Swans on Eagle Pond, Snaresbrook. ©Geoff Wilkinson
©Stefan Rousseau
Dates for this year’s Wanstead Fringe have been announced, with events spanning three weeks instead of the usual two
A statement from the Wren Wildlife Group about this year’s bluebell season in Wanstead Park
A monthly comedy night at Wanstead Library will include sign language interpreters at the event on 7 June
The annual Wanstead Festival will return to Christ Church Green this September
Wanstead High School teacher Ian Sweet Wanstead High School music teacher Ian Sweet has been named Secondary School Teacher of the Year
Street party on Hereford Road, Wanstead © Russell BoyceAn estimated 20,000 people joined street parties and events across Redbridge
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A garden on the Lakehouse EstateA number of residents from the Aldersbrook and Lakehouse Estates are preparing to open their gardens again this summer for the annual Aldersbrook Open Garden Trail. Ruth Martin reports
The Fir Trees Pub, Hermon Hill, circa 1930s (now the Ark Fish Restaurant)The latest novel by Peter Chegwidden is a tale of love and tragedy which draws on memories of growing up in Wanstead and South Woodford in the 1950s and 1960s. Here, the author shares some of those memories
A variety of nature-themed events will take place in Wanstead Park and on Wanstead Flats next month
John Dexter and the park keeper’s lodges, circa 1960s Wanstead Park has been a constant for the whole of my life, yet it’s a place of evolving change, reflects Paul Donovan, who believes humankind must take a step back to move forward
Redbridge Council is running a series of free composting workshops this week as part International Compost Awareness Week (7 to 13 May).