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We are the Brent River & Canal Society who campaigned to create the Brent River Park in Ealing, London 50 years ago. It’s your park, join us to protect it💚💙

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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It’s fantastic news that Ben Morris, one of our trustees and founder of @brentpollution.bsky.social has won a Make a Difference Award for his environmental work on the River Brent. Congratulations Ben and his amazing team of volunteers. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
BBC Radio London's Make a Difference award winners 2026
Londoners who make an impact in their communities are celebrated at this year's BBC Radio London's Make a Difference Awards.
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It’s 49 years since the floods at Costons Lane. api.parliament.uk/historic-han... (Picture via @ealingcouncil.bsky.social)
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Wildfires are not ‘wild’. They are started by humans. theconversation.com/theres-nothi...
theconversation.com
There’s nothing ‘wild’ about most wildfires – humans start them and have made them more dangerous
The names we give wildfires can obscure our role in them.
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Going,going,gone….! While the skylarks sing, the era of the derelict buildings on @warrenfarmnr.bsky.social comes to a crunching end. We’re looking forward to the rewilded brownfield site becoming a buffer zone with plenty of new species. Sound up!
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Today is #NationalMeadowsDay. We have lots of meadows in the Brent River Park, including @warrenfarmnr.bsky.social, London’s newest nature reserve. youtu.be/sVAS67yRv6I
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Warren Farm Nature Reserve - BBC London Lunchtime News - Reporter Luxmy Gopal
YouTube video by Warren Farm Nature Reserve
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Art Gelling @artgelling.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Happy Brithday! Connecting green infrastructure is FUNDAMENTAL to nature recovery in London, allowing recolonisation after local extinction, and increasing species resilience by refreshing the gene-pool - when disconnected "island" habitats can not. Reconnect London's nature. 🌿🔗🐍🔗🦎🔗🐦‍⬛🔗🌼🔗🪲🔗🦋
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
It’s our Birthday! 51 years ago the #BrentRiverPark was opened, creating Luke FitzHerbert’s dream of an 8km chain of green space along the #RiverBrent. Now we’re involved in exciting plans to take his vision forward into a new West London Regional Park stretching to the Thames.
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John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
This weekend was a bit hot, but the previous weekend was great weather for #PollinatorPals . These photos were from around @warrenfarmnr.bsky.social and the @brentriverpark.bsky.social in West London. #WildflowerHour
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
We had so many interesting conversations at #HanwellCarnival yesterday about the Brent River Park, the success of our @warrenfarmnr.bsky.social campaign and the work of @brentpollution.bsky.social Thank you to everyone who signed up as new members. It was great to meet you all.
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Come and see us at Hanwell Carnival today.
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
It’s Hanwell Carnival tomorrow and we’ll be there. Join our family friendly activities, from owl pellet dissection to sketchbook making and tell us your favourite places in the Brent River Park. From Brentham Meadows to @warrenfarmnr.bsky.social and Long Wood, there’s a lot to love!
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Really important win for journalism but it’s the last paragraph that really struck me Palantir has to pay 95% of the Swiss magazine’s costs - which are $11,000 A case like this in the U.K. would cost *millions* in legal fees. Why it’s so easy for rich to suppress criticism
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
We are delighted by the news that our special adviser @kaulofthewilduk.bsky.social is to receive a British Empire Medal for his work for nature. We will always be grateful for the important role he played in the success of our campaign to save @warrenfarmnr.bsky.social Congratulations Kabir!
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
We are beyond saddened to hear of this tragedy on Saturday, our condolences go to the family for their unimaginable loss. Our thanks to the Emergency Services, first responders and members of the public who rallied to help in difficult circumstances. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Mother and son die after getting into difficulty in water at park
Police describe the incident as a
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
It’s official! Warren Farm is now a statutory Local Nature Reserve. www.warrenfarmnaturereserve.co.uk/blog/togethe...
warrenfarmnaturereserve.co.uk
TOGETHER, WE DID IT! WarrenFarmNR is now officially declared a statutory Local Nature Reserve! — Warren Farm Nature Reserve
The blog post that we dreamed of one day writing has landed! We are thrilled to announce that thanks to the incredible amount of support you have shown our Rewilded Grassland and Wildflower Meadow, al...
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Great piece about the Brent River Park by @londonopia.bsky.social. “Brent River Park is not flashy. It does not need to be. It is London’s green pulse, steady and unshowy, reminding us that even here — especially here — the quiet work of nature continues.” londonopia.co.uk/brent-river-...
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Brent River Park -
Brent River Park is one of west London’s most significant green corridors: a continuous chain of parks, meadows and riverside habitats following the River
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Trumpers Crossing Halte closed 100 years ago. As you glance to your left when crossing the branch line on your way from Hanwell Meadows to @warrenfarmnr.bsky.social. There’s no trace of it now but once train passengers could alight here from Brentford or Southall.
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Wishing a Happy Christmas to all our followers and good fortune in the year ahead. Thanks to your continuing support, we reached the amazing milestone of our 50th year in June. Long may our green spaces thrive - for Wildlife, for Wellbeing, for Everyone.
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Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
V proud of this one -- it was my final big project before I left @jim.londoncentric.media to join the FT in September, and Jenny's wonderful pics really bring the scandal to life in all its disgusting glory. Please do give it a read! www.londoncentric.media/p/misconnect...
londoncentric.media
London's other sewage scandal
London Centric chases illegal sewage from a single polluting pipe on its toxic journey across the capital.
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Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
This is a story about one property's pollution of London's waterways. But it's one of many. Experts say there could be 10,000s more cases across the capital, collectively dispatching “Middle Ages levels of sewage” into the Thames.
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Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
How is untreated sewage from this upmarket Crouch End street polluting a Tottenham park -- and threading its way via the Walthamstow Wetlands & Hackney Marshes to the Thames? In today's London Centric, my deep dive into a small cog in one of the capital’s worst sewage scandals: misconnections.
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
New investigation of London buildings flushing sewage straight into the rivers, by @jim.londoncentric.media. Follows up on the story from earlier this year. Finds “chronic, ongoing pollution” and two schools flushing sewage into the River Lea. www.londoncentric.media/p/misconnect...
londoncentric.media
London's other sewage scandal
London Centric chases illegal sewage from a single polluting pipe on its toxic journey across the capital.
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Neil Usher @neilusher.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
West London looking anything but
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Punchy editorial by Putney News on the proposed amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill being debated today. putney.news/2025/11/01/t...
putney.news
The Wimbledon Amendment: When the guardians of law betray public trust - Putney.news
Unelected peers push a law to remove protections from public land, benefiting Wimbledon’s expansion and testing trust in Parliament.
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Open Spaces Society @openspacessociety.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
We are urging peers to oppose an amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill which aims to remove long-standing public rights on green spaces when the land is sold by a local authority. The amendment will be debated in the House of Lords on Monday: bit.ly/4oGy2YQ
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
This is great news. @openspacessociety.bsky.social has been a champion of our Brent River Park for many years. We look forward to working with Kit to safeguard and enhance our paths and green spaces in Ealing. ealing.news/environment/...
ealing.news
Law student takes up fight to defend Ealing’s open spaces - EALING.NEWS - The Voice of Ealing's 7 towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale, Southall.
Britain’s oldest conservation charity has appointed a new local advocate to protect green spaces across Ealing.
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
This week is #FloodActionWeek. This report from Aviva highlights the increasing risk from both river and surface water flooding.
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Properties discharging sewage directly into rivers is a nationwide problem. Here’s a story from Hampshire: “Multiple properties built in the 1980s were illegally plumbed into surface water drains.” www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/sewage-...
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Sewage flowing straight into Lymington River from illegally plumbed homes for decades, water firm finds
Untreated sewage from homes and businesses has been flowing directly into Lymington River for decades, it has been revealed.
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CURB CleanUptheRiverBrent @brentpollution.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Watch our little film about the Brent, its beauty, and our battle to defend it from a host of man-made troubles. @thames21.bsky.social @friendsofthethames.bsky.social @brentriverpark.bsky.social @riveractionuk.bsky.social @thatvetsean.bsky.social
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Short film by @brentpollution.bsky.social showing how nature miraculously survives amidst the despoilment of the River Brent. Both enraging and uplifting! youtu.be/PNRQGGjAtGI?...
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The River Remembers
YouTube video by Jonathan Rowe
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CURB CleanUptheRiverBrent @brentpollution.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
www.nwlondoner.co.uk/news/0110202...
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Clean Up the River Brent: Interest in volunteer-led initiative ramps up | North West Londoner
A group of volunteers meet regularly to Clean Up the River Brent, among growing concerns over the water’s health and quality.
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CURB CleanUptheRiverBrent @brentpollution.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Looking forward to sharing our punchy short film next Friday. @brentriverpark.bsky.social @riveractionuk.bsky.social @thames21.bsky.social
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Piece in the London Standard n the 2,000+ properties discharging sewage straight into London’s rivers. Quotes from our trustee Ben Morris of @brentpollution.bsky.social. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
standard.co.uk
The 2,000 London homes pumping waste straight into the rivers
Thames Water has identified 2,294 misconnections in properties throughout London over the past five years
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
The main causes of grass fires are cigarettes and portable barbecues. www.london-fire.gov.uk/safety/grass... Report on Northolt fire by @ealingnews.bsky.social. ealing.news/news/fire-cr...
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Fire crews tackle major grass blaze in Northolt - EALING.NEWS - The Voice of Ealing's 7 towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale, Southall.
Eight fire engines and about 60 firefighters have tackled a large grass fire near Arnold Road in Northolt this afternoon (12 August 2025).
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National Audit Office @nao.org.uk · 21/07/2025
We recently reported that water regulators - including Ofwat - have failed to manage the rising tide of risk associated with the sector, which is facing significant environmental, supply and infrastructure challenges. Read our report 🚰⬇️ www.nao.org.uk/reports/regu...
nao.org.uk
Regulating for investment and outcomes in the water sector - NAO report
This report examines water regulators effectiveness in ensuring the nation's future water supply and attracting necessary investments.
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
As expected, government report recommends new water regulator. www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Roadmap to rebuild trust in water sector unveiled in major new report
Sir Jon Cunliffe publishes final recommendations
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EALING.NEWS @ealingnews.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Steve Toft of Brent River Park charity @brentriverpark.bsky.social, said: “It’s great news that Ealing Council @ealingcouncil.bsky.social has secured £1m of funding for the regional park.It comes at an opportune time, in the 50th anniversary year of the Brent River Park ealing.news/environment/...
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Ealing gets nearly £1m for ambitious new regional park - EALING.NEWS - The Voice of Ealing's 7 towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale, Southall.
Ealing Council has been awarded nearly £1 million to support its ambitious plans for a new regional park in the borough, as part of a nationwide initiative to bring nature into urban areas.
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EALING.NEWS @ealingnews.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Ealing Council @ealingcouncil.bsky.social has been awarded nearly £1 million to support its ambitious plans for a new regional park in the borough, as part of a nationwide initiative to bring nature into urban areas. ealing.news/environment/...
ealing.news
Ealing gets nearly £1m for ambitious new regional park - EALING.NEWS - The Voice of Ealing's 7 towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale, Southall.
Ealing Council has been awarded nearly £1 million to support its ambitious plans for a new regional park in the borough, as part of a nationwide initiative to bring nature into urban areas.
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Great news that @ealingcouncil.bsky.social has secured £1m of funding for the regional park, as part of the Nature Towns and Cities initiative. We will continue to work with the council to protect and enhance our Urban Countryside in this part of London. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Green mission aims to raise £1bn to bring nature into UK towns and cities
Initial £15.5m will go to schemes such as launch of large regional park to improving green spaces along canals
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Warren Farm Nature Reserve @warrenfarmnr.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
We’re so excited for the #bigbutterflycount we’re starting a day early! 🦋☺️ Come join our FREE #WarrenFarmNR walk led by Naturalist Neil Anderson tomorrow by signing up here, happy butterfly spotting! 🌼🦋🌸👉🏼 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/warrenfarm... @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Here’s an excellent blog post about our 50th Anniversary celebrations including some of the history behind the creation of the Brent River Park. Thank you @campaignerkate.bsky.social
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
As it’s John Clare’s birthday, here’s his homage to long tailed tits or bum-barrels, from his poem “May”. Such a delightful dialect word! “Bum-barrels twit on bush and tree Scarse bigger then a bumble bee And in a white thorn’s leafy rest It builds its curious pudding-nest”
A long tailed tit, or “bum-barrel” perched on a branch. Photo John Ashburner
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
All the fun of our 50th Anniversary! Here’s more photos from last Sunday. If you came, we’d love to see any pics you’d like to share. The horse… the Morris dancers… Miss Maypole… the Bluebell ladies … weren’t they amazing?
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Luke FitzHerbert’s wife Kay was very much a part of his campaign to create the Brent River Park 50 years ago so it was wonderful that she could be with us to share our celebrations… and some cake!
Cake being shared with Kay FitzHerbert in the centre at the Brent River Park 50th Anniversary celebrations  in Churchfields , Hanwell. Photo Vivien Boyes.
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
The moment the new information board in Churchfields, Hanwell, detailing the history of the Brent River Park, went live. With thanks to Mayor Anthony Kelly and Kabir Kaul for coming to do the big reveal and making our 50th Anniversary special.
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Thank you to Leslie from @ealingnews.bsky.social for covering our 50th Anniversary celebration. Great lead photo of Mayor Cllr Anthony Kelly and our Special Adviser @kaulofthewilduk.bsky.social unveiling the new commemorative sign, with the help of two giant bluebells. ealing.news/environment/...
ealing.news
Community comes out to celebrate Brent River Park’s 50th anniversary - EALING.NEWS - The Voice of Ealing's 7 towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale, Southall.
Residents, campaigners, and local dignitaries gathered on Sunday (29 June 2025) at Churchfields Recreation Ground in Hanwell to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ealing’s Brent River Park - and to rem...
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Good morning from Churchfields, W7. Our 50th Anniversary Celebration is about to get under way. Come on down. More details here: www.brentriverpark.org/event/brent-...
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
The marquees are going up in Churchfields, Hanwell. Our 50th Anniversary celebrations start at 12, talks, workshops, walks, crafts for sale, cake and lots of family fun. Come join the party
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
From Brentham Meadow to Boston Manor, there’s plenty of places to keep cool in the Brent River Park when the weather is sweltering . Did we mention it’s the park’s 50th Anniversary Celebrations tomorrow? Yes, I thought we did! Churchfields Recreation Ground, Hanwell 12 until 5pm.
Couple walking  beneath the shade of trees beside the canal in the Brent River Park. Photo Vivien Boyes
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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
According to the records, it was around 30 degrees on 29 July 1975. Even so, suits and ties were the order of the day. At tomorrow’s 50th anniversary, you will be welcome whatever you wear. Please come along and help us celebrate. Details here: www.brentriverpark.org/event/brent-...
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