Sunbury Matters

Local Green Spaces and what is meant by them  Up until the preparation of the Local Plan those parcels of recreational land, though not Green Belt, were nonetheless secured by what is known as Protected Urban Open Spaces (PUOS). Since then, the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) has re-designated these as Local Green Spaces (LGS) […]

By Ken Battle  The kennels and training grounds occupied fourteen acres of land and were situated on the north side of the old Hanworth Road, Sunbury, on the site now occupied by Lok n’ Store, Jaguar Land Rover and Costco Whole-sale. The kennels were built in 1933 at a cost of £25,000 to accommodate about

By Martin Thomas  Have you ever wondered what ‘healing’ is? This is your chance to experience it for free.  Healing is a gentle, natural, non-invasive therapy and is entirely comple-mentary with conventional medicine and other treatments.  Discover how the ancient art of healing may naturally help initiate and restore balance for your optimum health. The

HRH Queen Elizabeth II looked radiant on her coronation day in 1952. She looked pretty amaz-ing when she was recently in public too! She is the longest reining monarch ever and we wish her well.  She is being royally celebrated the country over during the long jubilee weekend. But we do love what one resident

By Andrew Lansdale  I have lived on the island known as Wheat-ley’s Ait for nearly seven years. Although it was July when I first saw the house, it was like a monsoon with rain bouncing knee-high from the paving stones. But despite that small inconvenience, I loved it. Some say that with some houses, one

I write this at the end of an Easter weekend when the sun has shone and not a drop of rain has fallen. The only discordant note being from us Brits moaning that we have not be able to curse the typical bank holi-day weather. Spring has certainly sprung for us in the beautiful country

Local self taught and much loved artiest, Daphne Clement, loves sharing her work with others. She has been creating first pen and ink and then watercolours of Sunbury and the surrounding area, for some 40 years. Knowing that there have been many people isolating recently, that children need to be kept amused, and wanting to

We love Rivermead Island. So do you! We are sent many beautiful photos taken there for our Local Capture page. Rivermead Island is blessed with some stunning mature trees, including the iconic plane tree (see photo on the right). Long may it remain healthy!  To preserve the nature of the island, there have been new

The Avenue – What’s in a Name?  An Avenue is defined as “a broad road in a town or city, typically having trees at regular intervals along its sides” The Avenue in Low-er Sunbury is arguably the most iconic resi-dential thoroughfare in the Borough largely due to the linear form of mature horse chest-nut trees