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…
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. …
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…
Consultation on basketball court in Wray Crescent
Islington has announced a consultation event concerning the future of the basketball court in Wray Crescent on Saturday September 16, between 1-4pm.
Help write a song for Wray Crescent
Come and help write a completely original song for Wray Crescent to be performed at the festival on July 29.
Thanks for coming to Big Buzz 2023
During the first Big Buzz event to celebrate Bee Day we estimate over 200 local residents and kids showed up for fun in the sun.
Our AGM takes place February 10
Friends of Wray Crescent will hold our Annual General Meeting on Friday February 10, 2023, at 6pm.