The Friends of Westow Park

making your local park even better ...

Westow Park is a small historic park in Upper Norwood, London SE19. We want it to be a great place for everyone to enjoy.

Want to get involved?

Or want to know more? Email us at:
info@friendsofwestowpark.com
or even better, become a member!
Form here:
Membership Form.doc

 

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Where is it?

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Latest Activity

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Jason Dance is now a member of The Friends of Westow Park Jan 20
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cathryn henchion left a comment for Stacy Patton Anderson
welcome Stacy   Cathy
Jan 20
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Stacy Patton Anderson is now a member of The Friends of Westow Park Jan 13
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local media coverage of the recent workday

http://www.crystalpalacelocal.co.uk/parish-pump/170-palace-people/767-crystal-palace-locals-spruce-up-tiny-park Volunteers came together on Sunday (6th November 2011) to plant 1,500 wildlife bulbs and five mature trees in Westow Park, Crystal Palace.Five alders and one foxglove tree were planted in the playground to provide shade and autumn/winter colour. The foxglove…See More
Discussion posted by cathryn henchion Nov 9, 2011
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public meeting

The Friends of Westow Park would like to invite you to a public meeting on Saturday November the 12th.  Come for a walkaround in Westow park and tell us what you feel could be done to improve your local park.  This is an opportunity to make your opinion heard, to join the Friends of Westow Park and to make a difference to your local environment. We will meet at the Coxwell Road entrance to the park (behind Sainsbury's) at 10.30am. We'll then move to the community room at tower block 1, College…See More
Discussion posted by cathryn henchion Nov 4, 2011
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Brett Taylor is now a member of The Friends of Westow Park Oct 13, 2011
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Megan Farr is now a member of The Friends of Westow Park Oct 3, 2011
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Juno Baker left a comment for jackie rogers
Fantastic to find you're now a member Jackie. You can also check our facebook page if you like.   Hope to meet you soon.   Juno x
Sep 22, 2011
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jackie rogers is now a member of The Friends of Westow Park Sep 17, 2011
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Discussions posted by cathryn henchion Jul 15, 2011
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kevin barrass is now a member of The Friends of Westow Park Jul 2, 2011
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Stephen Griffith is now a member of The Friends of Westow Park May 26, 2011
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Jeremy Glover and Sara Butler joined The Friends of Westow Park May 14, 2011
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Photos posted by Juno Baker Apr 7, 2011
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looking forward to seeing the work getting underway in the park http://planning.croydon.gov.uk/DCWebPages/AcolNetCGI.gov
Status posted by Jono Podmore Mar 1, 2011
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Sock Monkey updated their profile Jan 19, 2011
 

Saturday, 21st Jan, 11am - AGM!

Plans for new playground here:

So you can see all the wonderful things we are planning, here are some detailed maps to make it all a bit clearer (click on map to get a larger view in a new window).

As some of you will have seen already, we tried to move away from metal and multicoloured plastic and opted for more "natural" play where wood, stones and planting will be incorporated into the new playground. This is the result of 2 years intensive consulting of local children and park users and many many hours hard work trying to secure funds to make your and our dreams come true! We really really hope you will all enjoy it as much as we do!

 

Plans of the original "old" playgound: 

Plans of the completely finished "new" playground

 

Phase 1 of building, THIS is the playground as we will open it on the 13th of August:

.... and this is the playground as we would wish to have it by not too long. Keep your fingers crossed that we are successful with our bids!

 

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Blog Posts

Sandra Podmore

TREE FELLING NOTICE

In order to create greater biodiversity and welcome more wildlife in our park, with the help of Croydon Council we will be transforming the little triangle between the footpath and the fence of the Heshima Centre into a "Woodland-Wildlife-Area".



At our last inspection it has been noticed that four trees in this area are growing into trees of greater interest and sadly need to be removed. As soon as the trees will be felled, we will be planting shrubs, bushes and wildflowers. The wood… Continue

Posted by Sandra Podmore on October 2, 2009 at 4:09pm — 1 Comment

Dave Miller

Guerilla gardening - park entrance opposite Secret Garden and Sainsburys

Today we had our first taste of guerilla gardening! With the sun shining at 10am we all took our spades and gardening tools to the park entrance opposite the Secret Garden and Sainsburys. Soon we were a large group of local residents, all digging away feverishly.





It was backbreaking work, as the area was full of rubble and junk, and the ground like rock.…



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Posted by Dave Miller on April 19, 2009 at 9:00pm — 6 Comments

mike groves

nice pics of the drunk's tree

nice pics of the drunk's tree Continue

Posted by mike groves on April 1, 2009 at 11:41am

Dave Miller

Friends of Westow Park

We are a group of residents who enjoy Westow Park and want to make it better. We had our first public meeting on 24th January 2009. This was really well attended and we were really pleased to see the local councillors there, including Croydon’s new mayor! Those who attended said they want better play facilities for all ages and abilities, more natural planting, more colourful planting, more events in the park, more bins, less dog poo and to feel safe. Basically we want the park to be safe,… Continue

Posted by Dave Miller on March 30, 2009 at 10:46am

Forum

cathryn henchion

local media coverage of the recent workday

Started by cathryn henchion Nov 9, 2011.

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public meeting

Started by cathryn henchion Nov 4, 2011.

cathryn henchion

Crystal Palace Overground Festival

Started by cathryn henchion Jul 15, 2011.

cathryn henchion

playground build

Started by cathryn henchion Jul 14, 2011.

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local media coverage 2 Replies

Started by cathryn henchion. Last reply by cathryn henchion Jun 29, 2010.

Juno Baker

Play area development plans 4 Replies

Started by Juno Baker. Last reply by cathryn henchion Aug 12, 2010.

cathryn henchion

sainsbury's local charity of the year

Started by cathryn henchion May 8, 2010.

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bug towers

Started by cathryn henchion May 7, 2010.

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railings

Started by cathryn henchion Jul 17, 2009.

 
 
 

Members

  • Jason Dance
  • Juno Baker
  • Sandra Podmore
  • Stacy Patton Anderson
  • cathryn henchion
  • Brett Taylor
  • Lalitha Mclennan
  • Monty Stewart
  • Megan Farr
  • Dave Miller
  • Jono Podmore
  • Catherine Henchion

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