The Baring Trust

Heritage Building & Environment Conservation Trust

[The Baring Trust @BaringTrust]

After a 14-year battle, trustees Stephen Kenny and Liam Curran are delighted to announce that the #BaringHallHotel pub in #GrovePark has finally been saved! It has now been bought by a successful pub operator. Sometimes we never thought we would make this announcement!....

[The Baring Trust @BaringTrust]

Thank you Deputy Mayor @Metecoban92 & @LDn_environment for visiting the Railway Children Urban National Park — a truly valued landscape. A pleasure to share our plans to enhance biodiversity, celebrate its heritage, and improve access & inclusion for all.

[Mete Coban MBE @metecoban92]

Access to nature shouldn’t be a luxury for Londoners.

Great to visit Grove Park Nature Reserve with Lewisham Cllrs and the local community to see the impact of community-led work transforming green spaces.

Projects like this helped inspire City Hall’s new Green Roots Fund 🌱✌🏾

[LDNMayor Environment @LDN_environment]

This week, Deputy Mayor @metecoban92 visited @groveparkSE12 to see the @BaringTrust vision for Grove Park District Park, where they have created new accessible and nature-rich green space for the local community.

[Vanessa L @candyliongirl]

Grove Park Library Gardens is London’s 2nd Saddest Playground. Now is the time to show it some love. There is huge scope for a community group to improve the park and that it could potentially be really lovely.

[CPRE London @CPRELondon]

This Earth Day 2024, help support CPRE London’s ‘Big Give’ campaign to bring derelict sites in London back into use as parks and nature reserves.

If you want to enjoy more green spaces in London and you are able to, please donate here: https://t.co/44zk6c510N

[CPRE London @CPRELondon]

8. Grove Park Nature Reserve in @LewishamCouncil, next to the home of Railway Children author. Owners hoping for profit want to build on it and are destroying the habitat. Locals want a new identify as the Railway Children Park @SocietyLadywell @GroverParkSE12

[Jane Martin 💙 @JaneCanDoSE4]

The bug hotel at the beautiful @CroftonGarden 🐞🪲🐝🐜is now complete with some lovely wooden boxes painted. Let’s hope the insects appreciate the hotel & enjoy their stay! #ABugsLife #HappyDays

[Anna-Maria Cahalane @se4pencilyouin]

@JaneCanDoSE4 @CroftonGarden Saw these on Monday - absolutely gorgeous. Building a love for all creatures great & small from an early age. The garden was buzzing with curious kids & looked glorious!

[CPRE London @CPRELondon]

Shocking that landowners think they can destroy an important site for nature conservation with impunity 😡

[Louise Krupski @LouiseKrupski]

So thrilled to hear that Lewisham has won 3 grants from the Rewild London Fund to enhance biodiversity at 3 separate sites including work to enhance the Railway Children District Park in Grove Park. Thank you to everyone involved https://t.co/EVRF5y0sEs

[Climate Action Lewisham @ActionLewisham]

Concerned residents have started a petition demanding action from Lewisham Council to stop the repeated breaches of the Tree Preservation Order at Willow Tree Riding Establishment and Nature Reserve in SE12. Please sign!
https://t.co/YevaoG1fJs

[Blackheath Society @BlackheathSoc]

Neil Rhind MBE 1937-2024. It is with great regret that the Society has to announce that our President Neil Rhind died on Saturday 10 February. He was a remarkable resident of Blackheath all his life and will be profoundly missed. https://t.co/CwSLpfuSTm

[Lucy Brewer @lucy_brewer]

@MarkDJacks1 you told me weeks ago that @LewishamCouncil officers were visiting this site. What is actually happening to stop this environmental destruction?! @Brenda_Dacres @Cllr_S_Clarke @JanetDaby

[Ben Donaldson @benaldson]

here's @LewishamCouncil's reply. Very passive. Zero interim measures being enforced while investigations take place. The @GroveParkSE12 are requesting a meeting with @Brenda_Dacres to raise this with her directly. Political leadership required.

[Ben Donaldson @benaldson]

@ringwaygardens @GroveParkSE12 @CllrCurran @Cllr_S_Clarke @Brenda_Dacres @lewishamledger @LewishamLowdown @XRLewisham @XRLondon They appear intent on degrading the biodiversity to pave the way for future planning applications.

All trees present in 2012 are legally protected. The destruction taking place clearly violates legal protections.

@Annareporting @NewsShopper @ActionLewisham Please help🙏

[@RingwayGardens @ringwaygardens]

This is heartbreaking. Just over a year ago they lost the appeal to develop & now they think they can bypass getting permission, by wiping away all evidence of #biodiversity. #Wildlifecrime. @CPRELondon @WildLondon @qwag @ecoschemes @ActionLewisham @BiodiversitySoS @LawForNature

[Mrs Frog @Mrs_Frog]

@benaldson @ringwaygardens @GroveParkSE12 @CllrCurran @Cllr_S_Clarke @Brenda_Dacres @lewishamledger @LewishamLowdown @XRLewisham @XRLondon @Annareporting @NewsShopper @ActionLewisham @annamoore83 @Rahario @GroveParkYC @GroveParkNForum @LouiseKrupski @StMildredsLee1 @ClayGrovePark @candyliongirl Just emailed. This is utterly outrageous. Thank you for raising awareness. @LewishamCouncil @JanetDaby

[Anna Moore - she/her @annamoore83]

This is #climateBreakdown in action.
It's not an accident, it's not a natural process.
It's people making decisions based on greed.
And the institutions that are supposed to protect us letting it happen.
@LewishamCouncil
@Brenda_Dacres
@LouiseKrupski
Act, now.

[Ben Donaldson @benaldson]

@ringwaygardens @GroveParkSE12 @CllrCurran @Cllr_S_Clarke @Brenda_Dacres @lewishamledger @LewishamLowdown @XRLewisham @XRLondon @Annareporting @NewsShopper @ActionLewisham Ask her to:

💥Serve an injunction to halt works & protect remaining trees

💥Prosecute crimes that have committed

💥CPO the land and bring it into public ownership

💥uphold its commitment and implement the Railway Children National Park

[Ben Donaldson @benaldson]

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