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Gazebos going up, what happened next on 20 July??

The Picnic in the Park ENCORE came alive, despite the cloud and occasional drizzle, thanks to a wonderful surge of volunteers from FSP membership and friends and relations. The Pearly King and Queens stepped up to the challenge with their portable power and bags of enthusiasm to kick off despite our loss of power source.

The Pearlys were joined by our Mayor Linda Bird, Good Sport of the Year. And there was a special written piece by Blossom and Nola. Mark and the Imposters along with Pytchwood provided the music with gusto. (a member who wishes to remain nameless gained us another hour and a half with portable battery.)

Many thanks to our Safer Neighbourhood team, our FSP wildlife supporters, Greenpeace, Green Goddess pub, Shrewsbury House, Back-a-Yard Grill, Ice Cream world, Lalu Catering, Wei’s Coffee, Mamas Little Rum Cakes and the Mobile Pizza Kitchen.

The crafts and community stalls always bring a splash of variety to the Festival, thank you for your support.

The presence of Greenwich Council members Sandra Bauer, Tamasin Rhymes and Raja Zeeshan was greatly appreciated as they mingled with constituents.

What ultimately made the day was the relaxed and neighbourly spirit of all who came by, enjoying the best of Shrewsbury Park.

Below is the start of a Photo Gallery – and it’s open to anyone with some choice photos they would like to share. Just email them to werfsp@gmail.com

Gazebo christening by the Pearlys
Blossom and Nola’s spoken word presentation
Who can fly these gliders
Chillin’ and munchin’
Coaching session

Now it’s your turn to add some!

The show must go on!

The Festival Team gave it their all again – this year’s cohort was Julie Hayward, Rob Hurst, Ron Senkus, Sue Walker and Roy Williams.

My deepest thanks to them – Kris Inglis, Chair.

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20 July Picnic-in-the-Park is GO, but sadly Dog Show is Cancelled

Please see below for the reasons why:

Due to the ongoing hot weather and in the interest of everyone’s safety and well-being, we’ve made the difficult decision to cancel the dog show scheduled for Sunday, July 20th, 2025 in Shrewsbury Park.

We’re truly grateful for your understanding and continued support. Thank you for being part of our community.

Warmest regards,
Roy and the Learn Doglish team

Roy Williams

Dog Behaviour Trainer / Instructor

Award Winning Dog Trainer 2021

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Stallholders: Bring your creativity and charities to the 2025 Summer Festival

Have you got a passion for your hobby or interest? Maybe you volunteer for a fantastic charity that you’d like to represent? 

Then why not be a stallholder at our next festival? It will be held on 

Sunday 20 July 2025, from 12 – 5pm

We pride ourselves on having a great display of stalls and entertainers. We love having old friends back, as well as new local community groups, charities, hobbyists or other sellers.

We welcome hundreds of visitors on the day – mostly local people living close to the park, but increasingly people from Greenwich and Bexley; and sometimes even further afield.

Please read the terms and conditions (see link below).

Picnic in the Park Stallholder Terms and Conditions

Please complete the form below by 20 June 2025, but as early as possible before the event to guarantee a spot (we reserve the right to close applications if we are unable to accommodate stallholder applications on the day):

Picnic in the Park Stallholder Application Form

  • The fee for Food & Beverage Vendors is 10% of the day’s takings payable on the day
  • The fee for merchandise stalls is £20 which must be paid prior to the event. Booking and payment at the following link:

Click here to Pay

  • There is no fee for local groups/societies who wish to provide information or attract new members to their group, but you must still complete the form so we can allocate a space for you.

**If you require any further information or have trouble with the links please email: werfsp@gmail.com as we are happy to help.**

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Summer Festival Success

And a good time was had by all!

Our annual celebration of the park event co-sponsored by Parksfest, Greenwich, was a rousing success thanks to the Management Committee and loyal helpers-on-the day from the membership. There was a diverse mix of craft and community interest groups stalls, tasty local food on offer AND the return of the Dog Show to kick off the day.

The weather cooperated for attendees bringing their picnics, families and friends to enjoy music, entertainment and simply sharing the delights of Shrewsbury Park.

I wish to sincerely thank Sandra, Iris, Zena, John, Ron and Roy of the Committee who took charge and did the lion’s share of the work in the lead up and on the day. ( I was unable to be involved this time – Kris, Chair)

We are always open to new Committee members so please consider joining and adding your skills. FSP do a lot of nature-based activities as well as the Festival and Quizzes. Look out for the AGM in November or contact werfsp@gmail.com anytime. The Park needs its Friends Group more than ever.

Here is a gallery of the Festival highlights:

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Picnic in the Park

Our 2023 Festival didn’t disappoint! Great music, great stalls and most important of all our fantastic local community came out in their droves – we estimate we had around 500 people attending over the course of the afternoon. We are so grateful for your support – this is the reason the committee put in the work – thank you for making it amazing!

And an extra thank you to the current Committee members: Sandra, Iris, Zena, Ron and Alan who spent many an hour planning and troubleshooting to put the event together. Can’t leave out the trusty core volunteers who turn up for set-up and take-down and always with a smile. – Kris, Chair

And thumbs up to Greenwich Parks Forum for their support and the Greenwich Borough Park Rangers who made sure the site was clean and clear, before and after.

Comperes John and Erik
Navida’s amazing cakes
Friends of Shrewsbury Park Stall
Roos Academy perform
Cllr Okereke, Leader of the Council chats to stallholders

If you have any of your own photos of the 2 July to add, please send them to werfsp@gmail.com

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Sunday Funday 2022 – how was it for you?

We hope you had a wonderful time at the Festival this year – although the dog show was cancelled due to the high temperatures, we plan to re-run it later in the year.

As you can see, we have some fantastic photos to share – but we’d also like your feedback so if you were there – tell us how it was for you?

Councillor Adel Khaireh and family

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The Festival is Back

This year’s Summer Park Festival will be held on Sunday 17 July from 12-4pm. We’re calling it ‘Sunday Funday’ Don’t miss the fantastic stalls, food, drink, and amazing entertainment – there’s loads for the kids to do too!

This is a real celebration of our amazing local community, who have been so resilient over the past couple of years. It’s an opportunity for everyone to get together and enjoy the park – dogs are welcome, and we have a dog show for them to get involved with.

Music, dance and performances will run throughout the afternoon and we have more than 20 stalls booked in for you to visit!

We have beer from local brewery, Common Rioters, Gin from Greenwich Gin, ice-cream from our local ice cream seller, Nepalese momos by Fililieats.com – We cannot wait!!

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Dog Show at our Festival Announced

Have you got a pretty poodle or a dress-up Dalmatian?
Now we have a chance for them to shine! The Dog Show is part of our annual festival and we want you to get ready to take part – it is all for fun, and we’re happy to provide you with an opportunity to show off! 🐕‍🦺
Just register your dog on the day, registration opens at 11.30am and goes on until 12.30pm
The categories are:
  • Best Costume
  • Cutest Puppy (aged up to 1 year)
  • Golden Oldie (aged over 7)
  • Child Handler (child aged up to 12 years)
  • Best Rescue (rescued within the last 2 years)
  • Handsome Prince
  • Prettiest Princess
  • Best In Show
  • Waggiest Tail
  • Scruffiest Dog

Go on …. get involved – we can’t wait to see all those delectable dogs enjoying themselves in our park!

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Lark in the Park LIVE!

The Summer Festival was a terrific success, judging by all the smiling faces. The day was full of summertime music, tasty food, hands-on workshops, creative craftspeople and info stalls from bees to Greenpeace.  And Canine Capers presented by the Dog Society GB!

I would like to give grateful thanks to the Management Committee who pulled together like no other group has pulled before; Ron Senkus, Iris White, Sonja O’Sullivan, Sandra Bauer, Paul Buckley and Alan Deacon.

A core of super volunteers also helped make it happen and then returned the Park to it’s pristine appearance at the end of the day.

And thank you to everyone who delivered leaflets, baked a cake, set up a gazebo or shifted tables –  or simply turned up to share Shrewsbury Park together with the neighbourhood. Continue reading Lark in the Park LIVE! →