The six-month programme of events launched as Kingston 2025 will begin in May and include a Saxon fayre, a town tournament, a carnival and a river cultures festival.
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Escape the winter blues at Kew Gardens’ annual Orchid Festival
The annual Orchid Festival is back at Kew until March 2, 2025, and this year, the botanical gardens are shining the spotlight on Peru.
Council grants £1,000 to new community garden on Queen’s Promenade
Queen’s Promenade Friends, a volunteer group who maintain Kingston’s riverside park, has received £1,000 of councillor ward funding for their new Athelstan Garden.
Kingston Council to host first comedy fundraiser
Kingston Council has organised a comedy event to raise money for the Mayor’s Charitable Trust, the first of its kind for the Chamber.
Wildlife group replicates Kingston success with first beavers in London for over 400 years
In October 2023, the Ealing Beaver Project introduced a family of beavers to Paradise Fields in west London — the first in several centuries. The
Ed Davey joins the race for Christmas number one
The politician joins a choir of young carers on a new single, whose success could make Davey the first MP to top the Christmas charts.
Hampton Court Palace: experience Christmas fit for a King
Learn how the Tudors celebrated the season Ever wondered how mistletoe became a festive staple? Where your Christmas turkey tradition dates from? This year, Hampton
Community-driven coffee van opens permanent riverside spot
Argonaut Coffee has opened its first café in Kingston on Buckland’s Wharf. Argonaut’s former coffee van on Canbury Gardens had been a much-loved staple on
Local man cleans neglected road sign and urges others to do the same
A local man has received praise from residents for his recent efforts to clean a moss-covered signpost in Ham Common. Seamus Joyce tackled the stubborn
