Reviving the Rye Brook with the Lower Mole Partnership’s conservation crew The Lower Mole Partnership’s conservation crew have been back on Ashtead Common, helping to restore parts of the Rye brook. Targeted scrub management along the banks of the Rye…
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City of London Remembrance Events 2022
On Thursday 3rd November, more than 2,000 Armed Forces personnel, veterans and Royal British Legion representatives launched the London Poppy Appeal, which raised more than £1m in just one day. Military bands will entertain commuters and visitors to Liverpool Street…
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West Wickham Common: Volunteer Progress
Volunteers make light work to support new heathland Volunteers and Rangers have worked hard over the last few years to create a new area of heathland in the northeast corner of West Wickham Common. In October the WWaSP’s were joined…
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Bird flu: Rare black swan ‘Bruce’ dies in Epping Forest as ‘UK’s largest ever’ outbreak spreads
A rare black swan in east London has died from bird flu amid the UK’s “largest ever” outbreak of the disease. Residents living near to Hollow Ponds in Wanstead have spoken of their sadness after the swan, named by locals…
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Guidance issued over Bird Flu at Epping Forest
Guidance is being issued to the public after DEFRA confirmed cases of avian influenza in Epping Forest. Visitors to the site, which is managed as a registered charity by the City of London Corporation, are being asked to follow Government…
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Bishopsgate: Weekly Planning Applications
This notice gives details of applications registered by the Department of The Built Environment at the City of London Corporation Paxton House, 26 – 30 Artillery Lane, London, E1 7LS Bishopsgate 22/01013/FULL Replacement of windows, reconfiguration of entrance, addition of…
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Public Engagement: Reimagining 55 Old Broad Street
Landsec invites local Bishopsgate workers, businesses and residents to participate in a series of think tank events for the design of new public realm surrounding 55 Old Broad Street. The first event will take place on Wednesday the 26th October at…
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This notice gives details of applications registered by the Department of The Built Environment at the City of London Corporation 104 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7BD Bishopsgate 22/00794/FULL Change of use of part basement level 2 and part ground floor from…
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Mushroom pickers warned: don’t damage ‘green lungs of London’
Fungi pickers are being told that they are damaging Epping Forest’s delicate wildlife ecology. The City of London Corporation, which manages the ancient woodland as a registered charity, says mushrooms are being illegally picked en-masse and sold to restaurants and…
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The Golden Key & Destination City Launch
Top attractions were unveiled for the City of London’s spectacular immersive theatre day – one of London’s biggest free events – which took place on Saturday 15 October. The event was also the launch of the City of London Corporation’s…
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