Tag Archives: Canada Water West Residents Action Group

Other Open Space: a new campaign for Ada’s Garden

Posted on April 26, 2017 by

Canada Water West Residents Action Group is encouraging our supporters to request ‘Other Open Space’ status for Ada’s Garden, the woodland on the western edge of the Surrey Quays Shopping Centre. The site was previously under threat of destruction to make way for … Continue reading →

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Guerrilla Gardening event attracts the attention of the Evening Standard

Posted on May 3, 2016 by

Under the headline “Campaigners across London fight to save their community’s green spaces” the Evening Standard featured our campaign to save Ada’s Garden in a video published online on 29th April. You can watch the video here and see footage … Continue reading →

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Residents dedicate threatened wildlife area to famed local campaigner Ada Salter

Posted on March 20, 2016 by

Yesterday supporters of Canada Water West gathered to unveil a beautiful  handcrafted oak sign to rename a wildlife area, situated on the edge of the Surrey Quays Shopping Centre, “Ada’s Garden”. We are highlighting the importance of the site to the … Continue reading →

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Consultation now open: speak up to save our trees!

Posted on February 5, 2016 by

Southwark Council has now opened its consultation on its plan to cut down dozens of trees and destroy a wildlife area to move the Seven Islands leisure centre to a vastly inferior site. You can find the consultation by clicking here. … Continue reading →

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Key Southwark Council committee says Seven Islands is “most plausible” site for new leisure centre

Posted on November 16, 2015 by

So, it appears that the committee tasked with holding Southwark Council to account agrees with us on a pretty major point. The Southwark Council Oversight and Scrutiny Committee in recent days said that “the most plausible option” for a new leisure … Continue reading →

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Residents and Supporters meeting 12th October

Posted on October 12, 2015 by

Come along to the Mayflower TRA Hall in Neptune Street at 7pm to meet the group and some of your neighbours. We’ll be serving food and drink and bringing the community up to speed on our campaign so far. If … Continue reading →

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Southwark Council promises to look again at alternatives to building leisure centre on wildlife area

Posted on September 20, 2015 by

We have received an email from Southwark Council with the good news that it will go back and look again at alternatives to its plan to knock down Seven Islands and construct a replacement leisure centre on the Surrey Quays wildlife area. The … Continue reading →

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