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This Easter we will be collecting non-perishable food for Newham Food Banks. Come and enjoy a walk in West Ham 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 (100g) Jars, Tinned Fruit (all varieties), Rice Pudding/Custard,…

Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd January 2023. 10.30am-12.30pm. Get your eye in with not one but two of our guided birdwatching walks to help you practise spotting and identifying birds in preparation for the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch (which takes place 27th-29th January).The walks are especially suited to beginners but are also a friendly get-together…

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Friday 2nd December • 5-6.15pm. Join Stratford’s ORIGINAL torch parade with FREE glow sticks and refreshments on the bandstand. Meet at SOUTH GATE on Portway at 5pm. Please bring a torch to make into your lantern (please don’t bring any glass jars as you won’t be able to bring them on the walk). After decorating…

Sunday 27th November, 1-3pm. It’s back! Eventually. The leaves really haven’t been behaving this year have they? At first we thought all the leaves would drop in August….. now the trees just want to hang on to them! But we are hoping there will be enough by the end of the month for us to…

Unfortunately this event has been postponed. We’ll be running a craft stall in the Community Vegetable Garden as part of the Newham Unlocked Festival in West Ham Park. Come along, choice your fruit and vegetable shapes to colour and stick to a paper crown. You can wear it with pride to remind yourself to eat…

CANCELLED! Friday 30th September, 7.15-8.15pm. Due to cold and wet weather we have had to cancel our second Bat Walk. We have tiny pipstrelle bats in the park, and just after sunset is the best time to see them. So why not come along on one of our popular free Bat Walks and try and see…

Every Sunday in August 10am-12pm7th, 14, 21st, 28th August Where does all the litter come from? The long hot Summer Days always bring more people to the Park, and, unfortunately, more litter. And sometimes even if people use the bins provided, the wind blows it around, or birds toss the rubbish out when looking for…

A small number of the Friends Group were invited to a presentation by City of London (see the presentation here) on their proposals for the nursery site in West Ham Park which took place on Monday evening (June 13th). In summary, the City of London told us the following – They made an in principle decision…

What a wonderful turnout!  Nearly 250 of you (some young, and some not so young)  attended the Friends’ vegetable garden event on Thursday – decorating a plant pot, and then ‘potting on’.  And in a short while hopefully those lovely nasturtiums will have beautiful – and edible – flowers. It was also a great day…