Residents near The Black Path, which runs along side the northern side of the Thameslink line, may find it’s not just the warm weather keeping them awake at night next week. Network Rail is going to be removing vegetation along … Continue reading →
The Kilburn Festival, an annual event in Kilburn Grange Park, has been cancelled less than a month before it was due to take place on July 13th. Some 10,000 people typically attend the family-friendly day, which comprises stalls, street food, … Continue reading →
As part of the work to rebuild West Hampstead Overground station, the platforms need to be extended and widened and, unfortunately, this means it’s going to get noisy – starting this Sunday. For locals who live very near the station … Continue reading →
As the World Cup kicks off a continent away, we cast our eyes back to Victorian times – and the little-known fact that West Hampstead and Kilburn played an important role in the Football Association and early football. There are … Continue reading →
Some West Hampstead streets could be spanned by fishing wire strung between poles if the Brondesbury Eruv gets planning permission. 18 months after the West End Lane accident that killed Desreen Brooks and left American student Amy Werner in a … Continue reading →
The never-ending Gondar Gardens planning saga is taking its next turn. Linden Wates, the developer, has submitted an appeal against Camden’s refusal of its revised frontage scheme for the reservoir site. This scheme is for 28 flats/houses. It was recommended … Continue reading →
The Brondesbury Park Synagogue has put in a planning application to erect pairs of high poles connected by nylon fishing wire in West Hamsptead and Kilburn as part of a proposal to demarcate a Brondesbury “eruv”. An eruv is the … Continue reading →
Short week and short weekly round-up after last week’s epic. There was a great turnout for the South Hampstead residents association’s AGM. Camden’s head of development control was there to give a Planning 101 introduction and she also answered questions … Continue reading →
The morning after a tantalising tasting menu at Ozz, on Lisson Grove (recommended – excellent high-level food), I realised that as wonderful as coconut water is, my hangover would need something more substantial to dampen it down. And so, off … Continue reading →
Imagine not seeing another soul for a month and having to lose independence as you get older. This was the situation facing local resident Maggie. “I was very anxious about the future. I really valued my independence, but it was … Continue reading →
