Web Links

View of road side properties from Main Road - 8th Feb 2008

Sandy Lane Site Redevelopement

GallifordTry/(Linden Homes) - www.gallifordtry.co.uk/

Biogenie - www.biogenie-env.com

Biogenie’s core business is site remediation which it has been doing since its inception in 1986. Biogenie provides customized and guaranteed solutions for soil and groundwater remediation projects.

Considerate Constructors Scheme - www.ccscheme.org.uk

The Considerate Constructors Scheme is the national initiative, set up by the construction industry, to improve its image.

Environmental Agency - www.environment-agency.gov.uk

The Environmental Agency looks after the environment and make it a better place for this and future generations.

Southern Testing - www.southerntesting.co.uk

Southern Testing has provided comprehensive site investigation services.

Planning Portal - www.planningportal.gov.uk

The Planning Portal is the UK government's online planning and building regulations resource. Use this site to learn about planning and building regulations, appeal against a decision and research government policy.

Local Area

Online Local Communities Portal - www.oncom.org.uk

Online Communities site consists of 12 portals for the use by all communities in the borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is run on a non-profit basis by volunteers entirely for the benefit of all. The Online Communities network was founded in 1997.

The Teddington Society - www.teddingtonsociety.org.uk

The Teddington Society was formed in 1973 by a group of local residents whose wish it was to preserve the character of the town and support local community projects.

Richmond Council - www.richmond.gov.uk

The borough covers an area of 5,095 hectares (14,591 acres) in south west London and is the only London Borough spanning both sides of the Thames, with river frontage of 21½ miles. There are about a dozen towns and villages, although more than a third of its land is open space (including Richmond Park, Bushy Park and Kew Gardens).

The Lion Pub - www.thelionpub.co.uk - SLSAG Meeting venue

The Lion, 27 Wick Road, Teddington/Hampton Wick borders. Always an excellent choice of beers (5 Real Ales) and food at this popular and friendly pub. With the enlarged inside and new outside seating areas after a refurbishment a few years ago, there is now an all-weather barbeque, special enclosed play area for children and regular beer festivals in the function area at the back. The new licensees (after Don and Myfanwy) is John Brandon. Tel: (020) 8977 3199
CAMRA LONDON PUB OF THE YEAR 2006 !!

The Hampton Wick Association - www.hamptonwick.org

The Association supports the local community by maintaining a watch on local issues that may affect our environment, residents or local businesses.

Bushy Park - www.royalparks.org.uk

With an area of 445 hectares (1,099 acres). Bushy is the second largest of the Royal Parks. Lying to the north of Hampton Court Palace, the park, is home to around 320 free-roaming deer. The famous Arethusa 'Diana' Fountain forms the centrepiece to the famous Chestnut Avenue.

Hampton Court Palace - www.hrp.org.uk/HamptonCourtPalace/

The offical site covering the Royal Historic Palaces. Hampton Court Palace was England's most significant palace of the Tudor age. From 1515-c.1521, the Lord Chancellor of England, Thomas Wolsey, transformed what was a medieval manor into a palace considered superlative by contemporary observers.

Local Bats - wildweb.london.gov.uk/wildweb/Bats.do

Did you know that some of London's best sites for bats include Bushy Park in Richmond.

Put up a bat box
Encourage them to your garden with a safe roosting spot.
Details can be found on the BBC Science & Nature site.

The Bat Conservation Trust - www.bats.org.uk/
The Bat Conservation Trust is working towards a world where bats and people live in harmony.

Totally Richmond www.totallyrichmond.co.uk

Totally Richmond is the local community guide to Richmond upon Thames, created and run by Richmond locals.

Campaign for Real Ale - Richmond & Hounslow Branch - www.rhcamra.org.uk

CAMRA campaigns for real ale, real pubs and consumer rights. They are an independent, voluntary organisation with over 85,000 members and have been described as the most successful consumer group in Europe. CAMRA promotes good-quality real ale and pubs, as well as acting as the consumer's champion in relation to the UK and European beer and drinks industry.

Other Action Groups

Fordbridge - www.1-ix.com/fordbridge

Local residents in Fordbridge (near Walton) are fighting a proposal they say is inappropriate - it is in the middle of a flood plain - and excessive. Their anger is all the greater because the site is owned by the Environment Agency, which has named Linden Homes as its preferred developer. Follow link to the full story.

Hamilton road Electricity Works - www.hew.org.uk

The website is run by a group of local residents from the Twickenham Green area who have formed an action group in order to campaign against plans to demolish historic industrial buildings and replace them with a large development of flats. Also see the Environment Trust website.

White Hart Lane Action Group - www.savetheheartofwhitehartlane.co.uk

Despite the huge protests against Sainsbury’s, Richmond upon Thames Council has proved powerless to prevent the go-ahead for the development of flats and a large retail outlet at the top of White Hart Lane, thanks to out-dated planning laws which favour the developer over the local resident.
See also BBC News site - Voters fail to halt Sainsbury's

Teddington Action Group (TAG) - www.teddingtonactiongroup.com

This group was formed by concerned Teddington residents to campaign against the Metropolitan Police proposals to convert Teddington's 4-cell police station to a 30-cell custody unit serving both Richmond and Kingston boroughs.

Tolworth Residents against Over Development - www.trod.org.uk

TROD is a group of concerned local residents fighting a TESCO development in Tolworth.