St John’s Church has obtained tickets for the Purcell Tour at Westminster Abbey on 16th November, giving out of hours access to the abbey with a tour and choral performances by former members of the Abbey Choir. Normally there is […]
Connaught Village Art Month, now under way, is taking place in local galleries and auction house Lyon & Turnbull, where a Faberge egg is on display as part of a Rare Jewellery sale. Local artist Tony Heywood, familiar to many from […]
Your committee met recently in the Raynham meeting room to cover transport, planning, licensing and crime matters. A formal HPEA response to the Draft Edgware Road Placemaking will be finalised at our September 3rd committee meeting, so if you have […]
Residents may be aware that there is a body through which local residents can feed their concerns about crime and anti-social behaviour into the Metropolitan Police. This body is called the Ward Panel. The Ward Panel meets locally several times a […]
Thanks to everyone who came to our speaker meeting at Kendal Street Kitchen on April 30. The room was packed to hear Jo Turner of the Place-shaping, Regeneration, Economy and Planning team at Westminster City Council, on the Paddington – Bayswater High […]
We are delighted that the long empty Kurobuta site has now been taken over by the Kendal Street Kitchen, offering all day dining at relatively reasonable prices for central London, and it has kindly offered to host our next event […]
The Royal Parks are considering making permanent the all-week closure of South Carriage Drive, which has been in place for over three years now. In the past the road was always closed on Sundays. You can comment via this link: […]
Dear members and supporters, Reporting fatigue is what happens when people keep complaining about crime, nothing much is done by the authorities and so everyone gives up – only for the police to claim the problem’s gone away. If there […]
There will be an opportunity to raise local issues with the Cities of London and Westminster MP Nickie Aiken, from 12-1pm at St John’s Church, Hyde Park Crescent, on Friday13th October. Don’t forget to put 11th December, our AGM and Christmas Party at […]
The following summarises the three news updates sent during September 2023. Members were notified of a chance to get their views heard at a drop-in consultation session on Thursday 14th September, about the Connaught Villlage Green Scheme, Everyone who contributed […]