All invited to the History of Wapping Trust’s talk on Wapping before the docks and Horwood’s map. Refreshments available at the bar. Thursday May 24, 7-9pm, Raine’s House, Raines Street E1W 3RL, do come!
Tideway is to run a water pipe through the park from the Highway to its riverside site!
This will take place on Wednesday May 23 at the Turk’s Head Cafe, 1 Green Bank from 6pm.
If anyone is interested in having a stall at the Shindig, would like to volunteer on the day or has ideas on how to improve the event, then do come along on Wednesday May 23. If you are unable to make the meeting, then get in touch on 0207 488 6801 or email turksheadcharity@gmail.com
The Wapping Summer Shindig is on Saturday July 7 from 12-7pm.
Here are the designs for the vent pipes at Shadwell Park. Tideway will submit its planning application to Tower Hamlets Council in the summer as it needs planning consent for the pipes to be erected. The designs are not to scale and the main 2, as shown in the first slide will be 30 feet high. Another 3 will also be built.
KEMPF CLWG slides March 18 (dragged)
The History of Wapping Trust is running a film show on Thursday March 22 about the anniversary of the Festival of Britain
at Raines House, Raine St.
Film will be followed by a talk given by Ray Newton.
All welcome, from 7pm.
In October last year the Turk’s Head and Shadwell Basin hosted a planning weekend at Shadwell Basin to seek local residents’ views on Tower Hamlets Council’s plans for Shadwell Park (King Edward Memorial Park) following the completion, in 2022, of the Thames Tideway works.
The results of that meeting can be seen in the report below and reached markedly different conclusions to those presented by Tower Hamlets. Both plans can be seen in the report. Whilst walking around the park, it also became apparent that the air vent leading down to the Rotherhithe Tunnel was negatively affecting the air quality of the park, in addition to the pollution coming from the Highway which runs along its northern boundary. The Turk’s Head has contacted Transport for London, which owns the air vent and the Mayor of London with our concerns.
As you can see from the correspondence, air monitoring seems to be a lengthy process and until then, our charity advises not to use the park and join our campaign to get it cleaned up.
We are asking people to write to the Mayor of London to ask him to pressurise TfL to treat the air vent and stop polluting the park.
mayor@london.gov.uk
We are asking that people write to the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, John Biggs to make sure that air quality around the vent is monitored properly and exceedances of EU limits for nitrogen dioxide be published.
john.biggs@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Tower Hamlets Council KEMP_masterplan_report (1)
Shadwell Park Community Planning Weekend_2017 10 15 Final session
Community plan for Shadwell Park
Caution Poster-3170615_final_KEMP_masterplan_report_lores (1)
The Planning Inspector has dismissed an appeal lodged by Rail for London following a public inquiry held in December. See appeal decision for details
See the Council’s latest newsletter regarding Shadwell Park and details of an upcoming meeting on the master plan, Monday February 26 at the Shadwell Centre from 6.30pm
On Saturday February 3 there will be a public consultation to hear what residents think about a proposal for 2 new developments on the corners of Reardon and Lowder House. Tower Hamlets Council has identified these areas as suitable for housing. Go along to the Children’s Centre in Chandler Street, E1W 2QL to register your opinion.
On Saturday Feb 3 from 12-3 at the John Orwell Sports Centre car park, residents are invited to bring along their bikes to get Smartwater applied which gives their vehicle a unique forensic signature in the event of theft. See flyer
