Pollution saga – 1 house, 1 river, 4 years
“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...
200+ bags of medical waste removed by QWAG
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...
New Quaggy ‘Street Waders’ sculpture
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. New skyline, new sculpture Central Lewisham is changing. For some, the skyline and street layout is barely...
Water pollution: Outfall Safaris and Riverfly Monitoring
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...
Get to know your local river
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...
Ken White: Bridge across river named after local hero
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...
Dramatic transformation, at last – Bromley’s restored Glassmill Millpond
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...
Wednesday 15th November (Online) : Will Ratty return to London’s rivers?
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...
Wednesday, 20 September 2023, 7.45pm online: Following the Upper Kid Brook – Take a virtual tour with John Causer
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...
Sunday 17 September, 2pm: Bridge naming and plaque unveiling, Ladywell Fields
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...
Wednesday 17 May (ONLINE) : Our Amazing Vanishing Front Gardens
Our Amazing Vanishing Front Gardens Wednesday 17 May 2023, 7.45pm (online) The costs of losing the most local of green spaces Christine Eborall, Ealing Front Gardens Project In November 2022 even the National Infrastructure Commission reported on rising flood risk...
Wednesday 15 March 7.45pm (ONLINE) : AGM + The Thames, Wetlands and Aquatic Plants
WAG AGM + The Thames, Wetlands and Aquatic Plants (online) Wednesday 15 March 2023 7.45pm: AGM. 8.30pm: Guest speaker - Dr Mark A. Spencer F.L.S Forensic Botanist and Hon. Curator (Plants), Linnean Society of London Layers of plants at the Thames Road Wetland,...
Get to know your local river
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...
Wednesday 18 January, 7.45pm (ONLINE) Green Lewisham: Our Treasured Open Spaces With Candy Blackham, author and photographer
Candy Blackham, writes extensively about parks and gardens in Greenwich and Lewisham, across London, the UK and overseas. Candy’s lockdown visits to green spaces across Lewisham borough led to her book Green Lewisham: Our Treasured Open Spaces (Clink Street...
20 July – Zoom Meeting: Deluge! The 1968 Great Flood and reducing flood risk today
Lewisham is London borough of culture 2022. 54 years ago much of the borough was hit by the Great Flood of 1968. Join QWAG’s July meeting for amazing pictures and fascinating recollections gathered from people across the borough - from central Lewisham, Ladywell and...