You might need your thermals to find the latest addition to Bushy Park! Hidden deep within one of the Woodland Gardens in Bushy Park, is a newly carved Oak Honey Bee. Bees are essential to the environment, and the decline in bee populations over the last 50 years has been significant. Different species of bee…
Coming soon – clues to find the Oak Honeybee hidden in Bushy park. Teddington Town will be hosting links to the new addition to Bushy park. Published on Good Friday, 2013 we will have the essential clues to find the Honey bee, carved out of English Oak in memory of a local Mum. If you…
Maintenance work to Teddington Footbridge continues during weekdays 9:30am and 3:30pm and is still planned to last until Thursday the 28th of March. The bridge has remained open on weekends so far during work but note that Richmond Council has announced a change for tomorrow. On Saturday March 23rd 2013 the bridge will be closed…
Staff at the Card Collection were shocked to recently discover their Teddington Memorial Hospital charity collection tin had been callously stolen from their shop. However not long after the news was reported, a kind anonymous donation of an envelope containing £100 turned up that covered the cost of the money lost. In the past, collection…
The unit left vacant after BoHo Boutique closed is to become a Mary Portas Living & Giving charity shop, supporting Save the Children and joins several other in South West London including Richmond, Chiswick and Barnes. Work has already begun for this conversion of this listed building for the charity concept.. with the local community…
There are plenty of local events coming up to add to your diary. Starting this weekend at Strawberry Hill House, a free family day on Saturday 2nd March get a ‘Taste of Strawberry’ offers a chance to see what events will be happening throughout the year in the splendid grounds and gothic castle itself. There…
Sainsburys have amended their application for a new supermarket at the Calligaris site so the illuminated ‘totem pole’ sign will no longer form part of the plans. A new decision date will therefore be communicated by Richmond Council when known. In the meantime an alcohol license (up to 11pm) has been requested for the site…
You may have noticed manifestos and posters appearing in Teddington shop windows heralding the start of a new movement. Totally Locally is a growing national campaign to remind residents of what they have in their town and to keep it this way, they only need make small changes to help keep our high streets healthy…
A serious fire yesterday in Holmesdale Road saw the closed to traffic and several ambulances and fire engines from Twickenham, Kingston and Surbiton fire stations attending the blaze. An elderly woman was rescued from the building before services arrived, by a man believed to be a neighbour. The fire looks like it was started at…
Teddington health and fitness expert Chris Hipsey has been signed up as a Jamie Oliver Food Ambassador to help in Jamie’s Food Revolution. Chris is the founder of Plan B Fitness Camps has also just launched the Healthier Teddington Initiative which is a free online tool with workouts, nutritional plans, recipes and education resources with…