Saturday 29th November, 1-3pm, on the Bandstand in West Ham Park. We will be collecting non-perishable food for Newham Food Banks. Come and enjoy a walk in the park and drop off supplies that will go to local Food Banks to help feed the hungry and needy.  Newham Food Banks Currently Need: Tea Bags (40s/80s), Coffee…

How much fun was Newham’s Biggest Leaf Pile – possibly our BIGGEST yet! And definitely our biggest crowd of participants – both rakers and jumpers! I hope no one got TOO dirty on the Leaf Pile – some of the leaves have been down off the trees for a while and were starting to compost!…

Sunday 16th November, 1.30-3pmJoin us for our biggest and best – and dirtiest – event of the year! We’ll rake up lots and lots leaves and make a HUGE leaf pile – the bigger the better! Then we’ll spend a bit of time relaxing whilst the pile is heaped ever higher by the wonderful West…

Thanks everyone who turned up for our first (of two) Bat Walks this year. About 65 people came along – and so did the bats! They were a bit shy at first but then were swooping low over our heads (not THAT low don’t worry!). I think everyone enjoyed themselves.If you missed out, or want…

As we head towards the end of summer (hmm, summer disappeared a while ago I know, but not officially) and the nights start to draw in, our thoughts turn to… BATS! Dusk is early enough for us to hold our usual August and September Bat Walks – Friday 29th August at 8.15pm and Friday 26th September at 7.15pm….

Did you enjoy the concerts and sports events in West Ham Park last July, to celebrate 150 years since the park opened to the public?  Or did you miss it? Either way, you have another, or your first, chance for a fun day out! This year the event will happen on Sunday July 13th, and…

Hello Everyone,  You might be aware of the City of London’s proposals to progressively move all their open space funding and management to the existing Charities that were set up for these sites. West Ham Park (along with Epping Forest) was one of the first sites to move to the new funding structure, from 1st…

Do you remember our photo competition last year? We had so many great entries that we are doing it all again this year! Once again we are looking for West Ham Park users and visitors to send in amateur photographs taken of and within West Ham Park, E7 9PU. We want to see our park…

Did you help us plant the hedge round the Playground? Aren’t they looking great now? They are still small and it will be a few years before they fill out to make a proper hedge but they are all coming into leaf which is just lovely. We are doing something similar over near the ‘mounds’…