Announcing the Wray Crescent Festival, July 27
We’re thrilled to announce the second Wray Crescent Festival will take place on Saturday, July 27 in Wray Crescent park. The festival, supported by Islington’s parks team, is completely free to attend and will run from 12-5. And in the run up to the event you can join our free yoga and tai-chi sessions in…
Save the trees: Islington’s new plans destroy trees, act now to protect them
There are just a few days to make your point if you want something better than Islington Council’s planned c.£1.5m+ splurge on a cricket-focused building in Wray Crescent. That chance exists because Islington Council have revised two drawings in their plans for Wray Crescent. You can take action now What the new plans mean The…
Free Yoga & Tai-Chi Sessions Return to Wray Cres for Third Year!
The return of wellness sessions in Wray Crescent park. We are proud to announce the return of our free summer seasons of yoga and tai-chi in Wray Crescent park, now in their third year! Yoga and Tai-Chi for the rest of us Our free evening yoga and tai-chi sessions are a fantastic way to ease…
What we learned about the trees of Wray Crescent
We wanted to report back on some of the fascinating things we learned about some of the trees of Wray Crescent during a brilliant hour-long walk through the park with tree expert and author, Bob Gilbert. He told us so many things – what follows are just four of the amazing things we learned. What we…
Tolly Talk: Join us for ‘Tales from the Trees’, 2pm June 16
Coming up really soon, please join us for the next event in our Tolly Talks sessions. This talk is all about the trees, featuring noted plant and tree expert and author, Bob Gilbert. He will take us on a walk through the park and tell us about all the trees the park contains. The talk takes place…
Announcing Big Buzz III: Return of the bees!
Hi everyone, We wanted to announce the Big Buzz Festival, which takes place on May 18, 2024. The festival celebrates World Bee Day, which takes place every year in May. We love the bees. We know how important they are to life itself. We were thrilled to win a Defra award recognizing our work on this…
Event: Pot a plant to take home
Hi everyone! We wanted to let you know that Islington’s parks team are back in Wray Crescent this weekend on Saturday, April 13 to give you free plants, part of the regular, Islington-wide Pot A Plant to Take Home series of park visits. What is Pot A Plant to Take Home? Each year, Islington’s lovely…
How to respond to Islington’s Pavilion proposal: Before Sunday 31st March!
Islington Council have submitted plans for the new park building at a cost of £1.7m. At a public meeting on March 25, local residents decided these plans did not deliver enough for the local community and decided to attempt to engage with the planning process in order to help encourage the council to to improve…
Public meeting March 23
We are inviting our friends, neighbours and fellow park users to attend the next public meeting of Friends of Wray Crescent. The meeting takes place on Saturday March 23 at 11am. During the meeting we will discuss Please join us to get involved and help build the park for the whole community. Please sign up…
Banksy Comes to Hornsey Road
On Sunday March 17, we were all very surprised by the sudden appearance of a fantastic piece of street art on an otherwise forgotten wall, just beside a neglected tree at the side of Hornsey Road, in Tollington Ward, Islington North. The art went up mid-afternoon March 17 We came across it around 6pm as…