The council is listening and working with older residents to agree a plan for making Lambeth a better place to age well – an Age Friendly borough.
There is an online survey here – deadline Sunday 10th September :
Or email directly agefriendlyLambeth@kaizen.org.uk or telephone 020 4536 6321
And drop in to the Age Friendly Festival at the Oval Cricket ground on Saturday 30th September 11am to 3pm . Free entry at Alec Stewart Gate . There will be lunch, stalls, activities & entertainments. 
Filed under Community / voluntary, Health, Housing, Lambeth Council, Libraries
Gilbert Clark on Remembrance Sunday, November 12th 2017
This year the Lambeth Local History Fair will be held at West Norwood Library & Picture House SE27 9JX to kick off a month long programme of 40 events looking at Lambeth’s rich history. The Local History Fair is on Saturday 2nd Sept 10am to 4pm with stalls, talks, walks & free films. And a chance to contribute to Their Finest Hour digital family history project.
For details of all events across Lambeth check out the Heritage Festival web pages or see the brochure [pdf]. Some events must be booked to avoid disappointment. Most are free to attend.
Heritage Festival Events in West Norwood include:
Filed under Arts, Community / voluntary, Lambeth Council, Libraries
West Norwood station
The rail companies have plans to close Ticket Offices at most stations across the country. The plan is for multi-skilled station staff to provide “Ticket Assistance” instead -and help travellers use the ticket machines. Our local nearby stations: West Norwood, Gipsy Hill, Streatham Hill, Tulse Hill will all be affected. Ticket Offices at major stations like Victoria, Waterloo & Clapham Junction are also to be closed.
To see the closure plans for Southern and Thameslink click on the links below:
To have a say you must send your comments to TravelWatch by Wednesday 26th July. TravelWatch will make recommendations on the consultation. For details go to:
https://www.londontravelwatch.org.uk/ticket-offices-have-your-say/
You can also send your comments by email to southern.consultation@londontravelwatch.org.uk or gntl.consultation@londontravelwatch.org.uk
Or by free post to RTEH-XAGE-BYKZ, London TravelWatch PO Box 5594, Southend-on-Sea SS1 9PZ.
Transport for All have a sample template letter you can personalise and send to TravelWatch:
https://www.transportforall.org.uk/campaign/ticket-office-closures/take-action/
Filed under Employment, Transport, West Norwood
Lakeview Rd – Greenhurst Rd end
Lakeview Road will be closed for roadworks during weekdays 8am to 6pm from Thursday 20th July to Monday 31st July . The road will re-open for the evenings and at weekends.
Vehicles left obstructing the road works will be moved and parked nearby. Drivers need to find alternative routes and parking spaces during the times of the road works. Access to and from the streets off Lakeview Road can be arranged in advance by speaking to the site supervisor.
Lakeview Rd – Knights Hill end
Truslove Road will be closed between Tuesday 1st August and Monday 7th August on weekdays 8am to 6pm.
Please send any questions to the Highways team by email: HIPresurfacing@lambeth.gov.uk or by phone 020 7926 9000 #4 and #3
The resurfacing of Lakeview Road and Truslove Road is part of Lambeth council’s Highways Improvement Programme.
Filed under Lambeth Council, Parking, Traffic, Transport, West Norwood
Two new controlled parking areas (CPZ) are proposed for the Streatham High Road end of Leigham Court Road. The deadline for comments is midday Monday 26/6/23
Firstly there is a plan to extend the existing Streatham Hill CPZ up to Leigham Vale ( yellow area on the map). To see details and comment go to: https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/consultations/streatham-wells-area-proposed-cpz-stage-1-consultation
Secondly a new CPZ is proposed for Streatham Wells between Leigham Ct Rd , Valley Rd , Crown Lane and Streatham High Rd ( pink area on the map). The controlled parking times are likely to be Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm.
Most of the bays will be shared with residents who buy a permit and visitors. Visitors can either buy a full day permit or pay by the hour using their smart phone. To see details and comment go to: https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/consultations/streatham-wells-area-proposed-cpz-stage-1-consultation Or telephone 020 7926 6799 for a paper survey & mention Streatham Wells CPZ.
The proposed Streatham Wells Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) covers much of the same area as the CPZ. The results of the LTN consultation are published online in 118 page report (linked at bottom of this webpage).
The LTN proposal has been updated following the public consultation. See “Summary of recommendations” on page 37 of the above report.
See also our previous post 23/11/22
Filed under Environment, Lambeth Council, Parking, Planning, Traffic, West Norwood
Have your say on Lambeth’s plans to collect residual waste wheelie bin once a fortnight from next year. Recycling bins, food waste and gardening bags will continue to be collected weekly.
To have your say please fill in the online survey here:
The consultation will close at midday on Friday June 30th. The Waste team will be in West Norwood on Sunday 4th June to speak to residents – drop by the Norwood Cemetery gates SE27 9JU between 10am and 4pm.
Paper copies of the survey form can be requested on 020 7926 9000
As households recycle more & more nearly half of London’s boroughs (including Southwark) already collect residual waste fortnightly from street properties. Councils see more households increase their recycling when they change to fortnightly collection.
Filed under Environment, Lambeth Council
From Saturday 29th April the #3 bus will no longer go to Whitehall. After Lambeth Bridge it will go between Horseferry Road and Victoria Street.
Two other Lambeth bus routes are changing on 29th April. The #133 bus will go between Holborn & Monument instead of ending at Liverpool Street station. The #59 bus will be routed between St Batholemews Hospital ( Barts) and High Holborn instead of terminating at Euston station.
Thanks to the public campaign to save the #45 bus the proposed changes not going ahead and the 45 route will remain the same.
Check your Transport for London (TfL) app for bus times: https://tfl.gov.uk/maps_/tfl-go
A summary of central London bus changes on 29th April are here: https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/buses/central-london-bus-changes#on-this-page-8
See our earlier post: 3/7/22
Filed under Transport
Proposals for a Controlled parking zone ( CPZ) and some no-through roads in the area between Norwood Rd & Rosendale Road and South Circular & Robson Road are out for an informal public consultation.
On Saturday 22nd April 10am to 4pm engineers will be at the West Norwood Library SE27 9JU to discuss the plans, hear your views and answer questions. The plans can also be seen on request at West Norwood Library.
To see full details of the plans & comment go online: https://westdulwich.commonplace.is/
The free 1 hour parking bays off West Norwood shopping street remain. Pay by phone parking is proposed throughout the area. Passing places on Robson Road are proposed to make the 322 bus route easier. The days of the week and the hours of parking enforcement are still at discussion stage.
There are eight road closures planned including: Chatsworth Way by the church; Chestnut Road by Barston Road junction and Carston Road by the south circular. A parklet by Eastmearn Road junction with Rosendale Road is one of the other street improvements in the plans.
The deadline for comments is Sunday 7th May
See our earlier posts:
Filed under Environment, Lambeth Council, Parking, Traffic, Transport, West Norwood
Sunday 2nd April 10am to 4pm is the return of West Norwood Feast Festival for 2023.
Music, food, shopping, meet up with friends – something for everyone.
Pictured is Helen Hayes MP & Cllr Ibtisam Adem at 2022 April Feast.
Check out all 4 sites where Feast activities are taking place:
Feast Festival is run by local volunteers on first Sunday of each month from April to December.
For more details see: https://westnorwoodfeast.com/
And follow
twitter @WN_FEAST
facebook https://www.facebook.com/wnfeast/
instagram https://www.instagram.com/wn_feast/
The swimming pool at West Norwood Health & Leisure Centre (WNHLC) is due to reopen in July 2023. The men, women and families change areas are due to reopen by early April. Other services at WNHC such as the Knights Hill GP surgery and most leisure activities continue to operate as usual.
The WNHLC and surrounding park is funded via a private finance scheme with the NHS. The structure of the building, and so the repairs, are the responsibility of the private finance company . Last year unfortunately faults were identified in some parts of the building and the swimming pool and change areas had to be closed temporarily.
From 1st April 2023 Lambeth council is running its leisure services “in-house” as “Active Lambeth” and ending its contract with Better GLL. Existing Better memberships and direct debits will be transfered automatically but you should receive a notification email about the transfer. For more details see: https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/active-lambeth
Filed under Community / voluntary, Health, Lambeth Council, Leisure, Swimming Pool, West Norwood
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