Saturday, 4th June offers young and the young-at-heart a great afternoon out at the Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park. The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park are holding their annual Summer Fair from 12 noon until 5pm. There will be the ...

Elvis Costello didn’t want to go to Chelsea – but now there’s no need, as the Chelsea Fringe has come to East London. The Chelsea Flower Show is a major event in the horticultural calendar – and it’s so popular ...

Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is a graveyard situated in Mile End. No longer used for burials, it is now a wildlife haven for flora and fauna alike. It is open to visitors who want to enjoy a little bit of ...

Tree works The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park have been awarded £8,000 from the Greater London Authority’s London Tree & Wood Community Grant programme to fund essential tree works in the Park over the winter. Roger Cox Photography Roger ...

The Cemetery Park has won a Green Flag Award and will therefore, together with all other winning sites, be entered into the annual People’s Choice Award vote. Last year saw over 35,000 votes from the public, and the Cemetery Park was ...

It’s been a summer of awards for the Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park. It began in July, when the Friends of the Cemetery Park were joint winners of the Ethical Wildlife award at the Observer’s Ethical Awards evening. Within weeks, the ...

The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park (THCP) were joint winners of an Ethical Wildlife award at the 2015 Observer Ethical Awards last week. Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park in Mile End covers 31 acres of woodland and is cared for ...

Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park in Mile End is hosting a number of events this month – some specially for children and some for wildlife friends of all ages. Art for all On Saturday, 11th July top botanical artist Talya will be ...

CONGRATULATIONS are due to Ms Farhana Ahmed, a young British woman of Bangladeshi origin, who has made an made an outstanding achievement in her studies in the UK. Farhana obtained a First Class Law Degree (LLB Hons) from the world ...

PUBLIC CONCERN is growing over the plans to develop the former gas works site on Bow Common Lane. These are due to be considered by the Tower Hamlets Council’s Strategic Development Committee (SDC) this week. The planning application was considered ...