Category: Parks
Wandsworth Council provide residents with a free fitness workout as part of Love Parks Wandsworth
Wandsworth Council is proud to bring back Love Parks Wandsworth for a third year, as part of Keep Britain Tidy’s national campaign, Love Parks. As always, the key focus is about loving your park or openspace, especially in these unprecedented times. Wandsworth Council have teamed up with FitSW11 to provide a weekend exercise class for the… Read More
Bandstand Chamber Festival comes to Battersea Park
1-15 September 2020, Battersea Park Bandstand, SW11 4NJ Doric Quartet, Maggini Quartet, Solem Quartet & Anthony Friend, Hill Quartet Wandsworth Council is proud to host the Bandstand Chamber Festival, founded by clarinetist and concert promoter Anthony Friend, with a series of free, outdoor chamber music concerts. Four of the UK’s best-loved string quartets will take… Read More
Friends of Wandsworth Common go plogging
Wandsworth Council kicked off its annual summer campaign, Love Parks Wandsworth – at the weekend – with a community clean up event and plog organised by the Friends of Wandsworth Common. The day saw Friends of Wandsworth Common – supported by voluntary group Plogolution – run a fun, socially-distanced litter pick and mini-plog, where you… Read More
Love your parks this summer
Wandsworth Council is launching its annual summer campaign this weekend, Love Parks, under the umbrella of Keep Britain Tidy’s movement. The campaign will encourage everyone who visits the borough’s many parks and open spaces to celebrate what’s great about them. Park goers are reminded to be kind to them and show respect to the huge… Read More
Wandsworth Council offer school children a free outdoor space to enjoy their break safely
With schools re-opening from Monday 1 June, the playgrounds in Wandsworth are set to become occupied with plenty of excitable children once again! With this being said, social distancing will be present within every school and measures to meet Government guidelines will be in place, ready to welcome the students back. Wandsworth Council want to… Read More
Please don’t bring barbecues to parks
It is against local byelaws to light fires or use barbecues in any of the borough’s parks and green spaces. People who contravene this byelaw could be prosecuted and fined. People who use barbecues nearly always leave behind scorched patches of burned grass that take months to recover. On other occasions people have tipped burning… Read More
An open letter to residents of Wandsworth
Dear Wandsworth residents, I am writing on behalf of the Parks Team, Parks Police, Tree and Horticultural contractors in Wandsworth who have been working to maintain greenspaces for you to use during the lockdown period. Our principle aim during the COVID-19 pandemic has been to ensure that greenspaces remain accessible to as many people as… Read More
Residents reminded to stay at home to save lives this weekend – no matter the weather
With the weekend set to be warm and sunny residents are being reminded by the police and council to stay at home and save lives. Over the weekend there will be additional police patrols across the borough, especially in Wandsworth’s parks and open spaces. Extra officers have been drafted in to patrol green spaces by… Read More
Joggers, please give people space
We want people to exercise in our parks and green spaces and remain healthy and safe, however, those taking exercise, especially joggers and runners, need to act responsibly and make sure they observe the two metre rule and protect other park users. People running in parks should follow these guidelines: Please stay at least two… Read More
Why must dogs be kept on leads in parks COVID-19
Some people have questioned why there are new rules in place in parks and open spaces requiring owners to keep their dogs on leads. This is to ensure that all park visitors comply with the Government’s advice on social distancing – requiring people to remain two metres apart from each other. These rules have been… Read More