These links are designed to point you to websites which focus on interesting aspects of Rotherhithe. Let us know if you have any more (see our home page for contact details).

We enjoy working very closely with a number of other local groups who share similar interests, and are fortunate to have met so many like-minded organizations and individuals.

We are always pleased to be able to learn from the advice of others or to help out with advice of our own when needed - either in our immediate geographical area or further afield.  Do get in touch with us if you would like to.

 

Friends of Russia Dock Woodland Discussion Group

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_friends_of_russia_dock_woodland/
The Friends of Russia Dock Woodland is a group of residents who help protect and enhance the woodland, which runs through the middle of the Rotherhithe peninsula in London.  Membership of both the Friends group itself and of this Yahoo! email group is open to everyone.  The Friends website can be found at:
http://www.russiadockwood.ukfriends.com/index.html
 
 

Trust for Urban Ecology

http://www.urbanecology.org.uk/
The Trust for Urban Ecology was founded in 1976 when  veteran ecologist Max Nicholson and a group of like-minded conservationists  set up Britain's first urban ecology park. Stave Hill Ecological Park is managed by the Trust for Urban Ecology  as a nature reserve, educational facility, research area and place  of recreation. The Park has been designed and managed to form a  mosaic of grassland, woodland, scrub and wetland habitats which  support a wide variety of wildlife. Visitors can enter from Russia  Dock Woodland or from entrances around Stave Hill. The Park is open  to the public at all times.
 
 

Surrey Docks Farm and Cafe

http://www.surreydocksfarm.org.uk/
The Surrey Dock urban farm  has some super animals - goats and sheep (with whom you can mingle), donkeys, cows and the wonderful, wonderful pigs.  There are rabbits, ducks, chickens and turkeys, flower and vegetable gardens and two greenhouses.  There is a very nice cafe to relax in.

A plan for new outbuildings on architect’s plans show a delightful new complex.  They need to raise funds for the new buildings, and they need volunteers with all sorts of different skills - everything from catering and finance to hands-on helping. The Farm is open from Tuesday to Sunday between 10am and 5pm and admission is free.  Groups should phone ahead to book in advance.  Their contact details are as follows:  Surrey Docks Farm Provident Society Ltd, South Wharf, Rotherhithe St, London SE16 5EY - telephone 020 7231 1010.

 

Friends of Southwark Park

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FriendsofSouthwarkPark/summary
The Friends of Southwark Park have a Yahoo email discussion group which can be found at the above address.  Here’s at extract from their introduction:  The Friends group is now in its 12th year and looks forward to welcoming you at a meeting or on this e-group. Our aims are to protect, enhance, promote and enjoy Southwark Park and King’s Stairs Garden. The Friends help organise parks events, and have a say in the development of the park and its many facilities. We work with Southwark Council to suggest improvements to keep the park clean, safe and a pleasure to visit.
      

Bermondsey and Rotherhithe Green Enthusiasts (B.A.R.G.E.s)

http://www.bargesmeuk.moonfruit.com/
 If you are interested in the local green, open or wild spaces, and their plant and wildlife then you might to join the B.A.R.G.Es email group.  To join the BARGES e-group, contact barrymasonuk@googlemail.com

 

Canada Water Campaign

http://www.canadawater.org/
Discussions and plans are on-going for the total redevelopment of Canada Water in London, SE16, UK. T

The community - through the Canada Water Campaign - has been fighting hard to preserve the dock and to prevent overdevelopment whilst achieving the community facilities that are badly needed.  Please visit the above website for extensive details, including topic papers, maps and plans, bulletins, planning applications and much more.

 

Hawkstone Tenants and Residents Association

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/49jkh/hawkstone.html
Hawkstone T&RA is an unincorporated non political association open to all tenants, leaseholders and residents of Brydale House, Canute Gardens, Harbord House, Jarman House, John Kennedy House, Rotherhithe Old Road and Westfield House all located on the Hawkstone Estate, London SE16. Promoting common interests and providing a unified voice.

As with other parts of the immediate area the Hawkstone triangle is included in the Canada Water Area Action Plan for Rotherhithe and its peripheries in SE16.  Kam Hong Leung has assembled some of the email correspondence on this subject under the title of Recommended Reading: Hawkstone Triangle Demolition Project Special Report (Part 1) on his RCSF website.
 
 

Rotherhithe Community Safety Forum (RCSF)

http://rotherhithe.spaces.live.com/
An excellent place to find out more about local issues of a very immediate nature set up by founder and owner Kam Hong Leung  kam@khleung.fsnet.co.uk.  Kam updates the site with all the local news and issues that impact the area, and he is in touch with all the local law enforcement and policy makers.  This is a very informative resource.
 

Russia Dock Woodland and Greenland Dock Blog

http://www.russiadock.blogspot.com/
A blog started in May 2007, the aim of which is to keep an informal record, in text and photographs, of the Russia Dock Woodland, Stave Hill Ecological Park and Greenland Dock over the period of a year.