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Save our Town Centre
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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Last fragment of the Medieval Moat
This feature is stop 3 on the Bromley Town Centre Park Trail, here. The original moat of the Bishops Palace – the homes of important people, such as Bishops, needed moats in the lawless years of the 1100s ‘Anarchy’ – … Continue reading
12 Good Reasons: Objections to John Lewis/Waitrose Development
WHAT WE ARE OBJECTING TO: Buildings on this scale and height are out of character with the rest of the town centre. Heritage Assets will be harmed. A Precedent will be set for further tall buildings. The Local Infrastructure will be overloaded. There is not enough Affordable Housing. Continue reading
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Bromley Town Centre Park Trail – Stop 5/1 (The Mill Pond)
To continue the Heritage Trail, you can choose a long or short route. The long route involves going straight along the pond, crossing the road and climbing the hill to the war memorial, then going out of the gates, and in the park gates diagonally opposite, where there is a carriage drive to a pergola. For the shorter route, retrace your steps to the last stop, and climb up the terraces to the balustrade. Continue reading
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The Pulhamite Cascade – Grade II Listed
The Cascade is also a stop on our Bromley Town Centre Park Trail, here. The Pulhamite Cascade Installation (Grade II Listed by Historic England) The Cascade is one of the stops on our Bromley Town Centre Park Trail, here. This … Continue reading
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Tagged palace-park, Pulhamite, Self-Guided Heritage Walk, town-centre-park-trail, walk, waterfall
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The Mayor visits our new Display Panels at the Open House 2023 Exhibition
Come to our Open House 2023 exhibition and read the story of Bromley Continue reading
John Lewis proposal to build tower blocks on the Bromley Waitrose site
It is is necessary to set out clearly the visual impact that the three blocks have on nearby residential areas; also to examine whether the local physical and social infrastructure can cope with such a large development that does not feature in the Local Plan. Continue reading
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The Curious Case of The Table
In May we were contacted by a friend-of-a-friend in the South of France, about a rather stylish antique table. When they bought it, and got it home, they found a note inside:
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Broomtime 2023 – The shrub, from which Bromley takes its name is now in full flower on Martin’s Hill. Don’t miss this annual natural heritage event unique to Bromley! Continue reading
Great turnout, poor weather – Bertie’s Bromley walk for the Library Lates
Join us, this Thursday (27th April), as we are leading a walk around the Bromley that the author HG Wells knew when he was growing up. This links with the Library Lates happening that day, so the walk will finish at the Central Library. Continue reading
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UPDATE! The monster Council co-development and its chain reaction of tower blocks down the High Street
UPDATE! As of today, 7th March 2023, the developers have withdrawn the current application. This is great news. We will keep an eye on the site though. PREVIOUSLY we said…
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Tagged Churchill Quarter, High Rises, Site 10, Site G
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