Exhibition 12 November to 9 December 2013 An exhibition about the proposals will be on show out of doors near the Cafe and also in the Museum, with a chance to leave your responses. Public Presentation on the Regeneration Proposals
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The Park
Archaeology Presentation, 17 Nov 2013
An illustrated presentation by a member of the team from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA), in the Small Mansion. Doors open for light refreshments 2pm, presentation and discussion 2.15-3.15pm, optional site visit 3.15-3.45pm. As part of the development of
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Bat Walk, Friday 6 Sept 2013
The outreach team have notified us of this unusual event this coming Friday:
A bat expert will lead a walk in the Potomac Lake area of the park. This is a free event and no booking is necessary, just turn up at the park gate opposite Lionel Road Primary School. They ask that you wear warm clothing and sturdy shoes and bring a torch.
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Park consultation and Archaeology events
The Project Team led by Ealing and Hounslow Councils is seeking people’s views, worries and hopes for Gunnersbury Park and its buildings to inform future conservation of the park landscape and its buildings, and support the regeneration of the museum.
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Join the Landscape Detectives, 11am – 4.30pm, 21 July 2013
The Friends’ contribution to the special Archaeology Day at Gunnersbury will be a map game, searching for the Gunnersbury Parks of the past! Around 350 years ago Gunnersbury was owned by a lawyer, Sir John Maynard. And around 250 years
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Falcons School for Gunnersbury’s Small Mansion?
At their meeting on 22nd January, Ealing’s Cabinet considered the outcome of the marketing of the Small Mansion. They were being asked to award the Alpha Plus Group Ltd the status of “preferred bidder”. The next stage would be to
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Tree Planting in Gunnersbury Park – now 2nd February
The day for volunteers to help in the planting of trees in the Park has been moved to Saturday 2nd February. The work will be from 11 am to 3 pm, and everyone will meet at the entrance to
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Success for the first steps of a Parks for People award.
Today the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery Fund jointly announced that Gunnersbury has been awarded its first stage of development money to support its full bid for a Parks for People award. This is for £321,330 from Parks
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Archaeology and Gunnersbury 2
The Museum of London is recruiting a small team of volunteers from LB Hounslow, preferably Brentford residents, for an exciting 5-week community archaeology project. Based in Brentford, the project will begin on 18 June and end in the week beginning 16
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Archaeology and Gunnersbury 1
During the week beginning 21 May archaeology students from Birkbeck College are at Gunnersbury for 4 days learning how to do geophysical archaeology surveys. The are learning how to use a range of sensors to map archaeology sites, initially without
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