The City of London Corporation, as the appointed Conservators of Epping Forest, have today responded to Epping Forest District Council’s South Epping Masterplan Area and Design Code consultation which runs until Thursday 25th July 2024. You can read more about…
Continue ReadingLondon’s open spaces chiefs urge visitors not to use barbeques or light fires
Visitors to some of London and southeast England’s most popular open spaces are being reminded to stay safe this summer and take extra precautions in hot weather, following the warmest May and spring on record. Elected Members leading the City…
Continue ReadingEpping Forest: High Beach Visitor Centre Celebrates 10th Anniversary being run by Volunteers
Today, I was delighted to join some of the Epping Forest Heritage Trust’s volunteers at the City of London Corporation’s High Beach Visitor Centre in Epping Forest. As a charity, we have two key visitor centres, located at Chingford and…
Continue ReadingEpping Forest: Chairman’s Column – June 2023 – Benjamin Murphy
As I hope you will have seen from our social media posts, we recently celebrated Volunteers’ Week. It was an opportunity for us to recognise and say Thank You to the many organisations and individuals who help us maintain the…
Continue ReadingEpping Forest: Walking App Launched
This morning I was delighted to join colleagues from Epping Forest District Council, Epping Forest Heritage Trust and the Charles French Charitable Trust to launch the new Epping Forest Walks mobile phone app. The app, which has been created by…
Continue ReadingCity of London Celebrates Volunteer Workforce
This evening, the Great Hall of the Guildhall was packed full of the army of volunteers that help support the City of London’s operations across London and the Home Counties. From our volunteer police specials and cadets, to volunteer carers,…
Continue ReadingJob Vacancy: Epping Forest Keeper (Countryside Ranger)
Job reference: OENV0302 Date posted: 10/06/2024 Application closing date: 08/07/2024Location: Epping Forest Salary: £35,663 – £39,805 per annum inclusive of all allowances Contractual hours: 35 Job DescriptionAre you a people person who is passionate about the outdoors? Want your office…
Continue ReadingEpping Forest Calendar 2025 – Photography Competition
As some of you know, local volunteer and keen photographer, Don Taylor pulled together a wonder calendar populated with photographs of Epping Forest last year to raised money for local charities which support the Forest. This year he has kindly…
Continue ReadingEpping Forest Welcomes Institute of Chartered Foresters
Today, I was delighted to join Tanith Cook, in welcoming the Institute of Chartered Foresters to Epping Forest today for their conference, which happened to also fall on the United Nation’s World Environment Day.Epping Forest is designated a European Site…
Continue ReadingCommittee Visit to Kenley Common, Farthing Downs & Riddlesdown
This week the Epping Forest and the Commons Committee have been delighted to visit a collection of our open spaces known as part of the ‘City Commons‘ or the Coulsdon and Other Commons charity. We started our visit in Kenley…
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