On Monday 27th May I’ll be leading a Dickens themed walk around some of parts of London he frequented We will meet at East Croydon station on the main concourse at 12 noon to catch 12.15 train to St Pancras where our walk will start 30 minutes later. An early stop will be at the […]
Croydon Green Spaces Open Day Come along to Croydon's Central Library in Katharine Street to chat to some of our Club Members about COPSE. We are an invited stallholder at "Go Green! Go Exploring! Green Spaces Open Day", taking place at the library this Saturday between 11am and 4pm. We often spend time in various […]
An invite for fellow Copsers to put their best (two left) feet forward.... I will be going to the Ceilidh / Barn dance at Beddington village hall this Saturday 1st June if any members are interested in joining me. Details: Date: Saturday 1st June 2024. Venue Beddington village hall CR04TA Doors open at 7pm. Dance […]
Update 29th May Nearly time to go! We currently have 14 intrepid travellers who have booked travel and accommodation. Some are going by train, some flying from either Gatwick or London City, and several different places to stay have been booked. You can join us right up to the last minute if you can get […]
This walk will take us across Richmond Park to Wimbledon Common, the windmill and Cannizaro Park. A quite easy walk of about 10km. So meet at East Croydon by 9.05 for the 9.19 train to Clapham Junction, changing there for the 9.43 to Richmond (all within the Oyster pass zone). You can bring a packed […]
Any COPSErs who come down to Dorking can gather to watch some colourful and energetic dancing, wander around the quite pleasant town together, locating a few of the local pubs, share a lunch break in one of those - or choose between the many coffee shops and other eateries. I leave individuals to work out […]
I will be leading a walk on Sunday 16th June to Woolwich Dockyard. We will meet at East Croydon station at 9.50 to catch the 10:03 East Croydon (platform 4) Thameslink towards Bedford which arrives 10:20 London Bridge. Then we catch the 10:31 from London Bridge (platform 1) to Woolwich Dockyard arriving at 10.50. If […]
For those interested in my walk on saturday (22nd) around Lewes. this is the plan => from 9.15am meet at EC stn to buy tickets => 9.40am direct train to Lewes (trains are half hourly,so if anyone's late they can give me a call to find out where we are) return ticket price from zone 6 […]
Date: Thursday, 27th June. Time: 7.00pm. Venue: "Noto" (previously known as "Aqua"), 33 - 35 South End. (Walking towards Croydon from our old watering hole, "The Skylark", the restaurant is just a little further along, on the right.) Cuisine: "Mediterranean", with a bias to Greek and Italian. A new menu will be in place prior […]
Meet Croydon Minster 9.30am. https://w3w.co/sheet.stop.fits Join the Wandle Trail. I had planned to go to the Wandle Industrial Museum just off the Wandle Trail but this does not open, I found out, until 2pm. But good news: Merton Abbey Priory, which was due to be closed until August, opens again this weekend and does contain, […]