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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...
Category Archives: Green Space
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
The Old Bromley Oak
This veteran oak tree (Quercus robur) was reprieved, when the Glades was being built, and still proudly stands at the side of Kentish Way. Originally it grew on the corner of the grounds of the house “Bromley Lodge” and Love … Continue reading
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Queens Gardens and formerly White Hart Field
In 1897 the lord of the manor, Charles Cole-Childs, gave the field known as White Hart Field, to the people. This became Queens Gardens. Before the Glades was built it stretched between Market Square and the Bishops Palace (the Bishops … Continue reading
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Queens Mead and it’s Protected View
Down Glassmill Road, the other side of the River Ravensbourne from Martins Hill, is the grassy park of Queens Mead. It has a protected view, though this looks like it will not survive much longer: The line of buildings that … Continue reading
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Church House and Library Gardens
These two parks are really one; it is just a historical note that Library Gardens is the level area behind the Churchill Theatre; you then go down the slope to the integrated Church House Gardens. Note that, part of this … Continue reading
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Tagged Abel Moysey, Carnegie Library, Church House Gardens, Churchill Theatre, Emily Dowling, George Sparkes, Green space, Library Gardens, Mr J Stenning
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Martins Hill, the War Memorial, and the Ravensbourne of Yesteryear
Martins Hill and War Memorial.
In the early years of the railway, the slopes were noted for the perfusion of broom, and made the hillside appear quite yellow from the train. Continue reading
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Tagged Broom Time, Edward Strong, HG Wells, Hill House, Martins Hill, River Ravensbourne, War Memorial, William Starling
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The Palace Park
The park is the grounds of the former Bishops Palace, which has stood on the site since at least the 1100sAD. A quarter of the parkland was sold in November 2019 (including the listed folly and 2 buildings that Bromley … Continue reading
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College Slip, K2 Telephone Box & College Green Pocket Park – Heritage
College Slip is the passageway which follows the old college wall. In the latter part of the 19th century it was still a country lane leading to open fields. Continue reading
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