An award-winning architects in Teddington has drawn up an imaginative and visionary plan for the development of the disused police station in Park Road, Teddington Town can exclusively reveal. The proposed design has the working title of “The Precinct” and envisages fully maximising the potential of the brownfield site to offer a local independent outdoor cinema…
The much-loved Hampton Court Palace Tulip Festival returns this spring with tens of thousands of tulips and vibrant spring flowers in bloom. Recognised as Britain’s Largest and Greatest Tulip Heritage Garden at the World Tulip Summit in 2024, the festival continues to showcase the beauty, variety and craftsmanship of historic and contemporary planting across the palace…
Latest Saturday morning market will take place in the car park of the King’s Head pub between 9.30am and 1.30pm
The Friends of Bushy and Home Parks will be reintroducing a visitors’ buggy service on Friday 27 March in Bushy Park. It will run between the Diana car park and the Woodland Gardens and is a free service for visitors who need assistance. The service is operated by Friends’ volunteers and will operate daily between…
To mark the start of the Guinness Women’s Six Nations, The Lion pub in Teddington is presenting Breaking the Line, a new exhibition by local artist Agnieszka Lokaj, celebrating the strength, athleticism and physicality of women in rugby. The exhibition starts on April 8 and the Women’s Six Nations tournament begins three days later…
Garden Court opposite Kew Gardens The Leader of Richmond Council has expressed deep alarm at the news that longstanding residents of Garden Court opposite Kew Gardens have been issued Section 21 eviction notices so their homes can be sold on with vacant possession – after it emerged the landlord served the notices so Westminster City…
The local community Teddington Lottery has awarded its top ticket-selling Good Causes groups a donation of £500 each from its special Community Fund, it was announced today. The charities and clubs are Teddington Swimming Club, the fund-raising community group SporTedd, Hampton Hill Cricket Club, Age UK and Teddington Cricket Club. A spokesperson for SporTedd…
Renowned singer and songwriter Matt Woosey will perform the first convert at the recently-opened Elleray Centre, it was disclosed today. Now living in Germany the Teddington centre has secured a slot on his UK tour for this important evening. Guests can expect blues and rock rhythms, with some covers, topped off with great stories and…
Kiki Dee, perhaps best known for her singing partnership with Elton John for the track ‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’ is to perform at St James’s Church, Hampton Hill on Friday, April 24, it has been announced. ‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’ was the first No. 1 single in the UK for both Elton John…
Local MP Munira Wilson has today written to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Emma Reynolds, stating that the Thames Water’s proposals for a multi-million pound scheme to pump effluent in the River Thames is ‘fundamentally incompatible” with plans to create a special bathing area in the same area. Her…
