Brent River Park
We are the Brent River & Canal Society who campaigned to create the Brent River Park in Ealing, London 50 years ago. It’s your park, join us to protect it💚💙
- Trumpers Crossing Halte closed 100 years ago. As you glance to your left when crossing the branch line on your way from Hanwell Meadows to @warrenfarmnr.bsky.social. There’s no trace of it now but once train passengers could alight here from Brentford or Southall.
- Wishing a Happy Christmas to all our followers and good fortune in the year ahead. Thanks to your continuing support, we reached the amazing milestone of our 50th year in June. Long may our green spaces thrive - for Wildlife, for Wellbeing, for Everyone.
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- Reposted by Brent River ParkHow is untreated sewage from this upmarket Crouch End street polluting a Tottenham park -- and threading its way via the Walthamstow Wetlands & Hackney Marshes to the Thames? In today's London Centric, my deep dive into a small cog in one of the capital’s worst sewage scandals: misconnections.
- New investigation of London buildings flushing sewage straight into the rivers, by @jim.londoncentric.media. Follows up on the story from earlier this year. Finds “chronic, ongoing pollution” and two schools flushing sewage into the River Lea. www.londoncentric.media/p/misconnect...
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- Punchy editorial by Putney News on the proposed amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill being debated today. putney.news/2025/11/01/t...
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- This is great news. @openspacessociety.bsky.social has been a champion of our Brent River Park for many years. We look forward to working with Kit to safeguard and enhance our paths and green spaces in Ealing. ealing.news/environment/...
- This week is #FloodActionWeek. This report from Aviva highlights the increasing risk from both river and surface water flooding.
- Properties discharging sewage directly into rivers is a nationwide problem. Here’s a story from Hampshire: “Multiple properties built in the 1980s were illegally plumbed into surface water drains.” www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/sewage-...
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- Short film by @brentpollution.bsky.social showing how nature miraculously survives amidst the despoilment of the River Brent. Both enraging and uplifting! youtu.be/PNRQGGjAtGI?...
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- Piece in the London Standard n the 2,000+ properties discharging sewage straight into London’s rivers. Quotes from our trustee Ben Morris of @brentpollution.bsky.social. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
- The main causes of grass fires are cigarettes and portable barbecues. www.london-fire.gov.uk/safety/grass... Report on Northolt fire by @ealingnews.bsky.social. ealing.news/news/fire-cr...
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- As expected, government report recommends new water regulator. www.gov.uk/government/n...
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- Great news that @ealingcouncil.bsky.social has secured £1m of funding for the regional park, as part of the Nature Towns and Cities initiative. We will continue to work with the council to protect and enhance our Urban Countryside in this part of London. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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- Here’s an excellent blog post about our 50th Anniversary celebrations including some of the history behind the creation of the Brent River Park. Thank you @campaignerkate.bsky.social
- As it’s John Clare’s birthday, here’s his homage to long tailed tits or bum-barrels, from his poem “May”. Such a delightful dialect word! “Bum-barrels twit on bush and tree Scarse bigger then a bumble bee And in a white thorn’s leafy rest It builds its curious pudding-nest”
- All the fun of our 50th Anniversary! Here’s more photos from last Sunday. If you came, we’d love to see any pics you’d like to share. The horse… the Morris dancers… Miss Maypole… the Bluebell ladies … weren’t they amazing?
- Luke FitzHerbert’s wife Kay was very much a part of his campaign to create the Brent River Park 50 years ago so it was wonderful that she could be with us to share our celebrations… and some cake!
- The moment the new information board in Churchfields, Hanwell, detailing the history of the Brent River Park, went live. With thanks to Mayor Anthony Kelly and Kabir Kaul for coming to do the big reveal and making our 50th Anniversary special.
- Thank you to Leslie from @ealingnews.bsky.social for covering our 50th Anniversary celebration. Great lead photo of Mayor Cllr Anthony Kelly and our Special Adviser @kaulofthewilduk.bsky.social unveiling the new commemorative sign, with the help of two giant bluebells. ealing.news/environment/...
- Good morning from Churchfields, W7. Our 50th Anniversary Celebration is about to get under way. Come on down. More details here: www.brentriverpark.org/event/brent-...
- The marquees are going up in Churchfields, Hanwell. Our 50th Anniversary celebrations start at 12, talks, workshops, walks, crafts for sale, cake and lots of family fun. Come join the party
- From Brentham Meadow to Boston Manor, there’s plenty of places to keep cool in the Brent River Park when the weather is sweltering . Did we mention it’s the park’s 50th Anniversary Celebrations tomorrow? Yes, I thought we did! Churchfields Recreation Ground, Hanwell 12 until 5pm.
- According to the records, it was around 30 degrees on 29 July 1975. Even so, suits and ties were the order of the day. At tomorrow’s 50th anniversary, you will be welcome whatever you wear. Please come along and help us celebrate. Details here: www.brentriverpark.org/event/brent-...
- According to the records, it was around 30 degrees on 29 July 1975. Even so, suits and ties were the order of the day. At tomorrow’s 50th anniversary, you will be welcome whatever you wear. Please come along and help us celebrate. Details here: www.brentriverpark.org/event/brent-...
- There’s exciting events for all the family this Sunday 29th June at our 50th Anniversary Celebration on Churchfields Recreation Ground Hanwell. Here’s the link to a downloadable timetable bit.ly/3T6ib8j See you there!
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- In 1975, the opening of the Brent River Park was celebrated with Morris Dancing. 50 years later this chain of parks is the green heart of the borough, a wildlife corridor and a vital floodplain for the River Brent. Come to celebrate its first 50 years this Sunday, 29th June.
- Just in case you’re planning a walk across from Jubilee Meadow to Warren Farm this week, the level crossing over the railway line will be closed this week so you need to enter Warren Farm via the Trumper’s Way crossing.
- Lying on the ground in this photo from 1975 are a collection of way markers made for the new park, with the help of school children. We’d love to hear memories from anyone who helped create these signs or any other stories of those 1975 celebrations.
- Luke FitzHerbert and Mayor John Johnston at the opening of the Brent River Park in 1975. 50 years later, we still have this amazing green corridor beside the Brent and the Grand Union Canal for Wildlife, for Wellbeing , for Everyone. Let’s celebrate!
- Summer Solstice was at 0345 this morning. Team mate @songoftheowl.bsky.social was up early to catch the Midsummer sunrise at @warrenfarmnr.bsky.social With its wide skies, this is one of the best places in the Brent River Park to enjoy those dawn and sunset moments.
- “A continuous area of beautiful and natural surroundings". 12 open spaces linked by a "network of footpaths, along the riverbank, threading between golf courses and playing fields.” Luke FitzHerbert's dream for the Brent River Park became a reality 50 years ago. Let's celebrate!
- The article that launched the Brent River Park, written by our charity’s founder, Luke FitzHerbert. The campaign was successful and the park was formally inaugurated on 29 June 1975. Join us for our 50th anniversary celebration on 29 June. Details: www.brentriverpark.org/our-brent-ri...
