This year’s Lights-Up evening will be packing out the streets of Teddington on Thursday 24th November 2011. Switching on the lights this time will be the Mayor, Santa and Kellie Shirley (Eastenders Carly Wicks) as Cindarella – currently in rehearsals to play this festive role at Richmond Theatre. The main programme of events will include:…
See update below – ice-rink will not be installed. Eat your heart out Hampton Court, this year you will be able to skate by the river in Teddington! An ambitious plan has been hatched by The Anglers to make winter extra special by creating a full-sized ice-skating rink in their garden. Work will begin as…
A group opposed to the local deer cull will this weekend march through Kingston to the gates of Richmond Park protesting about the shooting of deer to control numbers. Campaigners want contraceptives to be used to control deer numbers instead of shooting by marksmen. Following a short break, the cull will continue from this week…
The Autumn months never fail to deliver some of the best skies of the year – this year has been no disappointment so far with some amazing sunrises, sunsets and sights particularly against the backdrop of Bushy Park. An incredible capture of early morning colourful mist combined with sunlight bursting through the branches of a…
Regular visitors to the Shell petrol station on Kingston Road will have noticed that stock is becoming noticeably absent from shelves. This is because it’s being deliberately run-down as part of the garage’s closure. In approximately two weeks Teddington will lose its last petrol station. Rumours about what this site will be used for range…
Teddington has been featured in several newspaper property articles this week and is cited as being the place to be on the outskirts of London! The Evening Standard starts off the praising with “a natural draw for the outdoors and arty crowd” and “a pleasant way to live the waterfront dream”. Positive aspects of the…
This weekend sees the hugely popular NPL Sports fireworks evening (this Saturday, 29th October). The event will pack in live music, a real ale festival and BBQ food with the fireworks themselves lighting-up the sky at 7:30pm. Tickets on the door are £8.50 adult, £3.50 child and £21 family. If you are still in the…
Work on the new Travelodge hotel continues in the heart of Teddington and the first signs of external changes have started to appear – the brand colours being painted to the outside of the building. As you might have already noticed another charity shop will be joining the long list already situated the high street…
Boards went up around Somerset House site recently to start work on demolition to pave way for the new controversial development. The site was recently sold for £3.9m in advance of plans to turn the site into 62 modern and eye-catching homes. Phone users in the area however have been reporting issues with their phone…
Currently The Langdon Down Museum of Learning Disability (now with new website) is only usually open to the public on special occasions such as London’s Open House weekend. From January 2012 it will be accessible regularly so that more visitors can learn about the work of Dr John Langdon Down and the Normansfield site. The…