The charity that runs Greenwich Park have pleaded with people not to drive to the park during this lockdown – and enjoy their local open spaces instead. Royal Parks has issued the plea alongside other park operators in London to try to reduce overcrowding in the capital’s green spaces. In Greenwich Park, the viewpoint at […]
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Selfish visitors dumped 36 tonnes of rubbish in Greenwich Park in June
Greenwich Park bosses are appealing to visitors to bin their litter or take it home after picking up 36 tonnes of rubbish in June – more than treble the amount left behind in the same month last year. Cleaning teams spent 1,000 hours cleaning up after careless visitors last month, with the total weight of […]
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Greenwich Park car parking to return – but through traffic stays banned
Greenwich Park will reopen to cars next week when its parking spaces are reopened – but through traffic will still be banned. The park gates were closed to all vehicles at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis and have stayed closed as businesses begin to open up again. Over 2,800 people have signed a petition […]
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2,000 sign petition calling for cars to stay out of Greenwich Park
A petition calling for cars to be restricted from using Greenwich Park and the other Royal Parks passed 2,000 signatures yesterday. Car parking was banned in all Royal Parks from the start of the coronavirus crisis, but resumed in Regent’s Park on Saturday and in Hyde Park today. Roads in Greenwich Park remain closed, along […]
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Greenwich Park operator faces legal claim over alleged discrimination
The charity that runs Greenwich Park is facing a legal challenge over a cleaning contract that a union says discriminates against black and minority ethnic workers. United Voices of the World (UVW) says Royal Parks is guilty of indirect racial discrimination because its outsourced cleaning and maintenance staff, who are mainly black African migrants, are […]
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Greenwich Park bosses ask: Should we ban rush-hour traffic?
Greenwich Park users are being asked if through traffic should be banned from travelling through the open space in the evening rush hour. Royal Parks, which runs the park along with seven other open spaces, is asking users for their views as part of a new “movement strategy” for its parks. Through traffic was banned […]
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‘Greenwich Park Revealed will help us face the future – and we’re still open to ideas’
Last month, 853 ran a Viewpoint piece from Meirion Jones about the possibility of Greenwich Park getting back its 17th century Giant Steps. Now park manager GRAHAM DEAR responds, and assures locals that nothing’s set in stone yet – and any Giant Steps won’t be set in concrete… The Royal Parks has applied for a […]
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‘Say no to the Giant Steps – keep Greenwich Park’s famous hill as it is’
Royal Parks plans to reinstate the 17th century Giant Steps leading down from the Royal Observatory as part of a little-reported scheme to revamp Greenwich Park. Investigative journalist and Greenwich resident MEIRION JONES explains more – and tells us why he thinks the scheme could take the park downhill. Call me a grouch, but when […]
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