The Museum is putting the spotlight on Ealing local history with a day of talks and tours. Book tickets at Eventbrite. A £20 day ticket offers the option of attending up to 3 talks/tours during the day. As places are
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Park Walk, Sunday 9 June 2019
Friends are warmly invited to join our quarterly stroll round the Park this coming Sunday. Meet at the cafe at 10.30am. This gentle exploration will last about an hour and a half so you’ll be back at the Café in
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The Future of Public Parks
The publishers of the journal The London Gardener (Vol 22, 2018) have very kindly given us permission to re-publish (here) a recent article from their contributor “Perambulator”. It is Parks for People: gone for good and describes the sudden end
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Anniversary 1926 official opening of Park
Neville Chamberlain, then Minister of Health, opened Gunnersbury Park to the public on 21 May 1926, the Friday before the late May Bank Holiday weekend. The Park superintendent reported “crowds large on Saturday, tremendous on Sunday and overwhelming on Monday”.
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Cafe now selling new history of Gunnersbury!
The Scala Publications book on the Gunnersbury Park estate is now on sale in the new cafe in the Park. Succinctly written and profusely illustrated, it covers the story of the estate from the middle ages to the present and
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Update on the Projects – Public Meeting 13th March 2018
The Project Team will be hosting a public meeting between 7.30 pm and 9 pm on Tuesday 13th March at the The Watermans Art Centre, 40 High Street, Brentford, TW8 0AS. This will be about Phase 1 (Large Mansion &
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The End of the Gunnersbury Park Joint Committee
Probably the last meeting of the Gunnersbury Park Joint Advisory Panel was held on Friday 26th January 2018. A Joint Committee was formed to manage the Park when Ealing and Acton bought the estate in the 1920s, and was enlarged
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West London Folk Band, 2 July
On Sunday 2 July there will be live music from the brilliant West London Folk Band and talented, local solo artist and Magic Numbers member Michele Stodart. The performance runs from 2 to 4pm in the Small Mansion, Gunnersbury Park.
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Capel Manor Open Day & Friends’ AGM, 1 October 2016
Come to the Walled Garden at Gunnersbury on Saturday 1 October – entrance from the main car park off Popes Lane. The College’s Open Day runs from 10am to 3pm – this usually includes a chance to meet some of
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The Sports Hub
Hounslow’s Planning Committee gave its approval to the Sports Hub at its meeting on Thursday 14th January, subject to certain conditions. One significant one is that the Chair of the committee will have to approve the colour of the materials,
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