The City of London Corporation is the conservator and trustee of 11,000 acres of internationally important green space in London and the Home Counties. It takes an army of staff and volunteers to help maintain these vast estates, which welcome…
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Epping Forest & Commons Committee Dinner
It is tradition in the City of London that each Grand Committee Chairman hosts an annual dinner to draw together the key internal and external partners who work with the Committee to manage our 5 open spaces charities across Greater…
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Epping Forest: Committee Visit to Copped Hall – October 2025
This morning, the Epping Forest and Commons Committee welcomed Councillors and Officers from across the City of London Corporation to Copped Hall in Epping Forest to see some of the projects underway through its Climate Action Strategy. The strategy has…
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Burnham Beeches & Stoke Common: Committee Visit – October 2025
Today, the Epping Forest and Commons Committee hosted a site visit to Burnham Beeches and Stoke Common in Buckinghamshire. It is one of the five charities the Committee is responsible for, alongside Epping Forest (in the London Boroughs of Redbridge,…
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Brambly Hedge Trail brings storybook magic to Epping Forest
On 24th July 2024, I had noticed that the government’s Rural England Prosperity Fund was advertising capital grants of up to £50,000 for local arts, cultural, heritage and creative activities, especially those which delivered improvements to local rural green spaces.…
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Epping Forest: Wanstead Park Projects Update
As regular readers will know, over the past few years we have tried to share regular updates relating to the complex web of maintenance and improvements required at Wanstead Park in Epping Forest. As we have slowly rebuilt our Officer…
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Burnham Beeches: Lord Mayor’s Annual Visit
Each year, the Lord Mayor of the City of London is invited to visit Burnham Beeches in Buckinghamshire (covered in 2024 here, 2023 here and 2022 here). It is an annual tradition for the Lord Mayor to inspect the condition…
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Epping Forest: New Staff Induction Session
As regular readers will be aware, over the past couple of years Epping Forest’s operating structure has been undergoing a pretty radical transformation, including a staff restructure to attract new talent, retain existing talent and add resilience to the growing…
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Epping Forest: Superintendent Awarded Freedom of the City of London for Distinguished Service
Jacqueline Eggleston joined Epping Forest in March 2015 as Head of Visitor Services and was promoted to Head of Business Development in 2023. In December 2023, she was promoted to Superintendent (Assistant Director of the Environment Department at the City…
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Epping Forest & Commons: Green Flag & Heritage Flag Award Wins
Fifteen of London and southeast England’s most cherished green spaces have once again been awarded Green Flag status – recognising them among the very best managed parks and open spaces in the world. With millions of visitors expected this summer,…
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