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,…
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Job 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…
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Epping 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…
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Epping Forest: First female Superintendent appointed
Following a competitive recruitment process, Jacqueline Eggleston has been appointed Superintendent of Epping Forest. Epping Forest is designated by UK Government as an internationally important site, is a European Site of Special Scientific Interest, a Special Area of Conservation, and…
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Epping 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…
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Epping Forest: Site Visit to The Royal Forest Hotel, Chingford
As regular readers of my blog will be aware, in February this year I talked about the fact the Heartwood Collection acquired long-term lease from the City of London Corporation on The Royal Forest Hotel in Chingford, adjacent to the…
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Committee 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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Epping Forest: Chairman’s Column – May 2024
We find ourselves at the start of a new civic year, with lots of new Councillors recently elected to serve their local communities. I was delighted to host representatives from the London Boroughs of Newham, Waltham Forest and Redbridge, as…
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Rt Hon Dame Eleanor Laing Statement: Epping Forest
Responding to the statement from The Rt. Hon. Dame Eleanor Laing MP today, the Chairman of the City of London Corporation’s Epping Forest and Commons Committee, Ben Murphy has said: “I would like to join the many voices paying tribute…
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City of London Corporation appoints new Executive Director for Environment
The City of London Corporation has appointed Katie Stewart as the new Executive Director for Environment to help sustainably develop the Square Mile’s built environment and lead the organisation’s fight against climate change. Her responsibilities at the City Corporation will…
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