Yellow shell, a common moth in this area. ©Tim HarrisAt the start of 2019, members of the Wren Wildlife Group set themselves a challenge to find 300 species of moths and butterflies in the local area, including Wanstead Flats...
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Yellow shell, a common moth in this area. ©Tim Harris
©Snowman Enterprises LimitedA performance of The Snowman soundtrack by Redbridge Brass Band will accompany a local screening of the festive film this month. “That magical sound of a brass band is something...
Redbridge Council’s next West Neighbourhood Local Forum – which was scheduled for 12 December – has been postponed because of the General Election. The next round of local forums will...
Left to right: Councillors Sheila Bain, Paul Merry, Paul Donovan, Jo Blackman and Daniel Morgan-ThomasWanstead’s local councillors will hold two advice surgeries this month (instead of the usual four). Wanstead Park ward representatives – Councillors Sheila Bain and Paul Merry – will be available...
Remembrance service at Wanstead War Memorial.
©Geoff WilkinsonThe organiser of Wanstead’s Remembrance commemorations – which once again saw large crowds gather at the war memorial earlier this month – has insisted the tradition will continue. “There have...
The Natural History Museum’s Curator of Meteorites will be giving a talk at Wanstead House this month. “Dr Natasha Almeida will be discussing meteorites, the far-flung remnants of the solar...
©David SawyerArtist David Sawyer – who travelled with the Prince of Wales to the Caribbean as an official tour artist earlier this year – will be demonstrating landscape painting in oils...
The Highams Players perform comedies, thrillers and dramas two or three times a year at Wanstead HouseAmateur dramatics group the Highams Players are celebrating their 80th anniversary with a production of the Alan Ayckbourn comedy Life and Beth at Wanstead House on 21, 22 and 23...
Switching on the Christmas lights in Wanstead is always a popular eventParker Dairies milkman Steve Hayden will be switching on the George Green Christmas tree lights on 22 November at 4.30pm. “The theme will be that of a cleaner, greener, plastic-free...
Woodlands Avenue – a typical streetscape in the Aldersbrook Conservation Area. ©2019 GoogleA public workshop took place last month in Redbridge Council’s first steps towards preparing a management plan for the Aldersbrook Conservation Area. The ideas put forward will help develop an...
©Eleanor CrowA Wanstead butchers has been remembered in a new book celebrating London shops. “I painted AG Dennis in 2015, and I’m pleased now that I did, as I wasn’t to...
A new breastfeeding support group will meet in Wanstead for the first time this month. “As the UK has the lowest breastfeeding rates in the developed world and only 1%...