Redbridge Museum – Map Of The Week

This week our Map of the Week is a terrestrial  pocket globe dated from the 1800’s. The globe shows the earth while its spherical case shows formations of stars known as constellations. Australia is shown on the globe as ‘New Holland’ . It was known as this by Europeans until the name was changed to Australia …

Handball Taster Day and Club Sessions!

Funding has been secured through the Sportivate Programme for East London to run a Handball taster day and launch a new Club for East London.  The funding has been received for participants from Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge. The taster day will be run by qualified coaches and will run on Wednesday 29 January …

Essex’s Got Sporting Talent!

In yet another huge achievement for Essex, young trampolinist Josh Newman will be representing Great Britain at Next month’s World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. With this latest win it certainly seems Essex is bursting at the seams with sporting talent! As Chadwell Heath Academy get ready to represent England in the World Schools Volleyball Championships …

Hainault Lodge Work Day

We need your help to take care of our only local nature Reserve! Did you know that Hainault Lodge is the first and only Nature Reserve in the entire of the London Borough of Redbridge to be designated? Join the nature conservation team this Thursday (17th October) from 10 am – 2.30 pm, for a …

Claybury Park Coppicing

Here’s a shocking fact for you: a stocktake of UK wildlife has shown that nearly all our species are struggling to survive and that one in three have halved in numbers in the past 50 years.  Right across the UK our wildlife is in rapid decline due to the loss of their habitats and pollution. …