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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...
Author Archives: Tim Hayward
Proposed Development of Library Gardens, Bromley
BCS are keen to bring to the attention of residents, businesses and customers of Bromley town centre, the proposed development of Library Gardens. This land was given to the people of Bromley in the will of Emily Dowling in 1900 … Continue reading
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Heritage Walks on Civic Day! Saturday 17 June
Bromley Civic Society is organising four heritage walks on Civic Day, Saturday 17 June. Walks will start and finish at Market Square, Bromley and times are given below. Each walk will last for approximately 90 minutes and will be free. … Continue reading
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BCS May and June events
A Walk Around Bromley Palace and Park Sunday 21st May 2017 Meet at 10:00am on the corner of St Blaise Avenue and Widmore Road FREE (donations welcome) The walk will last not more than 2 hours. The 18th century Bromley … Continue reading
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Bromley Civic Day – Saturday 17 June 2017
EXHIBITION IN THE MARKET SQUARE AND WALKS Spread the word! Tell your friends to visit the BCS tent on Saturday 17th June and come on the walks. We also need volunteers to help staff the tent in two hour slots … Continue reading
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BCS Spring Newsletter!
The Spring BCS newsletter is now available. It’s packed full of new information about Bromley Civic Day on Saturday 17 June, the possibility of bringing back the Broom Day festival and an update on the London Borough of Bromley Local … Continue reading
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Archive: Bromley Civic Society: May 2016 Newsletter
The latest BCS newsletter is now available. It contains a range of important local news stories set within the context of the Government’s Housing & Planning Bill which received Royal Assent this month. From a heritage perspective we include a … Continue reading
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Green Space Heritage Walk: Sunday 17 April
Discover Bromley’s own ‘Green Man’. See the flowering Broom, from which the Town takes its name; the special landscape features of historic Bromley Palace; specimen trees planted in a bygone age; a Tudor bee hive niche and historic views unchanged … Continue reading
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Orpington Priory Community Hub
BCS has reported recently on progress made by the Orpington Priory Community Hub to save the Priory building for local people. OPCH has produced the following leaflet to help publicise the work of the group and to encourage anyone interested … Continue reading
Archive: January 2016 Newsletter!
The latest BCS newsletter is now available. It contains a range of fascinating heritage stories, including about David Bowie, as well as updates on the Council’s Local Plan and good news about the Orpington Priory Community Hub. Over the past … Continue reading
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Orpington Priory Regeneration Project: Meeting 10 December
Bromley Civic Society commented in June about the sad fate of Bromley’s Museum and the Orpington Priory buildings in which it was based. The Council has decided that the Priory is surplus to its requirements and the fate of the … Continue reading
