Greenacre Film Club

A brand new slide show with Mr Greenacres, looking at some fascinating local green spaces.


This show features some of the less well known and more hidden green spaces to be found in Finchley. This presentation will take you off the beaten track on a voyage of discovery visiting parks, gardens, woodland, meadows, waterways, green spaces, nature reserves, allotments, sports fields, golf courses, and an archery field. I’m not going to give anything else away here, but prepared to be amazed at what we have right here on our doorstep. 

Thursday 17th January, 7-30pm

Trinity Church Centre, 15 Nether Street 
North Finchley, London N12 7NN

Tel: 020 346 5503
email: greenacreproject@gmail.com

Waterways of Finchley - The Walk, Part III

The third and final part of The Waterways of Finchley Walk is scheduled for 16th September when things will still be beautiful. We will venture across the boundary of Finchley towards Totteridge and then back into Finchley and Friern Barnet for a finish at Friary Park. This is another very pretty walk.

Part Three - Sunday 16th Sept. at 12-00pm
A fascinating and picturesque tour of Finchley’s water features
Meet outside Woodside Park station at 11-45am for a 12 noon start.

Join us for this lovely tour of the north western part of Finchley. We will follow Folly Brook to Totteridge Green to see the picturesque pond and follow Dollis Brook through Whetstone Stray to Swan Lane Open Space for our lunch stop at The Redwood Café. After lunch we will visit the lakes at Baxendale and the North Middlesex Golf Club, St James Church and then follow Blacketts Brook for a finish in the Friary Park tea house.

2.7 miles to Redwood Café. Total distance to Friary Park - 5.0 miles

Bring packed lunch or buy food at the Redwood Café. At Friary Park there are buses to Woodside Park, Whetstone and Friern Barnet.

Waterways of Finchley - The Walk, Part II

The second part of our Waterways of Finchley tour takes us to the western and northern part of Finchley where Dollis Brook forms the western boundary. We will venture as far north as Totteridge Lane and our walk will take in several little known water features on our journey north along Dollis Brook. By the end of this tour you will have seen over 40 bridges.

Part Two - Sunday 22nd July at 12-00pm

A fascinating and picturesque tour of Finchley’s water features
Meet outside Finchley Central station at 11-45am for a 12 noon start.
We will head for Finchley Weir at the bottom of Hendon Lane and continue
north along Dollis Brook, through Windsor Open Space and Finchley Garden
Village, continue past the magnificent viaduct in Dollis Road, to Rocklands
Lake, Lovers Walk and Nether Court House, on to explore Folly Brook, back to
Dollis Brook, through Whetstone Stray with a grand finale at The Redwood
Café in Swan Lane Open Space.

3.6 miles to Woodside Park tube. Total distance to finish - 5.1 miles.
Another pretty walk well worth missing Sunday lunch for. Bring packed lunch, Tasty food available at The Redwood Café.

Waterways of Finchley - The Walk

Waterways of Finchley - The Walk

The recent Waterways of Finchley slide shows where we looked at all of Finchley’s waterways and water features proved to be very popular. Many people were amazed at what we have right here in Finchley and there were many requests to do a walk of The Waterways of Finchley, so bowing to popular request, here it is, spread over two Sunday afternoons.
Part One - Sunday 15^th July at 12-00pm
A fascinating and picturesque tour of Finchley‘s water features

Meet outside East Finchley tube station at 11-45am for a 12 noon start.

We will follow Mutton Brook through Lyttleton Playing Fields and Northway Gardens to Brookland Rise. Then we will visit the water cascade at Willow Tree Gardens, The Garden of Hope, Briarfield Green Square, Pentland Centre lake and fountain and stop at Avenue House Café. After lunch we will follow Mutton Brook to Brookdales for a quick look at The Decoy lakes before setting off along Dollis Brook, to Finchley Weir for a finish at the bottom of Hendon Lane where we can catch the 143 bus back to Finchley Central and East Finchley tubes.

4.2 miles to Avenue House. Total distance to finish - 6.4 miles.

This is a very pretty walk and well worth missing Sunday lunch for. Bring packed lunch or buy food at Avenue House café. 

Update on Private Events in Parks

A revised policy will go before Cabinet on July 17 with recommendations to remove Victoria Park, Lyttelton Playing Fields and Highlands Gardens from the proposal.

Over one thousand people originally objected to the council’s Events in Parks consultation and opposed the plans.

Council reported that people were worried about increased crime, noise pollution, litter and parking problems as well as damage to the parks in the borough. But the main reason for the objection was succinctly put, 'The proposals go against all principles of public open space being open and accessible to all members of society at all times and are hugely unpopular with local residents.'

The Greenacre Project will continue to campaign to have parks for public use only and get those which could still be affected by the policy, including Edgwarebury Park, Hendon Park, Scratchwood, Oak Hill Park and Princes Park removed from the list.

Greenacre at 'Trinity in May' Arts Festival

The Greenacre Project and Greenacre Writers are holding five events at the 'Trinity in May' Arts Festival at Trinity Church Centre next month.

Saturday 5th May at 2.00pm The Waterways of Finchley: join Mr Greenacres in discovering Finchley's waterways, brooks that run for 6 miles though Finchley, with weirs, lakes, ponds, a 25ft fountain, a cascading water garden, 36 bridges and two working boats.

Saturday 19th May at 2.00pm Parks In Peril: We look at some of the threats to our parks and green spaces. We learn the reasons why many green spaces have disappeared and the latest threats. There will also be a discussion on how we can protect our parks and green areas for the future.

Saturday 26th May at 2.00pm The Greenways of Finchley: If you missed it the first time, join Mr Greenacres in his magical mystery covering 42 miles of paths and green spaces, calling at allotments, playing fields, nature reserves and disused railways along the way.

Saturday 5th May at 2.00pm - 5.00pm Greenacre Writers will be holding a Creative Writing session: Ways Into Writing. Designed for beginners, many more experienced writers have still found these workshops invaluable for stimulating the creative flow. The workshop will consist of writing exercises and a chance for some supportive feedback in an informal friendly environment.

Saturday 26th May at 2.00pm - 5.30pm Greenacre Writers Mini Literary Festival with authors and local writers. See www.greenacrewriters.blogspot.com for details.

All events are free, but we request donations toward the Trinity Stroke Group, and The Greenacre Bicycle Rally

Earth Hour 2012: 31st March at 8.30pm

Last year it was estimated that more than 5,200 cities and towns in 135 participated in Earth Hour by switching off lights for an hour. Homes, businesses and public departments took part. The idea is to send a message to each other and those with the power to make changes to think about the environment and our impact upon it.

It doesn't take a lot - to flick a switch - but you could always practice tonight, and tomorrow just to make sure you get it absolutely right on Saturday at 8.30pm.

http://www.earthhour.org/