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…
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…
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…
How to use Islington’s planning portal to examine the plans for our park.
Islington Council have presented their slightly revised plans for a new park building as a planning application. The council’s letter dated 29 February 2024 says that we have only until March 31 to make representations of objection, comment, or support, and that these must be submitted online – though the process is not easy. How…
Welcome to spring/summer in Wray Crescent
Welcome to spring in Wray Crescent! We wanted to update everyone on news and forthcoming events in Wray Crescent Park, and the introduction of a new secretary for the group. We also wanted to invite everyone to mark a date in their diaries as we will hold our next public meeting on March 23, at…
Join the Friends of Wray this Christmas
As we reach the end of the year and begin planning for what we can achieve in the next one, we wanted to invite you to a pair of holiday season events we’ve put together for Christmas 2023 – an informal get together at the N19 pub and an impromptu carol singsong in the park. …
Help build the path and give a tree a home
You may have noticed it’s getting a little bit wet outside. You might also have noticed that some of the saplings in the tree nursery look like they’re ready to move to good homes. We wanted to get you to mark two dates in your diaries: November 4, 12 noon: The annual path laying work…
The Return of the Wray Crescent History Walk
Islington Guided Walks held a really successful guided walk around Wray Crescent when they came to visit last autumn. They came festooned with stories concerning our local area, and around seventy people turned up – we think everyone was really interested. They are back September 29 The good news is they’re back to deliver a…