The 4th Great Quaggy Duck Race

Lewisham Arts Cafe Inside Manor Park, Hither Green, United Kingdom

On your marks… get set… Quack! Yes, it’s the 4th Great #QuaggyDuckRace, highlight of the final weekend of the 2018 Hither Green Festival. Which Quaggy Duck will win the prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and last places! Race Entry: £1 payable at the registration desk on the day. To secure your race place register online […]

The 10th 3 Rivers Clean Up – 3 weeks, 3 reasons

Join the 10th 3 Rivers Clean Up (3RCU) the UK’s largest community led event of its kind – all equipment provided, just turn up and you’ll: Meet others, get a Quaggy Duck’s eye-view and a new sense of your area Help keep our local rivers clear of harmful plastic and other waste that adds to […]

QWAG AGM, Guest Speaker on London’s Liquid Assets and our famous buffet

Methodist Church Hall Albion Way, Lewisham, United Kingdom

To start our AGM our famous buffet is served from 7pm. From 8pm we review the past year, our finances and elect trustees and committee members for 2019-20. Then we’ll hear about London’s Liquid Assets: Prehistoric finds from the River Thames from Jon Cotton, a freelance researcher with a long standing interest in the prehistory […]

Lewisham Flood Walk

Lewisham railway station

Join QWAG’s Pamela Zollicoffer to reimagine the great flood of 1968. This walk from Lewisham railway station to Lee Green you will replay the experience, compare views now with archive photos of the time and hear how people reacted and coped to much of Lewisham being under water. A street map will be provided showing […]

Step on it: what the drain and footway covers and other street furniture we walk over every day reveal about our past

Methodist Church Hall Albion Way, Lewisham, United Kingdom

There’s more to drain covers than meets the eye. Join us to hear from Richard Buchanan of Woolwich & District Antiquarian Society about what 19th and 20th century drain covers and other street furniture reveal, and the clues they contain, about our urban environment. 7.45 for 8pm start Methodist Church Hall, Albion Way, London, SE13 […]

The 5th Great Quaggy Duck Race, Manor Park, as part of the Hither Green Festival

Manor Park Lewisham, London, United Kingdom

It’s a marathon AND a sprint. Yes, it’s the 5th Great #QuaggyDuckRace, highlight of the final weekend of the 2019 Hither Green Festival. Great prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and last places. The winning Quaggy Duck will also lift the prized Quaggy Kingfisher Trophy. To secure your race place register online now BEFORE reservations close […]

Lewisham 51st Anniversary Flood Walk

Lewisham railway station

Join QWAG’s Pamela Zollicoffer to reimagine the great flood of 1968. This walk from Lewisham railway station to Lee Green you will replay the experience, compare views now with archive photos of the time and hear how people reacted and coped to much of Lewisham being under water. A street map will be provided showing […]

Saturday 25 February – Get to know your local river

Grassy area, junction of Winn Road and Mottingham Lane Mottingham Lane

INVITATION to 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 project aims to make more of the river as a local asset. - […]

Sunday 26th February – Get to know your local river

Grassy area, junction of Winn Road and Mottingham Lane Mottingham Lane

INVITATION to 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 project aims to make more of the river as a local asset. - […]

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