Get involved in the 2017 Blythe Hill Fields Festival
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The Lewisham 3 Peaks Challenge – 16 July
A group of local residents has produced an illustrated map and guide to the walk with funding from Ladywell Assembly. The 5-mile circular route passes through parks and historic cemeteries, as well visiting some popular shopping streets, with plenty of pubs and cafes for refreshment stops.
The guide includes interesting historical information and suggests what to look out for along the way. For people coming from outside the area – or who want a short cut - there are plenty of transport links to join the route.
To launch the new walk, residents have teamed up with the Stephen Lawrence Trust and For Jimmy. A sponsored walk on Saturday 16 July will ‘christen’ the circular route and raise money for the charities.
Money is also being raised from the donations received for the maps and from sales of a special limited edition ‘Lewisham 3 Peaks Challenge’ t-shirt. This has been designed by Guardian cartoonist and local resident, Martin Rowson.
Further information available on Facebook or Twitter. You can also sign up to raise money for the charities at: bit.ly/1OBS7rN
The Lewisham 3 Peaks Challenge
One of the best things about a walk up to Hilly Fields is the view out across to Lewisham's other green peaks when you get there. So this charity walk is a stroke of genius. The team explains:
Meet Lewisham's very own 3 Peaks Challenge in support of For Jimmy & The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust. Saturday 16th July Hilly Fields Park, SE4 - 11.00am Join the launch of the new ‘3 Peaks Green Walk’ and take part in a sponsored walk in aid of two charities supporting young people.
A new five mile circular walking route links local green space (Hilly Fields, Ladywell Fields, Blythe Hill and One Tree Hill) with cafe-and-shop-lined streets. The walking route is designed to encourage anyone to explore and enjoy the local neighbourhood. For Jimmy and the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust are joining with local residents to promote the very first fun hike along the new route. Our message is that our streets and parks are for everyone to enjoy, and we all benefit from making our neighbourhood a safe place for children to grow up in.
To find out more and get involved, click here.
Help make the Blythe Hill Festival happen
Capa: So if you wake up one morning and it's a particularly beautiful day, you'll know we made it. Okay, I'm signing out.
- Sunshine
The Friends of Blythe Hill Fields do cool stuff, helping to get funding for park improvements and throwing great events like the Festival. They are humanity's last best hope.
But due to some recent departures, they need new members fast, to help organise next summer's party. If you're interested, get along to their next meeting, 7.30pm, January 29th at the Honor Oak Pub.
Nii Parkes on Blythe Hill
Interviewed in The FT today for its My London series, poet Nii Ayikwei Parkes pays tribute to Blythe Hill Fields:
"Blythe Hill Fields is about more than peace and the view. It has delightful quirks; a tight huddle of hills, it evokes a moment of gossip. For me, it is also about the communities that radiate out around it; the incredible network of green spaces, the food that is accessible to the global gastronome.
"On the Catford side, you will find ingredients for Bengali, South American, Chinese, Caribbean, Polish, Thai and west African cuisine. On the Brockley side, you’ll find restaurants – the kind that have clientele spilling into the streets – serving Cuban, Italian, Spanish, Cantonese and good old fish and chips. And there is culture here too: my kids saw Chris and Pui from Show Me, Show Me at Catford’s Broadway Theatre, there are salsa spots and there is ballroom dancing at the old Rivoli Ballroom on Brockley Road.
"One of my favourite places, opposite a Chinese takeaway (yes, we end as we began – with food) is the Brockley Jack, a fabulous pub and theatre."
Batwalk v Superanimals: Dusk of Justice
Leo lets us know about a couple of Blythe Hill events coming up.
Batwalk
Have you ever seen a bat on BHF? Apparently there are some, and it takes a bit of patience around dusk of a summer evening to spot them. We have the privilege of having Dr Iain Boulton of the London bat group come on Saturday, June 7th to take us on a bat walk.
We need to keep to 25 places, so please register here to book a place. Children are welcome, but they count as a 'person' if they can walk..meet in front of the playground at 9.15pm. Bat detectors will be provided..Register for the June 7th Bat walk here.
Superanimals
Have you ever thought that animals outnumber us in our city by many many times…many species have adapted themselves admirably to a human-centred environment, and we live around them all the time.
Come and see 'An Unnatural History of London' at the Blythe Hill Tavern on Friday June 20th, hosted by the Friends of Blythe Hill Fields People and Wildlife group. All welcome, 8pm upstairs.
Blythe Hill Fields Festival 2013
Leo Stevens, Secretary of the Friends of Blythe Hill Fields writes:
We are going to hold this year's festival on Saturday 6 July and we're looking for people interested in having a stall at the event.
We are happy to consider all requests for arts and crafts, toiletries, hot or cold food (subject to the stall holder having public liability insurance and an up to date food hygiene certificate) or anything else apart from bric a brac.
There are only around 40 odd pitches and they normally fill up fairly quickly but people can contact this email address for an application form: secretary@blythehillfields.org.uk
Greenspaces: Blythe Hill Fields
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Blythe Hill Fields completes the trio of hill-top parks running through this area, from New Cross to Honor Oak. Smaller, flatter, quieter, emptier and more gently-undulating than Hilly Fields, it offers the better views across London (and over Kings College's sports ground), despite being a little further away.
The children's play area, recently refurbished, is nicely done and is beautifully sheltered against the allotments next door.
Brockley Kate's green chain guide takes in Blythe Hill here. Visit the Friends of Blythe Hill Fields here.
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New parking restrictions planned across the area
Lewisham Council is planning to introduce a number of new parking restrictions in the area, seemingly to improve sight lines and access for pedestrians and cyclists. We were sent the list by Alison, who lives on Ewhurst Road and is a little puzzled by the plans to restrict parking near Ladywell Fields, which she says will cost a few spaces for seemingly little benefit.
If the plans go ahead, there will be no waiting at any time at:
- Bovill Rd both sides within 1m of Gabriel Street south kerb line
- Brockley Rise east side within 10m of junction Lowther Hill
- Brockley View east side 5m length at Blythe Hill Fields path access point opposite junction Duncombe Hill
- Courthill Road southwest side adjacent to either side of traffic island outside 128 and 156 Courthill Road
- Crofton Park Rd west side 41m length spanning Sevenoaks Road access point opposite junction Ewhurst Road
- Crofton Prak Road east side within 21m north and 16,m south of junction Ewhurst Road
- Ewhurst Road both sides within 5m of junction Crofton Park Road
- Ewhurst Road east side 7.5m length at Ladywell Fields path access point adjacent 115 Ewhurst Road
- Gabriel St south side within 5m junction Bovill Road
- Gabriel St south side within 5m east of junction Garthorne Road
- Garthorne Road southeast side within 4.5m southwest of junction Gabriel St
- Grierson Road northwest side 3.3 length and 6.6m from junction Honor Oak Park
- Grierson Road southeast side 1.8m length 6.6m from junction Honor Oak Park
- Lowther Hill both sides within 10m of junction Brockley Rise
- Manor Lane west side 10m length at network rail site access point between the two rail-over-the-road bridges between junctions with Fernbrook Road and Milbrough Crescent
-Montacute Road northwest side 3.2m length at Blythe Hill Fields path access point between 40 and 42 Montacute Road
The plans, which were advertised in the Mercury(!), can be commented on by:
"Writing to Lewisham Transport Policy & Development, Wearside Service Centre, Wearside Road, SE13 7EZ, to arrive not later than 21 days from the date of publication of this notice (Jan 4th 2012)."
The fog of tor
Kenan Malik sent us these beautiful shots he took in a Blythe Hill fog. Click here for more and to see his other work.
The Blythe Hill Festival 2011, July 2nd
This year's Blythe Hill Festival takes place on Saturday, from 11am-4.30pm.
The schedule includes live music throughout the day from acts such as The Hankdogs, The Artie Fufkins, Annie & Frank, The Reel Thing, Brockley Rise Singers and the Brockley Ukelele Group (natch).
There will also be over 30 stalls from local companies, artists and producers selling local produce, jewellery, rugs, hand-made skin care and beauty products, crafts, ceramics, photography and more.
Food from Babur Brasserie and Yam Hill, plus Jerk Cook off Champion P’s Fish Cuisine, Arabic cuisine and delicious home-made paella.
For a full breakdown of all the attractions, click here.
The state of Lewisham's parks
The 2011 Lewisham Parks survey is now underway. You can complete the survey before June 17th by following this link.
Doggers and dog poo notwithstanding, we're lucky to have some outstanding green spaces on our doorsteps - in particular, Hilly Fields, Telegraph Hill, Ladywell Fields and Blythe Hill. There's also been substantial investment in our green spaces over the last few years, with new playgrounds, waterways and sports facilities either completed or in the pipeline, so please have your say on how our parks can be maintained and improved.
With thanks to Tamsin.
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