Caring about Wandsworth's buildings, open spaces, rivers and transport.
Our February newsletter with reports on the January meeting on the past, present and future of Battersea Power Station, a Society member’s challenging 1,000km journey by bike on the west coast of Australia, news on the Huguenot burial ground and the future of Arding & Hobbs, and more …
On Sunday 14 October a group of members went to see for themselves the site planned for the third Heathrow runway. While visiting Harmondsworth’s Grade 1 Listed, cathedral sized, barn (dated1427), we met a resident of the village whose last twenty-five years have been ones of constant friction seeing off three attempts to have the runway built. Attempt three remains in limbo. We learnt, to our astonishment, that the new runway would be built within 250 metres of the barn, the mediaeval church and the few houses to remain in the planned, truncated village.
