Station ticket office due for closure All South Western Railway tickets to shut down “Serious degradation of service,” says Council Leader The Leader of Council Gareth Roberts has joined the wave of outrage against the closure of all South Western Railway station ticket offices, which includes Teddington and described the proposal as a ‘serious…
Bushy Park rabbits face disease threat Warning signs in the Park Don’t touch the rabbits The wild rabbits of Bushy Park have been hit by the deadly disease, known as Myxomatosis, it was confirmed today. Warning signs have been placed in the park, specifically in the areas heavily populated with rabbits around…
The last remaining bank in Teddington, the Halifax in Broad Street is to close down as part of a nationwide programme. A shock analysis of the customer base by the bank showed only 54 customers used the branch regularly up until March 2023. Overall the profiles of customers was 16% over aged 75, 35% between…
IT was a full house for the end of term Summer Concert called SING OUT! for the three resident choirs based at the Landmark Centre in Teddington. The choirs, Landmark Sound, Mansong and Landmark Singers performed an exciting repertoire of songs ranging from a traditional sea shanty to love songs and ballads and a…
A massive £1 million fund-raising campaign is to be launched to make extensive improvements and upgrade accessibility to St Mary with St Alban Parish Church in Teddington, we can reveal. The development project called Building Anew is set to go ahead following planning permission from Richmond Council and will include a new Garden Room…
Richmond Council, in partnership with the Teddington RNLI Lifeboat Station and London Fire Brigade Richmond, has released a new film to raise awareness around water safety for young people. Riverside hotspots throughout Richmond upon Thames, including Teddington Lock, are popular with young people from across southwest London looking to cool off during warm weather. In 2022, 14-year-old Brian Sasu lost his life…
The Landmark Arts Centre in Teddington has hosted its first ever civil wedding ceremony, we can exclusively reveal. The first ceremony and reception with about 150 guests took place in late May and followed several previous delays to the couple’s wedding plans caused by the pandemic. The historic former church was granted its registration as…
POLICE cordoned off a large section of Udney Hall Gardens in Teddington today as part of a rape investigation. The alleged offence took place on the Kingston Road site of the park, which runs alongside Langham Road on the opposite side. Today a blue tent had been erected inside the cordoned off area with forensic…
Richmond Council has called on housing associations to address disrepair in social housing by improving repairs services and investing in upgrades. During a meeting of the full Council, Deputy Leader, Councillor Jim Millard, voiced the Council’s commitment to ensuring the needs of existing social housing residents are met by the four major housing associations in…
Business Park could be lost High buildings could change the character of the town Garden centre next to the station The influential Teddington Society has expressed its concern at Richmond Council’s Local Plan for a significant development of 5 and 6 storey buildings next to the railway line. The controversial proposal is for key sites…
