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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Gunnersbury Events 10 year Planning Application
The Gunnersbury CIC has submitted an application to Hounslow Council for permission to hold events and festivals in the Park over the next 10 years. The Friends received a notification letter dated 27 November with 21 days allowed for a
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London Sculpture Prize 2025
At the Private View on 25 November, the Award sponsored by the Friends of Gunnersbury Park & Museum went to Sam Shaw. Find out more about her at https://www.samshawpainter.com/about The photo of the work is by Mark Sanders who presented
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The London Sculpture Prize, 26 & 27 November at Gunnersbury
A new art prize is being launched at Gunnersbury. The founder is Isabel H Langtry, the Principal of Hampstead School of Art. (Registered Charity No. 1072327) who is a long standing member of the Friends and recently joined its committee.
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Café opening “before the end of the year”
The Neighbournet group of community newspapers has reported the positive news that the necessary Hounslow Council permissions have now be granted and the café should be able to open in the near future. While the summer months might have been
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Good News and Bad News
At the Friends AGM on 1 November we had a lively presentation from Matt Sugden, the Park Manager, about recent work in the Park and future aspirations. We look forward to supporting future projects. This was all impressive, the more
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Humanitarian aid memorial launched 01.10.2025
The memorial was opened today by Prince William. Philippa Dolphin, a Friends committee member, writes: “I stumbled across the event. There were several moving speeches watched by a number of seated invitees plus a few dogs and their owners, people
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News update
Short news update: The Peoples Unite exhibition has been extended to 23 November The Cafe is on the verge of reopening – can’t find an official announcement yet Work is in progress on the ugly humanitarian aid workers memorial The
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Cafe to reopen?
One of our lively online newspaper reports that a licence application has been submitted by a new operator. This is very welcome news Read the story here Brentfordtw8.com
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