Free grit and salt available to combat freezing weather With the sudden arrival of Arctic weather local residents are being offered free bags of grit and rock salt as part of Richmond borough council’s annual winter initiative to tackle snow and ice. The council is offering residents the option to collect up to 50kg…
KINGSTON is offering a winter wonderland of Christmas attractions suitable for all ages with festive shopping opportunities and lots of fun for the kids. The traditional Christmas Market is back and better than ever, with an expanded range of stalls offering handcrafted presents, artisan food, and one-of-a-kind items, making it the perfect place to…
Kingston’s town centre could be mistaken as a ‘statue safari’ with elephants, hippos and gorillas popping up all over the place. Nine sculptures are on display as part of a public art exhibition of stunning wildlife creations by well-known artists Gillie and Marc. The outdoor exhibition, titled ‘Wild Kingston’ follows the ‘Chimps are Family’ trail…
New art gallery in Waldegrave Road, Teddington Metal sculpture of Lady Godiva on wire mesh mounted on the wall about the gallery Bust made out of resin by Mark’s sculptor mother Avril Vellacott, who lived in Elmfield Avenue Rust coloured wild horse representing Ukraine’s fight for freedom by Alex Lidagovsky Terracotta sculpture of former PM…
A new maths learning centre called the Mathnasium is opening in Hampton Hill High Street LOCAL pupils looking to improve their maths grades will be given a new opportunity with the opening of the new ‘Mathnasium’ maths tuition centre on Hampton Hill High Street, it was announced today. As part of the world-wide Mathnasium…
Council operated CCTV at Teddington railway station Station cameras are the only council run CCTV in Teddington Richmond Council is stepping up efforts to protect residents and tackle crime with the approval of new CCTV plans using the latest high-tech technology, Teddington Town has learned. In September many Teddington retailers attended a police meeting…
Further closures required for work on Teddington footbridge The footbridge surface has been upgraded and the structure painted Work continues at Teddington Lock A further week of overnight closures is required this coming week from 18 November to 22 November in order to replace the bearings on the lockcut bridge, Richmond Council announced.…
Teddington’s only butcher is closing down Friendly faces always greeted customers Traditional family business dating back years faced High Street competition The famous local family business The Teddington Butcher on Waldegrave Road is sadly closing down, Teddington Town has learned. The shop had reduced its opening hours to Thursday, Friday and Saturdays because of ‘staff shortages’…
State of the art bus station opens tomorrow (sat) Upgraded station has better lighting, a toilet and CCTV New walkway at refurbished Kingston bus station Teddington bus users will be celebrating tomorrow following the news today that Kingston Bus station in Cromwell Road is finally reopening. Both the 281 and the 285 routes from Teddington…
The pulpit at the Landmark needs to moved The Landmark Arts Centre in Teddington has issued an urgent funding appeal to raise £26.000 to help offer a wider range of events such as dance and circus. Their appeal says from the Landmark Director Harper says: URGENT APPEAL Dear Friend, “Thank you for being such…