by Qwag | Apr 21, 2026 | Featured, News & Events
“We are thoroughly hacked off by the lack of action and how we have been ignored despite trying to do the right thing in the right way.” QWAG to Lewisham Council, November 2025 Since summer 2022 QWAG has tried to stop pollution of the River Quaggy from a house in...
by Qwag | Apr 18, 2026 | Featured, News & Events
Fly-tipping is rife – on our residential streets, roads, in parks and in our rivers. In one day, QWAG volunteers removed over 200 shopping bags from the banks of the River Quaggy at Lee Green near where the river flows across the borough boundary from Greenwich into...
by Qwag | Apr 10, 2026 | Featured, News & Events
If you go down to central Lewisham, you will notice the skyline changing. Look closely and you’ll see the new Quaggy sculpture, Street Waders by Anna Reading, marking New skyline, new sculpture Central Lewisham is changing. For some, the skyline and street layout is...
by Qwag | Mar 12, 2024 | Featured, News & Events, River walks & other events
Wednesday, 20th March, 7.45pm online Guest speaker: Lawrence Beale Collins How volunteers are testing and tracking water quality and how pollution affects our river habitats and species Book now: qwag@qwag.org.uk Public concern about polluted water is high. The sewage...
by Qwag | Dec 20, 2023 | Featured, News & Events, River walks & other events
FREE EVENTS in Jan, Feb and March 2024 for residents in the Horn Park, Mottingham Lane, Dutch House area. You may know the River Quaggy flows nearby, but how much do you really know about the river, its condition, wildlife, and how it can be improved? A new local...
by Qwag | Nov 13, 2023 | Featured, News & Events
On a rainy September Sunday afternoon, passers-by were struck by a gathering on the bridge over the River Ravensbourne between Ladywell Fields and University Hospital Lewisham (UHL). Why did leading lights of the local community gather to honour a local hero who died...
by Qwag | Nov 13, 2023 | News & Events
Alluded to in Shakespeare’s Henry V1 Part II, the much-needed makeover of central Bromley’s Glassmill Millpond on the River Ravensbourne brings gains for water quality, wildlife, and all things downstream. Pamela Zollicoffer explores how the dramatic restoration...
by Qwag | Nov 1, 2023 | News & Events
Will Ratty return to London’s rivers? Wednesday, 15th November, 7.45pm online Sam Facey, Estuaries and Wetlands Project Officer, Zoological Society of London (ZSL) Can Ratty’s prospects be raised by London’s Water Vole Recovery Programme? Water voles – loved by...
by Qwag | Sep 19, 2023 | News & Events
People passing through central Lewisham will know Europe’s largest Police Station and St Stephen’s Church next door. They may also know the Quaggy and Ravensbourne rivers meet nearby. But they may not know that as they pass the church and police station on foot, or on...
by Qwag | Sep 19, 2023 | News & Events
On what would have been the 100th birthday of QWAG member and local historian, Ken White, join QWAG and Lewisham Biodiversity Partnership in Ladywell Fields for the naming of the ’Ken White Bridge’ and unveiling of a plaque in Ken’s honour. The bridge crosses the...
