Lordship Rec

The Haringey friends of parks forum is organising a minibus tour of haringey parks and open spaces on May 22nd.  It is a chance to visit the varied parks and open spaces of Haringey where friends groups operate and to see  parks in parts of the borough that you may not have visited. It is hoped that members of the parks friends groups will be on hand to show off their park and answer questions and point out any unique features etc.

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The Heart of a neighbourhood.

Haringey has a variety of Parks and Green Spaces, from ornamental gardens to nature reserves, woodlands and sports pitches. These open spaces provide a huge range of opportunities both for wildlife and for local residents, some of whom have no other access to any sizeable free outdoor space or nature.

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Next LRUF General Meeting is now Tuesday 27th April (formerly 13th April), 6.30pm – 8pm
At Broadwater Centre, 1 Adams Rd, N17 (by the BWF entrance to the park).

For reps of all organisations interested in the successful regeneration of the park.

• Regeneration updates and discussions, including all the latest plans and funding news
• Reports of activities and user groups
• Promoting community empowerment and partnership working in the park and surrounding areas
• Lordship Rec Community Festival, Sept 11th

LORDSHIP REC
Kids Go Wild this Easter
Thursday, 8 April (2-4pm),
half-term nature fun with arts & crafts, meet: park playground – OPEN TO ALL FAMILIES

DOWNHILLS PARK
Kids Go Wild this Easter
Friday, 16 April (2-4pm),
half-term nature fun with arts & crafts, meet: park playground – OPEN TO ALL FAMILIES

DOWNHILLS AND LORDSHIP
Go Batty about Bats
Friday 30 April (8pm +),
hear and see real bats with BTCV and the Bats Conservation Trust, meet: Philip Lane gate, Downhills Park – OPEN TO ALL NITE OWLS!

Sunday 4th April – 2pm

In the hut by the lake.  (Yes we know its Easter Sunday – feel free to bring some food to share!)

Annual General Meeting
Sunday 18th April – 2pm

Goan Centre on the east side of the park (entrance via Keston Road)

All park users and local residents welcome! Come and celebrate 10 years of the Friends! And also the coming new pond and cafe!

www.friendsofdownhillspark.blogspot.com
www.downhills.org.uk

Tuesday 13th April, 6.30pm – 8pm

At Broadwater Centre, 1 Adams Rd, N17 (by the BWF entrance to the park).

For reps of all organisations interested in the successful regeneration of the park.

• Regeneration updates and discussions, including all the latest plans and funding news
• Reports of activities and user groups
• Promoting community empowerment and partnership working in the park and surrounding areas
• Lordship Rec Community Festival, Sept 11th

If you have read the story of the wartime Downhills Shelter Tragedy (see here) then this is to let you know that Alan and Ray Swain have recently added a number of new features on the  Tottenham – Summerhill Road website. These including some fascinating stories from relatives of victims and survivors of the tragedy.

You can see the stories here.

The Lordship Recreation Ground regeneration scheme has been submitted to Haringey Council’s planning department for approval. Getting such an approval is an essential precondition for receiving the funding needed from the Heritage Lottery Fund. All the planned works are included in the application except for the plans for the City Farm (which, due to the current funding shortfall, will be considered after the rest of the works are completed).

If you wish to look through all the key documents (and there are LOTS! – see * below), the application number is HGY/2010/0471, and you can click on the link below:

http://www.planningservices.haringey.gov.uk/portal/servlets/ApplicationSearchServlet?PKID=211564

* Please note that if you visit the planning website the drawings are listed as Drawing_100310_1.pdf through to Drawing_100310_72.pdf without any description,  so here’s a very helpful list of what they are: Read the rest of this entry »

Daniel has set up a Lordship Rec Facebook group where you can post events, photos videos and spread the message of the wonderful and ever improving community facilities we have in the Rec.

Join the group and spread the word to your friends.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=307036912739&ref=mf

If anybody runs a club or local group and would like administrator status so they can post and manage their own events etc then please let Daniel know.