Today the Friends were pleased to welcome members of the Planning and Conservation Working Group (PCWG) of the London Parks and Gardens Trust to #WansteadPark. We are grateful for their interest, and will continue to liaise with them as plans for the park develop.
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Gill James' report on the 2025 FWP quiz -
"Friday's quiz was a great success with a nice friendly sociable atmosphere. It was fully booked and there wasn't a spare chair to be found and not much room to move either: 80 people attended plus the organisers. Profit was Β£801.80."
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Forthcoming Wren Group event on 13 December -
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#WansteadPark litter pick report from Gill James -
"We had 13 litter pickers on a bright Autumn day in the Park. We sold Β£92.94 worth of books, cards, jams and knitted dinosaurs. Thanks to Lucy and Jo as ever for invaluable support!"
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Tomorrow!
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#WansteadPark litter pick 09/11 at 11:00 am. For full details - www.facebook.com/events/15052...
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Bump!
Donβt forget - the clocks go back on Sunday! At the moment, the weather forecast looks promising.
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On Monday 20/25 there is going to be an extra litter pick on the Ornamental Water lakebed organised by Epping Forest, the Friends of Wanstead Parklands and the Wren Group
Time: 10am
Meet: Cedar Tree at the bottom of the Glade, #WansteadPark
All equipment provided
www.facebook.com/events/19042...
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Forest Focus October 2025: the newsletter of #EppingForest.
Cows, fungi and more... tinyurl.com/bdxux3b4
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Litter pick report from Gill James -
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Date for your diary! Join the Friends of Wanstead Parklands for a FREE morning walk of key features, including St Mary's Church and churchyard, and an exclusive behind the scenes visit to the Golf Club. 26/10, 9:45 am -
facebook.com/events/22614... #EppingForest #WansteadPark
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#WansteadPark litter pick TOMORROW 12/10 at 11:00 am. For full details - www.facebook.com/events/14971...
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Wanstead Park Cattle Talk. Join John Phillips, Epping Forest Grazing Team Leader for a talk about Epping Forest Cattle. The event will take place on Friday 10 October, 11am meeting outside the Temple, at Wanstead Park. Do you walk through Wanstead Park regularly? Why not sign up to be a volunteer Cattle Minder? Register your interest through the QR code. Alternatively, scan the other QR code with your camera to read about grazing in Epping Forest
Last-minute shout-out to #WansteadPark cow-lovers and potential cow-minders.
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2025 FWP Quiz Night
FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER
7.00 PM FOR 7.30 PM START
Wanstead and Snaresbrook Cricket Club
1 Overton Drive, Wanstead E11 2LW
Tables of 8 β we will help waifs and strays!
FWP members: Β£10.00
Non-members: Β£12.00 (Β£2 reduction if you join the Friends!)
Nibbles provided, cash bar
Raffle β great prizes!
Please book your place or table via Gill James β
Tel 020 8989 4898 Email gilljames@btinternet.com
A FUND-RAISING EVENT FOR WANSTEAD PARK
It's that time of year again! The ever-popular FWP Quiz Night will be returning on 28 November. Only 80 tickets, so get in early - they normally sell out quickly.
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Forest Focus: newsletter of Epping Forest for September 2025 - mailchi.mp/cityoflondon...
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Come and meet the Friends of Wanstead Parklands on Sunday 14 September at the #WansteadFestival ! Learn more about our work, buy some of our tasteful and reasonably priced merchandise - or even become a member!
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The Ornamental Water in #WansteadPark : things are happening!
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Whatever happened to the last family born at Wanstead House?
Find out via Greg Roberts' @wansteadfringe talk at #Wanstead Cricket Club on Tuesday 16th September 7-30pm - wansteadfringe.org/event/the-un...
Tickets Β£10.00 See less
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Forest Focus - the newsletter of Epping Forest
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This month it includes a dog-walkers' code of conduct and a feature on oak processionary moth.
23.08.2025 12:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
#WansteadPark litter pick report from Gill James -
"Very quiet in the Park on Sunday. We had 6 pickers and a few interesting conversations".
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It seems that panthers were smaller then (Thruxton pavement) -
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Litter pick - tomorrow!
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Monthly #WansteadPark litter pick. Sunday, 10 August. Meet at the Temple at 11:00. All welcome! Full details - www.facebook.com/events/73664...
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Charity formed in 2000 by the local community to help restore and promote the use of Valentines Mansion. We research the associated history and assist in the preservation and improvement of the house as well as historic landscape and features of the Park.
Promoting the history of Chingford through regular talks, meetings and visits. Non-members welcome.
Host of www.E7-NowandThen.org. Interested in #CPFC, food, local history, politics, our dogs. Ex hack.
Mainly retweeting what is going on culturally around Leytonstone, Forest Gate, Wanstead, Walthamstow
Waltham Forest Archives and Local Studies Library, Chingford Assembly Hall, Station Road, London E4 7EN. Collections documenting history of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Research visits by prior appointment. Email wfa.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk
CLOG www.clog.org.uk is a friendly group for outdoor enthusiasts based in and around London. Get fit, have fun and make new friends. Join us for walks and cycle rides in London and the home counties, trips away in the UK and abroad.
News and information for the Epping Forest district in Essex on social media and by email. Featured on Sky News, BBC Radio 4's 'You and Yours' and BBC Essex.
Contact email: everythingeppingforest@gmail.com
Latest content at https://cutt.ly/bio/EEFNEWS
Natural world enthusiast and wildlife photographer (especially Epping Forest, UK), making a mid-life career change into nature conservation.
Also on Insta as: https://www.instagram.com/robinwildlife/
Passionate about nature, especially insects. London Natural History Society Recorder for Bees and Wasps. Occasional birder. Aspirant choral singer. Keen cyclist. And so much more!
The River Roding is Londonβs third largest river. The River Roding Trust aims to protect, restore and enhance this amazing river for the benefit of wildlife and local people
Follow our campaign to protect the Lower Lea Valley (Leyton, Walthamstow & Hackney Marshes) from inappropriate use and development.
https://www.saveleamarshes.org.uk
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Rights of nature & climate campaigner. Barrister & river guardian. Love trees & rivers; & working to defend, protect & restore them. Founder of @lawyersfornature.bsky.social & @riverroding.bsky.social
Birder, nature loving, vegan, grandmother
Local patch Wanstead Flats & Park, East London
Interested in the natural world? We hold monthly talks, run guided walks and have stalls at local events. See our website for details and join us! ALL WELCOME. https://group.rspb.org.uk/nelondon/
Meteorological stats and phenomena for East London. FRMetS
Conditions https://www.weatherlink.com/embeddablePage/show/e3a1d9968b954a97895098a26bd9fbe9/slim
AKA @wanstead_meteo over on X
We are working towards a world inspired by ecology in which nature and people thrive.
Interested in all the natural world has to offer, with a particular focus on Birds, Moths and Butterflies. Also quite keen on Fungi, Plants, Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish and Insects. Did I leave anything out? Supporting #BirdsSeenIn2025
Championing nature recovery in London, repairing our lost connection to the natural world since 1981.
#LondonWildlifeTrust
https://www.wildlondon.org.uk/