Volunteers day at Marlpit Lane bowling green, Mar 14
The Friends of Marlpit Lane Bowling Green in Coulsdon is seeking volunteers for its “action morning” and volunteers afternoon on Saturday March 14. The morning session from 10am will be spent preparing...
View ArticleMarlpit Lane Bowling Green open day, Sat Mar 28
Open day for Marlpit Lane Bowling Green in Coulsdon this Saturday, from 11am to 4pm, to mark the beginning of the summer season. Lawn bowls and putting green will be available throughout the season,...
View ArticleMarlpit Lane’s Morris bowls along for volunteer award
Peter Morris, one of the people behind the re-opening and running of the Marlpit Lane Bowling Green in Coulsdon, has been selected as one of three finalists as Volunteer of the Year in the Croydon...
View ArticleCoulsdon bowling green helps give teenagers a head start
Croydon teenagers are getting a head start in lawn bowls in Coulsdon. Youth volunteers from the Headstart scheme have been busy at the Coulsdon Memorial Ground, helping the Friends of Marlpit Lane...
View ArticleVolunteers get together to help maintain Croydon’s park life
Our environmental affairs correspondent, CHRIS PECKHAM, reports on a new group established to safeguard our green spaces Last week saw the latest meeting of the fledgling Croydon Parks, Woodlands and...
View ArticleResidents have 48 hours to save 70 parks and open spaces
The people of Croydon have 48 hours left to try to save more than 70 of the borough’s parks and open spaces from being put at serious risk of being handed over to developers to be built on. Alison...
View ArticleButler in U-turn over parks protection: ‘Nothing to see here’
Alison Butler, the Croydon Council cabinet member responsible for planning, has made a U-turn over the future planning status of the borough’s parks. On Saturday, Inside Croydon reported how the...
View ArticleMarlpit Lane bowling green, Coulsdon, re-opening Apr 19
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View ArticleAll Croydon parks ‘under threat’ says environmental campaign
A shocking report from charity CPRE London highlights how the council’s Local Plan has put every open space in the borough at risk from development, writes PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent...
View ArticleVolunteers needed at Coulsdon’s Marlpit Lane Bowling Green
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