Southwark Council are offering local people another opportunity to see how the works in Burgess Park are progressing. There will be a guided tour of the works in the park, on Saturday 11th February from [..read more..]
Local Amenities
Burgess Park transformation update
Last weekend, Southwark Council arranged a tour of the transformation work which is going on in Burgess Park. Amongst the local people present were several residents of the Evolution and South Quarter developments. There is [..read more..]
Friends of Burgess Park AGM
The Friends of Burgess Park are holding their AGM on Tuesday November 1st at the Cobourg Road Community Sports Centre. Meeting starts 7pm – and in addition to a special focus on play in the [..read more..]
Wild and Edible: Surrey Canal Walk
The Friends of Burgess Park are holding a local event on Surrey Canal Walk on Sunday afternoon (31st July). Titled “Wild and Edible”, the event will include tree identification, children’s storytelling and a foraged food tasting [..read more..]
Burgess Park to close in the next few weeks
While the Revitalise project is delivered, most of Burgess park will be closed to the public. The process will take months, not weeks. The car park will be out of use until summer 2012. When [..read more..]
Burgess Park food project – this Saturday (5th)
The Burgess Park Food Project is planning to develop a community food-growing area in a section of the park. They are meeting this Saturday (5th March) to plan the area. Everyone is welcome, although children [..read more..]
Good news for 149 Southampton Way
Councillors in Camberwell recently approved the planning application for 149 Southampton Way. If you were at our AGM in January, you will have seen the presentation from Toby Maclean, who bought the long-derelict building in [..read more..]
Council licences for “adult” venues
Southwark Council are consulting on proposals to introduce a licensing system for sex establishments across the borough. In brief, the proposals are that sex shops, sex cinemas and sex entertainment venues will be required to be [..read more..]
Sustainable Peckham: a neighbourhood event
Peckham Settlement is hosting a neighbourhood event this coming Saturday (19th February) about Peckham’s future development, in conjunction with Southwark Council. The event will run from 12 midday until 3pm, and promises: An informal session [..read more..]
Multi-million pound makeover gets go-ahead
This week, planners at Southwark Council gave the green light to the new-look Burgess Park. This marks the start of work on a £6 million improvement programme for the park. Planned changes include creating improved [..read more..]