What's on around the Park?

The Temple in Wanstead Park - a Grade 2 listed building.
Now open to the public 12.00 hrs to 17.00 hrs every Saturday & Sunday until further notice.
Well worth a visit.

8th September - talk: "The Great Gardens of Wanstead Park"

The Friends of Wanstead Parklands have arranged what promises to be a really interesting event on Wednesday 8 September.

The gardens of Wanstead House, of which the present Wanstead Park is a mere fragment, were once among the finest in the country.

Dr Sally Jeffery of Birkbeck College, University of London, will give a presentation on The Great Gardens of Wanstead Park, from 7.30 pm at the Wanstead House Community Centre, 21 The Green, London E11 2NT (at the junction of Redbridge Lane West and St Mary's Avenue).

Dr Jeffery is a renowned authority on the gardens as they developed from the late seventeenth century and is a member of the London Historic Parks and Gardens Trust.

Admission is £3.00 on the door, or £1.00 for members of the Friends.

If you would like to join the Friends before the meeting, you can contact them via -

http://www.wansteadpark.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=66

Public Exhibitions relating to the proposed London 2012 Olympics Metropolitan Police Operational Centre

Wednesday, 25 August
4.00 p. m. - 8.00 p. m. Cherry Tree Café, 25 Woodbine Place, Wanstead E11 2RH

Saturday, 4 September
10.00 a. m. - 4.00 p. m. Cherry Tree Café, 25 Woodbine Place, Wanstead E11 2RH

Saturday, 11 September
10.00 a. m. - 4.00 p. m. Cann Hall Road Methodist Church, 296 Cann Hall Road, Leytonstone E11 3NN

Thursday, 16 September
4.00 p. m. - 8.00 p. m. Cann Hall Road Methodist Church, 296 Cann Hall Road, Leytonstone E11 3NN

Details about the briefing centre and the exhibition are available at http://www.wanstead-mbdc.co.uk/ or the City of London's website, and there is a dedicated hotline number - 0800 977 8791. This has been set up for any comments in regard to the proposals. The consultation period will last until 26 September 2010.

You may also wish to note that opponents of the proposal have set up a website at http://savewansteadflats.org.uk/. This gives full details of a "mass community picnic" they are organising on the site for Sunday 5 September2010.

Walks around & about Wanstead Park – 2010

 Thursday 25 February starting 11 a.m. from Warren Road entrance

Thursday 11 March starting 11 a.m. from Warren Road entrance

Saturday 25 April starting 10.30 a.m. from Warren Road entrance:  “Birds & Bluebells in the Park”

Saturday 24 July starting 11 a.m. from The Temple in the park: “Historical Features in the Park”

Sunday 19 September starting 10 a.m. from Wanstead Tube Station.  “Local Connections with Wanstead House”