River levels currently look surprisingly low at the moment particularly along stretches from Richmond, past Twickenham and Teddington but all is not quite what it seems. There certainly isn’t a lack of rain lately – the low levels are actually man-made. The ‘Annual November Draw-off’ is triggered by lifting weirs at Richmond Lock so that…
Locals and especially those who visit the park will be familiar with the striking sight and sound of the green ‘ring-necked’ parakeets that inhabit the area. There are thought to be 45,000 of these in the UK with 90% of these in London, mainly concentrated in the South West. Due to issues such as attacks…
The £4 million Health and Social Care Centre on Queens Road has been officially opened by Princess Alexandra. Replacing Teddington Clinic, the new centre will “house community nurses, occupational therapists and care managers, family planning services, children’s psychology and speech therapy, and specialist dentistry services for people with learning disabilities.” (Richmond & Twickenham Times). The…
Bushy Park’s newly restored Water Gardens will re-open to the public Friday 2nd October 2009. The 18th-century Baroque feature has been restored to its former glory with a £780,000 reconstruction project that included archaeological work to dig out the buried structure of the cascading fountain, restoring the original gravity-powered water flow and general planting and…
A geographical study of unsolicited email messages has discovered that Teddington is the second most spammed town in the UK. Narrowly pipped to the top spot by Alton, the study by online security firm MessageLabs found that towns such as Teddington that have high concentrations of small to medium sized businesses are more likely to…
Teddington station is to be finally fully integrated into the Oyster system from January. South West Trains have faced intense pressure to complete franchise negotiations with Transport for London and become the final London train company to fully accept all Oyster cards & payments. The four card readers were being connected last week whilst Teddington…
St Mary’s & St Peter’s Primary School remained closed today delaying the start of the new term. Asbestos was discovered in the boiler room of the school during a survey last week, part of the planned expansion to answer the ever-growing lack of primary school places in Teddington. Cleaning work was carried out over the…
If you use the footbridge over the river regularly, you might want to make a note in your diary that it will be closed for maintenance 10am-3pm daily from 7th until 11th September. The closure is necessary to install an anti-skid surface to the bridge for winter whilst the weather still permits. As an official…
Changes are certainly afoot on the high street. Locksmiths Lock Around The Clock has moved out of their shop and no longer have a retail premises – instead operating from offices. Elements are refurbishing what was the Teddington Book Shop next door to add a unique new feature to their offering: a children-specific hairdressers delightfully…
The new buildings and updated facilities currently being completed at Teddington Memorial Hospital will also be unveiled alongside a new parking scheme. The main aim of these charges will be to discourage parking by visitors not attending the hospital who tend to park on the site due to the proximity to the high street and…
