grove park nature reserve Archives

Vote could help Railway Children ‘national park’ come to Grove Park

by Gráinne Cuffe, Local Democracy Reporter 7 August, 202119 July, 2023

An “urban national park” inspired by The Railway Children, linking the South Circular Road with Elmstead Woods, could be on its way if campaigners in Grove Park get their way. The Railway Children Urban National Park would honour the author Edith Nesbit, who lived off Baring Road in a home that backed onto woodland by […]

‘Key worker’ trailer park developer blocks children’s access to nature reserve

by Gráinne Cuffe, Local Democracy Reporter 30 September, 202019 July, 2023

A developer behind rejected plans to build a trailer park for “key workers” has blocked safe access to woodland used by schoolchildren for outdoor learning in Grove Park. Two weeks ago it emerged the gates to the Lewisham Council-owned Ringway Community Centre were padlocked, while a sign was erected saying “private land, unauthorised access not permitted”. Local primary school […]