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  EVENTS PAGES

2008:

Please see the Events 2007/8 page for event dates. The next event of 2008 is:

Annual Family Fun Day: Sunday 13th July

(Notice to Stallholders: Please click on Stall Rules page to see the regulations for stallholders)

Events this Year and Last:

Below are some highlights of events that have taken place within the past 12 months, and details of some of the events coming up later this year. Fuller details of date, time and location are to be found on the Events2007/8 page.

The 2007 Family Fun Day was held on Sunday 15th July. It was the largest and most successful Fun Day to date - there are 2 separate pages of pictures taken on the day. This year's event will be on Sunday 13th July and promises to be better than ever. See Fun Day page for more details. 

On Saturday 7th June this year we held an event in the George V Memorial Garden within the park as part of the London-wide Open Garden Squares weekend. For more details and pictures of this event please see the separate pages.

The 2008 Friends of Canons Park AGM was held on Thursday 15th May, in the Arnold House School Sports pavilion in Donnefield Avenue. A speaker from Groundwork (West London) gave a talk about the work that the Friends are undertaking in the Spinney and which he is leading. He spoke about the benefits of coppicing, and how a rolling programme of this work will help to encourage bio-diversity. For further details of the event, the agenda and chairman's report, please go to the committee page.

Bird walks are held on the first Sunday of each month until June, restarting in October. For the summer we do not hold bird walks due to decreased bird activity (nesting and rearing is nearly over) and leaf cover means that birds are harder to see. The walks start at 10 a.m. at the Donnefield Avenue entrance to the park. They are open to all comers and are free. Walks last around two hours but you can leave anytime you wish.  Although there are well-surfaced paths now, you may prefer to wear appropriate footwear in wet weather. Bring your binoculars. More details on the separate events pages. In particular, see the pages on the ring-necked parakeets which are becoming more and more numerous, and the details of the Big Garden Bird Watch to be held in January.