Having reported earlier that Fairlop Waters was one of the winning parks in the London Mayor’s “Vote for a London Park” campaign and has been awarded £400,000, we were delighted to receive Jacqueline Eggleston, the Fairlop Waters Project Manager, at our March Coffee Morning.
Here are the highlights:
Jacqueline, and indeed ourselves, were most thankful to all those who voted and especially for the campaigns by seven of our local schools.
Regular visitors will have noticed that works are already underway to re-vitalise this wonderful asset. They are concentrating firstly on access, upgrading entrances to encourage pedestrians and cyclists as well as motorists and on repairing and upgrading pathways. The car park is to be relocated and the disabled spaces moved to behind the existing clubhouse where they can sit and enjoy views across the lake.
Fairlop Waters is part of the London Plan for Green Spaces and it is planned to enhance it into a regional facility. It is part of the Green Grid and will be served by the Greenway, a mostly off-road pathway for walkers and cyclists linking up green spaces from the south and extending onwards to the new Cycling Facility at Hog Hill and then to Hainault Forest.
Other plans include opening up the Lagoon near the Horse riding school, improvements to Gravel island, direct pedestrian access from the two tube stations and childrens play – natural, adventure and climbing, plus a new build for the Sailing Centre and café at the eastern entrance.
All this cannot be done on £400,000 of course, but there are more grant applications in the pipeline.
Here are the highlights:
Jacqueline, and indeed ourselves, were most thankful to all those who voted and especially for the campaigns by seven of our local schools.
Regular visitors will have noticed that works are already underway to re-vitalise this wonderful asset. They are concentrating firstly on access, upgrading entrances to encourage pedestrians and cyclists as well as motorists and on repairing and upgrading pathways. The car park is to be relocated and the disabled spaces moved to behind the existing clubhouse where they can sit and enjoy views across the lake.
Fairlop Waters is part of the London Plan for Green Spaces and it is planned to enhance it into a regional facility. It is part of the Green Grid and will be served by the Greenway, a mostly off-road pathway for walkers and cyclists linking up green spaces from the south and extending onwards to the new Cycling Facility at Hog Hill and then to Hainault Forest.
Other plans include opening up the Lagoon near the Horse riding school, improvements to Gravel island, direct pedestrian access from the two tube stations and childrens play – natural, adventure and climbing, plus a new build for the Sailing Centre and café at the eastern entrance.
All this cannot be done on £400,000 of course, but there are more grant applications in the pipeline.
And finally one thing I forgot to put in the hard copy newsletter and is the most important bit of all, Jacqueline wants to resurrect Fairlop Fair, traditionally held each year on the first Friday in July. But why wait? Let's just all turn up - bring a picnic. Friday 3rd July, see you there.
Love the picnic suggestion - but where is there a piece of land at Fairlop Waters not covered in Canada Goose s**t?
ReplyDeleteAs long as it's not in your sandwich who cares?
ReplyDeleteWould you like to sit in it? No, me neither.
ReplyDeleteSo, it's you that does the laundry in your household?
ReplyDeleteIt's me who cleans the bloody stuff off the grandkids' shoes and bikewheels.
ReplyDeleteBringing back the historic Fairlop Fair sounds a good idea. Why not replace the biennial Green Fair (too early in the year and often a nippy day) with an annual Fairlop Fair?
ReplyDeleteAllotment holders wanted for bagging goose poo prior to the fair. What a lot of guano we have in Redbridge! And it's all going to waste.
Goose poo will NEVER improve upon Town Hall crap.
ReplyDeleteThere's barely anywhere to sit because the willfull dereliction of the previous occupiiers meant that all the country tables and seats were ripped up and destroyed.
ReplyDeleteWow, something good happens, something that we can all take advantage of, but all people do is moan. Take a blanket, take a basket, eat some food, job done. Stop moaning, start packing.
ReplyDelete[Wow, something good happens, something that we can all take advantage of, but all people do is moan. Take a blanket, take a basket, eat some food, job done. Stop moaning, start packing.] says a timid anonymous.
ReplyDeleteMy comments: number one, moaning is an essential trait of Britishness. I do my best but it still does not deter quite a few to want to send me 'packing'!
annesevant (non anonymous)
ps: Mind you, it's quite sweet to post as anonymous because there is no perceived need to take kids gloves to have a go!