Friends of Wanstead Parklands

The Friends of Wanstead Parklands exists to help save the Grade II* listed landscape and water park in its locality.  It has sent us news of what their organisation is doing.  For membership go to http://www.wansteadpark.org.uk/membership/

"FUNGUS FORAY IN BUSH WOOD

A joint FWP/Wren Group walk is to be held on Sunday, 20th October. Meet at 10.30am in front of the Friends Meeting House, Bush Road, E11, for Tricia Moxey's annual walk around Bush Wood to look at its wealth of fungi. Tricia, an expert botanist, will help us identify the fungi we see. The area is muddy in places, so please bring suitable footwear. This is also a great opportunity for photography. Duration: about 90 minutes.

FWP PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION AT THE TEMPLE NOW ON

A superb exhibition of the best 24 photographs of Wanstead Park from the FWP Photographic Competition is now on exhibition at The Temple, Wanstead Park, until the end of November. All FWP members are invited to a celebration viewing of the exhibition at The Temple on Sunday 3rd November, 12:00-2:00pm. Tea, coffee and cake will be served. Offers of home-made cake welcome!

FWP CALENDAR TO GO ON SALE

Perfect Christmas presents! Our FWP 2014 Calendar of Photographs will be on sale at at the Launch Event at The Temple on November 3rd, price £9.99 (proceeds to FWP) . Mounted prints of the photographs in the exhibition can also be ordered at reasonable prices from photographic studio Eightyfour in Nightingale Lane Wanstead.

BEHIND THE WIRE": POWS ON WANSTEAD FLATS IN WORLD WAR II

A talk about the Prisoner of War camps on Wanstead Flats and a look at other uses of the Flats over the past 100 years. The talk will be given by members of the Wanstead Flats History Group, Leyton and Leytonstone Historical Society. Thursday 7th November 2013 from 7pm at COFFEE7, 10 Sebert Road, Forest Gate E7 0NQ. Tickets £6-00 (including soft drinks and buffet) from COFFEE7 or write to Mark Gorman, 151 Capel Road, London E7 0JT. Cheques for £6.00 to Mark Gorman. For more details phone Mark on 020 8553 5220 or e-mail lucasgorman@aol.com

STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT AND CONSERVATION MEASURES FOR WANSTEAD PARK

In January 2013, English Heritage commissioned Compass Archaeology (with a consortium of experts) to carry out an assessment of the heritage status of Wanstead Park at a strategic level, informed by assessment of the condition of individual features, which could be used to address the 'Heritage at Risk' status of Wanstead Park and feed into a future Conservation Management Plan. This important project is now complete, and you can download a copy of the main report from our website - http://tinyurl.com/o2kjygz

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