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…
Future funding for West Ham Park
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…
Photo competition 2025 – enter NOW!
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…
More Hedge Planting this May!
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’…
Green Fair 2025 – 5th May, 11am-4pm
Well didn’t that go well? The weather was MUCH nicer than last year (when it rained ALL DAY and put a bit of a dampener on the whole event TBH). We had lots of people interested in our events and our beautiful park – and next time we are ‘off-site’ we’ll think to bring a…
Photo Competition Winners
Have a look at all 12 winning photos here!
Calling all budding photographers!
Do you love West Ham Park as much as we do? 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 at its best – the community spirit, the vibrancy, the energy, the people –…
Green Fair – 6 May, 11am-4pm
The event is run by Sustainable Newham, part of One Newham Network, and will take place at West Ham Park from 11am to 4pm. This extraordinary event brings together voluntary organisations, musicians, artists, small traders and local businesses to showcase initiatives, projects, organisations and businesses that help protect and enhance the environment, create a sustainable…
Bat Walks 2023
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 25th August at 8.15pm and Friday 22nd…
REVIEW: Make Your Own 5-a-Day Fruit & Veg Crown – Monday 8th May – Community Veg Garden, West Ham Park
The plan was for everyone to make their own 5-a-Day Crown as a reminder to eat more fruit and vegetables, although in reality only children took part! Heads were first measured up for the crown – you don’t want your crown the wrong size do you? Then you got to select five fruit or vegetable…