Chairman’s Report   [Peter Gibbs] If there is an upside to the coronavirus it has been to give our park a very welcome respite from damaging commercial events this year. As a result, all our meadows are green and undamaged – open for visitors in their thousands to enjoy any day. We…

An update from the Parks Department. Litter Patrol – More staff have been trained on the use of the all-terrain vehicles (ATV’s) which will support litter clearance throughout the estate. The training had to be Covid-19 safe, so that alone was a challenge. There are now two ATV’s allocated to…

Dear Friends Somehow “unprecedented” doesn’t quite cover the present dilemma for us all. We had been hoping to see many of you at our public meeting on April 29 but that was, of course, cancelled and we are replacing it with this newsletter.   We hope to have our usual public meeting…

We hope you are all managing to stay well during these difficult times. As you probably know, the park is open for our daily exercise sessions but the car parks, cafes and playgrounds are closed and strict social distancing rules are in place. This has reduced the Wildlife Centre’s income…

Once again, we are facing closure of a substantial part of the Park for much of July and August, the peak holiday season. The park remains nominally open to visitors but the resemblance to a building site is unlikely to appeal to those seeking calming open air pleasures. The third…

Enfield Council is again increasing the impact of large music events on Trent Park this year.  CLARA [Cockfosters Local Area Residents Association] and the Friends have been lobbying against this.   How you can help:  READ CLARA’S REPORT AND TAKE THE SURVEY TO EXPRESS YOUR VIEWS: CLARA Report on 2019…

TFL/Grainger with support from the Mayor of London, propose to build high density housing on Cockfosters Station Car Park and remove all general car parking.    How you can help to stop this: SIGN-UP to the campaign at http://savecockfosters.co.uk SIGN the petition at http://chng.it/TFRk6Wcy9 ATTEND the public meeting on 19th March…

The campaign to stop the development of the car park at Cockfosters Station now has a website and a petition for you to sign, if you oppose the development. Please visit their site. http://savecockfosters.co.uk/   To re-cap the situation, Transport for London is pressing Enfield Council to approve its plans…

Because of the current coronavirus restrictions our meeting will be replaced with a spring newsletter in due course to keep everyone updated on all matters Trent Park.  Stay well.

The Friends of Trent Country Park have concerns about the scope and scale of the proposed development of the Cockfosters Station Car Park. TfL proposes to close the station car park [except for a few disabled bays] and build 4 tower blocks to 14 floors which will seriously intrude into…