Jeff Waage
Green woodpecker on the Heath – the next bird to go?
- Credit: Adrian Brooker
A couple years ago, a survey of visitors to Hampstead Heath revealed that “experiencing nature” was the most common reason for a visit.
Today, in the midst of a pandemic, more and more of us are using the Heath in this way to keep sane.
Hearing and seeing birds and other wildlife is an important part of that calming nature experience. But what does growing use of the Heath mean for its habitats and wildlife?
How will the wear and tear to the Heath and the high numbers of visitors we are now seeing affect the behaviour and survival of wildlife there?
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The design of the new building
- Credit: Studio Libeskind
A cancer support centre with a roof garden will be built in the Royal Free Hospital’s southern car park.
Camden Council has approved plans for Maggie’s Centre to construct a two-storey timber facility designed by international architects Studio Libeskind.
The cancer support charity, which provides free advice, is hoping to open its new 435 sq m base by the summer of 2022.
The services of Maggie’s are currently housed locally at the Royal Free’s Cancerkin Centre following a merger in 2016.
A Royal Free spokesperson said: “We’re delighted that planning for approval for a Maggie’s centre at the Royal Free Hospital has now been granted.
Published:
5:22 PM February 16, 2021
You won t need to pay to pee on Hampstead Heath any time soon, bosses said.
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“There are currently no proposals to charge people to pay to use any toilets at Hampstead Heath.
A City of London Corporation spokesperson this week denied a scheme to make visitors pay to use toilets on Hampstead Heath is imminent.
In a line in the draft divisional plan presented to the CoLC s Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood and Queen s Park committee, reference was made to exploring a feasibility study for introducing contactless charging to access public toilets on the Heath.
Published:
10:00 AM February 3, 2021
Updated:
11:02 AM February 3, 2021
Cllr Oliver Cooper said residents were left fearful of leaving their homes
- Credit: Polly Hancock/Cllr Oliver Cooper
A Hampstead Town councillor says the closure of the creperies was “undesirable but unavoidable” after “hellish” queues around Perrin’s Lane.
Cllr Oliver Cooper, the leader of Camden Council’s Conservative opposition, said residents had been left scared to leave their homes amid fears over a lack of social distancing.
La Crêperie de Hampstead and its next-door neighbour – backed by the King William IV pub – were closed by Camden Council after being ruled a “significant risk” of transmitting Covid.