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Achievement unlocked, 5 years old

How time flies.. teddingtontown.co.uk is five years old! For those who love stats that’s 891,272 views, 743 articles posted and 710 comments. There’s not much discussing going on underneath articles, don’t be shy! The site was created to test the water in providing local news and information for Teddington-dwellers and hopefully is doing the job…

The Causeway gets a facelift

Richmond Council recently assigned The Teddington Business Community (TBC) to manage the creation of a hoarding to cover empty shop space (previously Bottoms Up) on the Causeway, vacant for almost five years and considered an eyesore. Bridget Clements, Town Liaison Advisor during the installation Hoardings are designed to improve the appearance of sites but the…

Get fit this spring

A new outdoor fitness programme launches this weekend that partners One Element with England Rugby. The health and fitness initiative will be unveiled this Saturday at 9am in Teddington RFC, Bushy Park and the first session is free! Drawing on prominent athletes and influential sports coaches & rugby training techniques, the programme delivers an impactful,…

Fatality at Teddington station

A person was hit by a train at 12:30pm at Teddington Station today, halting trains and requiring the power to be switched off. Emergency vehicles including ambulances and police cars were soon in attendance at the station and two trains remained stationary off-platform. Many residents were first alerted to the incident after an air ambulance…

High Street Update

Although not quite yet a year old, The Fallow Deer has become so popular that it has outgrown its current home and will moving to bigger premises just down the road at 130 High Street (formerly Teddington Cafe). From May 10th, the new premises will open and including back courtyard garden space, offer four times…

Charity Update

This year’s Breast Cancer Care’s Pink Ribbon Walk will be on Saturday 17th May. Kicking off at Hampton Court Palace the 10 or 20 mile walk will include parkland, the Thames Path and will pass through Teddington. All money raised goes towards helping people living with breast cancer and organisers are also looking for 100…

Photo Update

Spring has sprung edition! Two bursts of colour that herald the start of spring captured by Derek Winterburn – a blanket of crocuses at St Mary St Alban Church graveyard. Also the spectacular blossom in the Woodland Gardens of BushyPark The Mayor at St Mary and St Peter’s primary school showing the winning design for…

Planning Update

Plans for the redevelopment of the Teddington Studios site have now been submitted to the LBRUT planning application process and are available online for comment. Following comments and concerns from residents and interest groups, the layout of the buildings have been revised to create more open space on the riverside, the height of buildings has…

Turing House School deferred until 2015

Lord Nash, the Minister for Schools, has taken the decision to defer the opening of Turing House School until September 2015 – this is due to the permanent site for the school not yet being agreed. The news will come as a shock for parents of children who were expecting to attend Turing House this…

Scrummy Mummies cooking club

A Teddington mum has launched Scrummy Mummies, a unique new cooking club which is aimed at helping new parents to eat well, meet local friends and enjoy a bit of valuable time off from the demands of parenthood. Clair found that like so many parents she spoke to, she was frustrated by the lack of…

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