Category Archives: Leyton Marsh

Protest to Save Oxbow Island!

Posted on 31 May 2023 by SLMAdmin

We are staging a swan-themed demo at the opening of the new ice centre. We will be protesting the wrecking of Oxbow island as a wildlife refuge. Somehow, the swans have managed to raise eight cygnets, despite a range of … Continue reading →

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Virtual Beating of the Bounds: Stop no.4

Posted on 19 May 2021 by SLMAdmin

We’re continuing our virtual version of Beating the Bounds on Leyton Marshes, compiled for those that couldn’t take part in person on Rogation Sunday. We will now follow the map, from 🛩️ Stop no.3 along the boundary between Leyton Marsh and Walthamstow … Continue reading →

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Beating the Bounds 2021

Posted on 9 May 2021 by SLMAdmin

Beating the Bounds has now started. To take part, download the Clue Sheet from here and print it out. You have until 6 o’clock this evening (9th May) to find all the boxes. Good luck! For more information about Beating … Continue reading →

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More objections to the proposed Ice Centre on Lea Bridge Road

Posted on 14 August 2019 by pjm

The following objection has been submitted to the LVRPA’s consultation on the new Ice Centre. Feel free to use any of these arguments in your own submission (and see the blog immediately after this one for further arguments). I wish … Continue reading →

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LVRPA caught misleading the local community AGAIN

Posted on 27 April 2019 by SLMAdmin

Let me explain… Earlier this week I sat down to review the papers for Thursday’s LVRPA meetings. These are the meetings in which officers of the LVRPA brief members of the LVRPA (councillors who, theoretically, represent the interests of their … Continue reading →

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BEATING THE BOUNDS 2019

Posted on 26 April 2019 by SLMAdmin

Save Lea Marshes (SLM), is organising a walk following the ancient tradition of “Beating the Bounds”. Revived in the 1990s, by the New Lammas Lands Defence Committee, “Beating the Bounds” involves blessing the boundaries of the area following pagan and … Continue reading →

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What happened to our money?

Posted on 7 February 2018 by pjm

Following the takeover of Leyton Marsh by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) for the construction of the absurd and rarely used temporary basketball arena, which was vigorously opposed by members of the local community and resulted in the creation of … Continue reading →

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Our Campaigns Work – Be Part of Them!

Posted on 14 November 2016 by Caroline Day

It is certainly a difficult political environment for protecting open public spaces and it would be easy to become overwhelmed or despondent about the level of encroachment and development of our protected land in the capital. However, we would like … Continue reading →

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Posted on 23 May 2015 by Caroline Day

Walthamstow Historical Society Waltham Forest Cycling Campaign Beating and Bicycling the Bounds around the former Borough of Walthamstow 2.30pm on Saturday 6th June 2015 (approx distance:  Northern Route: 15.5km, 9½ miles;  Southern Route 9km, 5½ miles) Gather from 2.00-2.15pm by … Continue reading →

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A Litany of Broken Promises: Calling the LVRPA to Account

Posted on 14 June 2013 by Caroline Day

Yesterday, Thursday 13th June, SLM members arrived unannounced at the Lower Lee Valley LVRPA meeting at the Waterworks in order to express our sincere disappointment with the Authority. At the only official meeting we have ever been offered with the … Continue reading →

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