Moth Identification in Regent’s Park

PHCA weekly walks By Maureen Betts Have you heard of Mission: Invertebrate, a project launched by the Royal Parks in 2017 to enrich wildlife in London’s largest and busiest green spaces? Their Partnership and Community Engagement Officer is May Webber,…

Categories: Environment, Events, Nature

Camden Clean Air Cycle

Sunday 30 May The Camden Clean Air Cycle will take place on the first day of Bike Week 2021 as part of The World’s Biggest Bike Ride. Bike Week is organised each year by Cycling UK, an independent organisation that encourages people to…

Mental Health Awareness Week

Primrose Hill Community Association Nature and the Environment, 10–16 May Mental Health Awareness Week was established by the Mental Health Foundation twenty-one years ago and continues to be an annual opportunity for the whole of the UK to focus on…

Categories: Environment, Events, Health

A Famous Cherry Tree

The cherry trees all over Primrose Hill are at their beautiful best this week. Let’s enjoy every moment of them before the blossom is scattered by the wind. The six white flowering trees around the middle of Chalcot Square are…

Categories: Environment, Gardening, History

Freedom Day?

After a year of disrupted schooling and university, no opportunity to travel, few job prospects and soaring mental health referrals, many young people have struggled this year. So it’s not surprising that when restrictions relaxed to allow groups of up…

People Friendly Streets

In the 1960s, heavy traffic roared through the residential streets of Primrose Hill. Regent’s Park Road, and even Chalcot and Fitzroy Roads, were through routes to the West End. Colin St Johnston, resident of Fitzroy Road for more than half…

King Henry’s Road Area Consultation

There is currently a consultation from Camden Council which proposes to make a number of changes in the King Henry’s Road area with the intention of making the streets quieter, safer and healthier. The consultation ends on March 21 so…

Categories: Environment, Local Issues

Bye-bye, Big Smoke

By Nadia Crandall. We know it too well: the smog that sits heavy on the city, readily visible from Primrose Hill; the tightness in our throat and lungs; the asthmatic coughs. Air pollution affects us all. And most pollution in…

Categories: Environment