Category Archives: Leyton Marshes

Camp at the WaterWorks Centre, London

Posted on 3 June 2013 by Caroline Day

For nature You’ll spend time with Giant Hogweed, Heracleum mantegazzianum, which can cause blisters, long-lasting scars and blindness. A perfect souvenir from your visit to the Lower Lea Valley.   Be alert for drifting clouds of RoundUp®, which is liberally … Continue reading →

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Stop the Attack on MOL! Make Your Objections to LVRPA’s plans for our marshes!

Posted on 21 May 2013 by Caroline Day

The golf course has been shut and the LVRPA wish to transform this Metropolitan Open Land into a campsite during the summer and a private pony-trekking site for the rest of the year. They also have plans to extend the … Continue reading →

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Beating of the Bounds: Photos

Posted on 5 May 2013 by Caroline Day

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Waltham Forest Council To Demolish Nearly New Pedestrian Bridge to Make Park ‘More Visible’

Posted on 2 May 2013 by Caroline Day

At Marsh Lane, Leyton E10, the hundreds of kids and parents going daily to and from the newly-built Lammas School currently have the advantage of a dedicated pedestrian-only bridge over the Dagenham Brook. This leaves the parallel roadway bridge clear … Continue reading →

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Beating of the Bounds – Sunday 5th May!

Posted on 23 April 2013 by Caroline Day

Annual Community Procession around Leyton Marshes Sunday 5th May 2013 Meet from 12.00 noon for lunch, with willow-stripping and dressing, at the Hare & Hounds pub, 278 Lea Bridge Road, Leyton E10 7LD (affordably-priced Sunday roasts, light meals & bar … Continue reading →

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1892 and all that: The Riot to Save Leyton Marsh from enclosure

Posted on 21 February 2013 by Caroline Day

Here is a talk by Katy Andrews, local historian and member of Save Leyton Marsh group, about the events of 1892 when local people forcefully asserted their right to the common land of Leyton Marsh, tearing down the fences erected, … Continue reading →

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