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Centenary heritage walk, 25 May 2.30pm

The Hounslow Heritage Guides launch their 2026 season with a special walk exploring Gunnersbury. They will share tales of an Anglo-Saxon lady of the manor, a Georgian Princess and the Rothschild family of bankers while walking through the historic landscape.
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Gunnersbury losing two music events this summer

Two music events set to take place in west London’s Gunnersbury Park have both had to relocate in recent days, according to London Centric news site. We fear this will mean a significant loss of much-needed revenue for the Gunnersbury
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A potential crisis for the Gunnersbury estate

  The Gunnersbury Park estate cannot survive without earning income because the two councils which own it have been gradually reducing their contributions to its funding – an estate which has been a publicly-funded asset for 100 years this year!!
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25 Feb – join a quirky centenary event!

The public park at Gunnersbury oepened 100 years ago! On 26 February 26, to kick off the Centenary celebrations the team is going to spell out a human ‘100’ and capture this with a drone from above! They are inviting
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Changes at the Development Trust

Companies House reports that four excellent and knowledgeable trustees have left the Trust. They are Howard Simmons and Kevin Mahoney, who were founder members of the original trust in 2016, and Sacha Rathore and Ian Hutchinson, who were formerly directors
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Museum Refurbishment 5 Jan-3 Feb 2026

Gunnersbury Park & Museum will close for a month in the New Year as refurbishment and conservation work gets underway ahead of the site’s 2026 centenary celebrations. The museum will be shut from 5 January to 3 February 2026, though
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December update

There’s a new cafe in the Sports Hub and the rebuilt cafe should open on 5 January. The Gunnersbury Development Trust has published a news update which you can read here Have a good Christmas and best wishes from all
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