EVENTS 2017
Date
June 25
1.30pm – 4pm
River & Borough
River Thames/
Darent Trans
Boundary Walk
June 26
4-6pm
Watling Park,
Barnet
June 27
TBC
Lower Lea
Catchment
June 27
2-8pm
River Wandle,
Sutton
June 27
9am to 3pm
June 28
2-3pm
June 28
6pm for
6.30pm
Lea Navigation
June 29
3-5pm
River Lea,
Stratford
June 29
TBC
Foots Cray
Meadow
Harrow
Camley Street
Natural Park
Event Details
Tales from the Riverbank. A walk and talk: Erith coastal path and tidal Darent –
Join Amy Pryor of the Thames Estuary Partnership from Erith Station to Slade
Green station, taking in information about environmentalism, nature, the tidal
Thames and the sea.
Activity and talk: Pulling up Himalayan balsam, discussing invasive species in
rivers and misconnected plumbing that harms our waterways and wildlife. Joint
event between Thames21 and the Environment Agency.
Talk: Meet the Environment Agency as they showcase their work on how they
protect and improve our rivers.
Exhibition: Rain Gardens on the Wandle: Visit the Riverside Community Centre
case, Carshalton, and find out about the Wandle Rain Gardens project. Learn
how to make your own garden and neighbourhood more climate change
resilient, helping to protect the River Wandle's biodiversity too.
Reedbed installation with Thames21: Build and install a Thames21 floating
ecosystem. Eventbrite booking required. 20 places available.
Walk and Talk: Official opening ceremony of Stanmore Marsh Wetland, at the
end of a project between Thames21 and Harrow Council.
Talk: How Citizen Scientists are transforming London’s Rivers. Speakers from
London Wildlife Trust, Zoological Society of London and Thames21 give their
findings from their various research projects.
Eventbrite booking required.
Talk: Reedbed boat tour of the River Lea. A guided tour of reedbed installations
and their benefits to wildlife, via a short cruise along the River Lea, starting at
Thames21’s Bow Locks office and ending at the Crate Brewery.
Booking required. 45 people maximum.
Talk and river enhancement. Thames21 and London Wildlife Trust will be
working together at Foots Cray Meadow to enhance the river and talking to
Event Organiser Contact Details
Amy Pryor, Thames Estuary Partnership
Tel 07838 386145. [email protected]
Billy Coburn, Thames21
Tel 07557 970812 [email protected]
Amanda MacLean, Environment Agency.
Tel 07557 190457
[email protected]
Joanna Ecclestone, London Wildlife Trust,
Tel 07891 004154
[email protected]
Ben Fenton
Tel 07920 23097, [email protected]
Vicky D’souza.
Tel 07827 852599. [email protected]
Petra Sovic Davies
Tel 07817 380528, email
[email protected]
Ben Fenton
Tel 07920 23097, [email protected]
Joanna Barton, Thame21, working with LWT.
Tel 07827352675, email
EVENTS 2017
June 29
4-8pm
Fassnidge Park,
Hillingdon
June 29
7pm
Kennington
June 29
5-7pm
City Hall, London
July 1
10am to
1.30pm
The Shot Tower,
Crane Park,
Whitton
July 1
10am –
1.30pm
Bulls Bridge,
Hounslow, UB2
5LN
people about the River Cray.
Talk: Paddle Your Canoe with The Sharks Boat club and Thames21. This joint
event offers a taster session for the canoe club, giving participants the chance to
explore the river, while Thames21’s Paul Busby offers insights into water wildlife.
Talk and workshop: Rain Garden Masterclass: What makes a rain garden
different to a pond? How can they help London adapt to climate change? And
how are they linked to Lambeth's ‘lost’ River Effra? Find out in an evening with
London Wildlife Trust, including the opportunity to make a mini rain garden to
take home and put on your windowsill. All materials provided, booking essential.
Roots and Shoots, Walnut Tree Walk, Kennington.
Panel talk and discussion: Why restore rivers? An evening for developers and
construction project professionals to hear about the benefits, drivers and good
practice for river restoration across London, from experts covering flooding,
regeneration and planning/policy.
Walk and Talk: River Crane Restoration. Join London Wildlife Trust conservation
officer Tom White to find out how the River Crane has been recently improved
for wildlife. He will give a talk at the Shot Tower in Crane Park about the projects
he has overseen to improve the river. The talk will be followed by a 3 mile walk
upstream to visit newly improved sites on the river including Crane Park Island,
Pevensey Road, Causeway Open Space and Crane Meadows. Learn about a range
of river restoration techniques including riparian habitat enhancements,
backwater creation, meander connections and improvements using wooded
debris. The walk will finish at Hatton Cross station, convenient for trains and
buses.
Walk: River Crane, from source to Thames. This walk along the River Crane, of
about 7km, will take in Cranford Park and skirt Heathrow Airport before
travelling through Donkey Woods, Brazil Mill Woods and Pevensey Nature
Reserve. The route follows the river throughout and reveals a remarkable
environmental and historically interesting landscape corridor through urban west
[email protected]
Paul Busby
Tel 07554 402727 [email protected]
Helen Spring
Tel 07971 315245 [email protected]
Dave Webb, chair
Tel 0208 474 6674
[email protected]
Tom White, Conservation Officer, London Wildlife
Trust.
Tel 07971077095. Email
[email protected]
Jane Satchwell, Friends of River Crane Environment
(FORCE).
Tel: 07804 243463. Email
[email protected]
EVENTS 2017
London.
Walk and Talk: Discover Philpotts Farm on National Meadows Day. A butterfly
walk, riverfly monitoring, pond dipping and slow worm discovery.
July 1
TBC
Philpotts Farm
Meadow
July 1
All day
River Wandle,
The Big Balsam Hunt: Help us hunt down the invasive Himalayan balsam on the
Morden Hall Park River Wandle and learn about the other invasive non-native plants posing a
threat to our lovely river
River Wandle,
Guided Walk: Discover the Source of the Wandle. Ever wondered where the
Carshalton
Wandle water comes from? Join us on this guided walk to find out all about the
source of the River Wandle, past, present and future!
Welsh Harp West Walk and Talk: Discover Dazzling Dragon/Damselflies. Join Water for Wildlife
Hendon
team to discover the delights of London's dazzling dragonflies and delightful
damselflies.
Sydenham,
Walk: A history of river restoration along three miles of the Ravensbourne
Sainsbury’s
Catchment, including the River Pool, and a discussion about the natural, social
superstore
and industrial history of the catchment by partnership co-ordinator Lawrence
Beale Collins. Starting at Sydenham on the River Pool, this moves along the river
pool until the confluence joins the Ravensbourne and continues to the Cutty Sark
at Greenwich.
Walthamstow
Tales from the Riverbank: Walthamstow Wetlands with Steve Ayers. Guided
Wetlands
walk of the Lea River and Coppermill Stream at the wetlands
July 1
TBC
July 1
11am-3pm
July 2
11am to 2pm
July 2
10am to 2pm
Paul Busby, Thames21
Tel 07554402727, email
[email protected]
Polly Bryant, South East Rivers Trust
Tel 07833 497599, email
[email protected]
Polly Bryant, South East Rivers Trust
Tel 07833 497599, email
[email protected]
Jane Clarke/Catherine Cullen, London Wildlife Trust
Tel 07837576786. Email [email protected]
Lawrence Beale Collins
Tel 07584172209, email
[email protected]
Rachel Smith, London Wildlife Trust
Tel: 07772 085 185, email
[email protected]