Environment

Heated meeting sees barrier scrapped and bus gate shelved 2
- Environment, News
- 30th September 2022
There were cheers and jeers at the Guildhall in Kingston last night (Thursday) as a proposal to install a bus gate in a residential street in Surbiton was thrown out by councillors. More than 100 protesters, armed with Save our Streets placards, turned up at the Surbiton Neighbourhood Committee meeting to voice their opposition to
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Have your say on Tolworth towers 0
- Environment, News
- 12th September 2022
A two-week online consultation on plans for Tolworth Broadway starts tomorrow (Tuesday 13th). www.tolworthtowerconsultation.co.uk will show designs for the redevelopment of the Broadway, with a feedback form for you to submit your views. There will also be a chance for the public to view the plans in person and question the project team at the Broadway
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Stand up to invaders!0
- Environment, Gardening
- 10th July 2022
Bish, bash, bosh! Take a stand against aggressive invaders! Take out your frustration and protect the environment as Berrylands Nature Reserve runs Himalayan Balsam Bashing sessions on Tue, July 12 (and 19th and 26th) at 6pm in Elmbridge Meadows. Funnel your feelings by expelling a plant which is outcompeting native flora along the Hogsmill! Wear
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Repelling the invaders 0
- Environment
- 6th July 2022
A conservation day is being held at The Wood and Richard Jefferies Bird Sanctuary off Oakhill Grove, behind Surbiton station, on Sat, July 9, tackling invasive species such as cherry laurel, bamboo and self-sown sycamores, as well as picking litter. Kingston biodiversity officer Elliot Newton explains: “It’s an area of beautiful mature native woodland which
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Traffic barrier gets the heave-ho 0
- Environment, News
- 23rd February 2022
The new traffic barrier in Tolworth Road is to be axed if Surbiton councillors get their way. In a stunning move last night (Tues), after an impressive presentation by a group of local residents about the knock-on effect of the road closure on neighbouring streets – especially Thornhill Road which had borne the brunt of
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Lopped fir adds Alpine look 0
- Environment, News
- 10th January 2022
Shorn of its lower branches, Surbiton’s Christmas tree creates a curiously Alpine mood on the roundabout outside the station. Workmen lopped off the lower branches of the bushy seasonal specimen on Monday… then presumably knocked off for a languid lunch at the Coronation, leaving the town’s arboreal totem looking more like something David Attenborough would
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