January 2025 – Wanstead Village Directory I wanted to provide an update on the health of the British Isles shaped cedar, known as the ‘map tree’, at Wanstead Park. Firstly, the safety of Epping Forest’s visitors and staff is our…
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Epping Forest: Chairman’s Column – December 2024
As 2024 draws to a close, the Epping Forest team have been reflecting on the achievements for what has been an exhausting, but transformative year. And I am proud to present ‘Epping Forest: a Year in Review’ which you can…
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Epping Forest: New River Ching Action Plan
Change for the Ching with new partnership river action plan – GOV.UK An urban watercourse that flows from Essex to North London hopes to reap the environmental benefits of an ambitious partnership project to revitalise the river. The Ching Brook, known locally as…
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Epping Forest: Official Opening of ‘The Royal Forest’
I was delighted to join the CEO of the Heartwood Collection, Richard Ferrier, his team and a wide variety of community stakeholders at ‘the Royal Forest Epping Forest’ in Chingford today, for the official opening of this much loved asset.…
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Epping Forest: The Grotto Restoration Update – Wanstead Park
Benjamin Murphy, Chairman of the Epping Forest and Commons Committee, has published an update on work taking place in Wanstead Park. In the second of a series of extracts, the focus is on the Grotto. For those who may not be…
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Epping Forest: Newsletter – November 2024
Welcome to the November 2024 edition of the Epping Forest Forest Focus Newsletter. As autumn gives way to winter, this edition of Forest Focus encourages you to discover the exciting activities on offer in Epping Forest on the run up to…
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Ashtead Common Trustees Object to Installation of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
In response to the planning application MO/2024/1544 proposing the installation of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility, underground cabling, access track, landscaping, biodiversity enhancement and ancillary infrastructure and equipment, security fence and gates at Land North West of Barnett…
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Epping Forest: Chairman’s Column – November 2024
Ben Murphy on what Epping Forest has to offer children | East London and West Essex Guardian Series The UK Government’s People and Nature Survey, published at the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, stated that 83% of children believe nature…
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Epping Forest: What is a Verderer?
As Chairman of the Epping Forest and Commons Committee at the City of London Corporation, which owns Epping Forest and is the appointed Conservator under the Epping Forest Act 1878, I often get asked the question ‘what is a Verderer?’.…
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City of London: Youth Natural Environment Board Launches
Young Londoners are shaping environmental and sustainability projects within the Square Mile and beyond, thanks to a new Youth Natural Environment Board (YNEB) which met for the first time on Friday 8 November. The City of London Corporation’s scheme brings…
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