panto and storytelling will come to local libraries this autumn with a series of performances by drag queen Mama G. “Created by popular panto dame Robert Pearce, Mama G tells...
Rainham Hall is a Grade II* listed Georgian house. ©Matt BrownThe Woodford and District branch of the National Trust (NT) has made a number of donations to NT properties following the death of former member Gwen Clarke, who bequeathed £107,000 to the group....
Wanstead House, by Richard Westall ©Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionThe Friends of Wanstead Parklands has commissioned Dr Hannah Armstrong – an expert in 18th-century architecture and landscape design – to write the first-ever large-scale history of Wanstead House. “In existence for just...
