The Park

Older Adults sports sessions at the Sports Hub

The Hub Management have sent us information about Tuesday afternoon sessions. Details in the poster – click on the image to enlarge it for easier reading!
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A chance to try out Pickleball

Pickleball is a lively combination of tennis, badminton and table tennis, and it is being tried out at the Sports Hub in Gunnersbury Park on Tuesday 2 November from 12.30 to 2.30pm. If it becomes popular it may become one
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News! Capel Manor Open Day 9 October, London in Bloom Gold Award, Garden history talk

Capel Manor College’s next Open Day takes you inside the Gunnersbury Walled Garden, from 10am to 3pm on 9 October. The bunting is out to welcome visitors who will be admitted via the Victorian gate near the pedalo base at
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Gunnersbury Park: the Place & the People

A joint event, promoted by both the Museum and the Friends, this on-line talk takes place on 16 September at 6.30pm. It is not too late to book a place! Val Bott and James Wisdom will present the story of
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Capel Manor Plant Sale this Saturday & other Gunnersbury activities

Cheerful signs along the path from Popes Lane remind visitors of the wonderful chance to see inside the Walled Garden for a fund-raising sale of plants grown by Capel Manor College students. Really well worth the visit, 11am to 3pm,
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Approval granted to Putt in the Park

On Thursday evening Hounslow’s Planning Committee voted to allow the company, Putt in the Park, to take over the bowls pavilion and green and turn it into a café and mini-golf course. The permission was granted with conditions – that
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Planners advise approval of the Putt in the Park application

In a long and detailed report, which you can read here, the officers of the Planning Department have advised the Planning Committee (meeting at 7 pm on 24th June) that: The application is recommended for approval, subject to appropriate safeguarding
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Planning Issues: The Bowling Green and the Car Parking

We have submitted responses to two planning consultations – on adapting the two car parks for charging, and on the revised application from Putt in the Park to take over the Bowls pavilion and green. The parking application is a
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Revised planning applications for Parking and Putt in the Park

Hounslow Council’s Planning Department is currently considering two applications which relate to Gunnersbury Park. They are likely to be considered at one of two Planning Committee meetings in June so we thought it important to ensure that Friends were aware
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Gunnersbury’s Notice Boards

The struggle over the future of the bowling green and pavilion is being played out on Gunnersbury’s notice boards. In late March, graffiti demanding David Bowler’s resignation appeared on notice boards and walls around the Park, and was swiftly cleaned
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