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from being dominated by tower blocks: Look here and email our ward councillors about:
* High rises in the Local Plan
* housing and a hotel on the civic centre (old palace)
and
* 16+ high rises from the draft Master Plan down the Lower High Street
* and there's others...
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Glassmill Pond
This mill pond is one of the stops in our heritage and biodiversity trail , the entry is here. There were a number of mills recorded in the Doomsday Book along the River Ravensbourne in Bromley, but the only one that survived … Continue reading
Bromley Town Centre Park Trail – Stop 4/2 (Terraces and Grand Designs)
To continue the Heritage Trail, turn left along the edge of the fish pond and along the causeway between that and the sandpit. Go down the left hand side of the sandpit and straight on to the gate. In front, and to the right, is Glassmill Pond. Continue reading
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Bromley Town Centre Park Trail – Stop 4/1 (The Fishpond)
To continue the Heritage Trail, turn left along the railings at the side of the water, walking to the bottom of some steps. Continue reading
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Bromley Town Centre Park Trail – Stop 3/1 (Library Gardens of Neelgharies House)
To continue the Heritage Trail, carry on straight on through the park to the 3rd table-style bench, and there is a path down the hill to your right. Follow this down to the Fishpond. Continue reading
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Waitrose’s Bromley Cliff Face proposals approved.
The proposals were approved. One of the major problems we had with the campaign was the approx 100 supportive comments lodged on the proposals after the first consultation. Most of these were because the authors thought that this proposal would … Continue reading
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The Ha-ha! – Grade II Listed
The Ha-ha features as a stop in our Bromley Town Centre Park Trail, here. The Ha-ha remained a fashionable feature of a stately home’s grounds for many years, because it also had a practical value. Instead of some ugly fence … Continue reading
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Bromley Town Centre Park Trail – Stop 1/4 (Cascade & Ha-Ha)
To continue the Heritage Trail, take a few more paces down the Carriage Drive to reach an elegant porch. Continue reading
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Bromley Town Centre Park Trail – Stop 1/5 (Ice-well/Summerhouse porch)
To continue the Heritage Trail, continue along the Carriage Drive to the end, where there is a lawn. Continue reading
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Bromley Town Centre Park Trail – Stop 1/6 (Old Bishops Palace)
To continue the Heritage Trail, follow the path past the buildings and look for a gate in the hoardings, go through this and follow the path through the shrubbery to the Gates and the Folly. Continue reading
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Bromley Town Centre Park Trail – Stop 1/7 (The Folly)
To continue the Bromley Town Parks Heritage Trail, turn right, go uphill on Rafford Way, and behind the brick wall you can cross the Bypass via a bridge or at street level. On the other side is Queens Gardens, where the next stop is. Continue reading
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