 | 3rd Sep 2009
to 15th Feb 2010 | Children Playground Construction
The rundown playground at Duke’s Meadows will be replaced with a new play area designed by young people from Chiswick Community School and the Croft Centre for disabled children in Kew.
The project has been led by the Duke's Meadows Trust, which raised the £450,000 needed for the revamp. The trust also received funding from the Big Lottery Fund, the London Marathon Trust and Veolia Environmental Trust.
“It will be a fantastic facility with exciting equipment. Both children and disabled young people from the Croft Centre shared their ideas of a perfect playground with us.
“We hope that the place will meet their aspirations through being fun and adventurous yet accessible.”
The playground has been designed to meet the needs of older children and is intended to encourage children of all abilities to mix.
It has been designed to include many of the natural features of the park, including a dry water riverbed, which will provide a flexible play area that will change over seasons.
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 | 2nd Feb 2009 | Snowy February 2009
General photos of the fun in the snow on Dukes Meadows, includes Bowls Club, Paddling Pool, Play Ground, Wildflower Garden, Orchard and General Sports area, taken on 2/02/09
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 | 9th Oct 2008 | Wildflower Garden Official Opening
Dukes Meadows' Wildflower Garden was formally opened this week. The project was led by Dukes Meadows Trust with finanacial assistance from The Big Lottery Breathing Spaces fund, materials and equipment provided by Barratt Homes and the help of the volunteers and the children from local schools. The garden was created to improve biodiversity in the area and re landscape the old paddling pools, which were derelict.
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 | 23rd Mar 2008
to 29th Jun 2008 | Summer Fun Events 2008
A Season of free events for children at the water play area in Dukes Meadows Chiswick Continuing from 20th April and fortnightly until 29th June 2008. Great fun for all the family
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 | 7th Apr 2007 | Boat Race April 2007
Boat Race Fever Hits Dukes Meadows
London’s leading waterways charity Thames21, and local conservation charity Dukes Meadows Trust, has teamed up to organise riverside activities for all the family to celebrate The Boat Race 2007 and mark the unveiling of the recently restored bandstand at Dukes Meadows.
Activities included music in the Bandstand from the Fulham Brass Band, environmental and art activities with Thames21 including a Boat Race themed Art Workshop, a fun fair, a hot air balloon display, refreshments and lots more.
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 | 30th Mar 2007 | Community Garden
Volunteers of the Fodm taking a garden design class run by Hounslow adult education services started the Community Gardens, which grew into a garden for the community and used by local residents that haven’t got a garden due to living in the near by flats.
Apart from the tranquil garden and pond with seating for a quite afternoon in the sun there is five mini allotments plots to enable flat dwellers to grow their own food and get some wholesome exercise
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 | 12th Sep 2006 | Water Play Area Official Opening
The Dukes Meadows Water Play Area was officially opened on the 12th September 2006 by Hounslow's Mayor Felicity Barwood
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 | 5th Aug 2006 | Dukes Meadwos Water Play Area
The Friends of Duke’s Meadow (FODM) started the project five years ago when local people prioritized recreating the old paddling pool, closed ten years ago, in a survey carried out by the Friends.
The general trend has been for paddling pools to close, so it’s great we can move in the opposite direction and create something the community really wants. Now the play area is up and running, it will act as a model that other areas can look to and recreate, so hopefully, more people can enjoy a low cost, family friendly day out.
We are all very proud of what our community has achieved and very grateful to all the people who have helped us. It will be a great resource for local families.
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 | 17th Apr 2005
to 31st Dec 2007 | Chiswick Farmers & fine food Market
Chiswick Farmers Market, photos of traders old and new. The market is organised by the Dukes Meadows Trust and the revenue raised from stall holders goes back into projects to upgrade Dukes Meadows, a riverside park in Chiswick West London.
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 | 29th Mar 2005 | Orchard Project
The Fruit Orchard Project sponsored by kraft foods 300 hundred fruit trees planted on the Plateau in Dukes Meadows by actor Richard Briers, Pupils from Cavendish primary school, volunteers from the BBC and Fodm Volunteers.
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 | 6th Aug 2004 | Riverside Sand & Ballast Co
The Riverside Sand & Ballast Company working on the Riverside Lands Gravel Pits between 1924 and 1937
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 | 27th Jun 2004
to 25th Feb 2005 | New Sculpture Dukes Meadows
Unveiling of the Fantastic Herons on Dukes Meadows by MP Ann Keen on the 18th June 2004. The sculpture which was sponsored by Singapore Airlines in partnership with environmental charity Thames 21, Friends of Dukes Meadows and the pupils of Cavendish Primary School, under the guidance of specialist artist Kevin Herlihy
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 | 13th May 2004 | Recreation Area Dukes Meadows
These photos have been taken to show the recreation area of Dukes Meadows, that's going to be upgraded in the playground area upgrade plans
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 | 23rd Apr 2004 | Dan Mason Drive
Dan Mason Drive is named after Dan Mason one of two brothers who owned the Cherry Blossom boot polish factory in Dukes Meadows. He wasn't just a model employer, he was a great benefactor to the Chiswick people,
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 | 19th Apr 2004 | New Thames Path Between Chiswick and Barnes Bridges
Work on creating a new riverside footpath on Dukes Meadows is well underway. The path will run from Barnes Bridge to Chiswick Bridge offering walkers and joggers a safe alternative to the busy road as well as views over a very beautiful stretch of the Thames.
The project was a joint initiative between CiP, The Friends of Dukes Meadows and Hounslow Council and highlight the way in which a voluntary group, Local Authority and CiP, the Councils cultural and community regeneration agency, can achieve improvements together that none could achieve alone.
So its a big thank you to all concerned. Especially Deanne Jones of Thames21 who secured the funding for the project.
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 | 19th Apr 2004 | Welcome Interpretation Sign Dukes Meadows
Ricky Grimes and the Stunents from Chiswick Community School on creating the the Welcome Sign for the entrance to the Dukes Meadows from Corney Reach.
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 | 19th Apr 2004 | Old Grove Park Maps
Old O/S maps of Grove Park area of Chiswick
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 | 19th Apr 2004 | Older Fodm Projects
Photos of some of the Fodm older projects such as: Bench Building, Painting Project, Ball Park project, Pavilion Project, Graffiti Clean Up.
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 | 18th Apr 2004 | Promenade Tree Laying August 2002
To stop unauthorised paking and safety for the people using the park, a very cheap method of creating a barrier. By laying trees that were cut down in another part of the borough and all delivered free, they were put in place by a Fodm volunteer and a CIP contractor for very little cost, there by creating a very effective and natural looking barrier.
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 | 18th Apr 2004 | River Font Views
River front views of Dukes Meadows from across the Thames in Barnes
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 | 18th Apr 2004 | Artists at the Pavilion 18th Sep 2001
The Membership of the Fodm Organised an Art Exhibition in the disused first floor of a building that was used for changing rooms, to prove the building could be put back in use again.
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 | 18th Apr 2004 | Corney Reach Planting
Fodm Volunteers planting Bulbs, Hedgerow and trees, at the Corney Reach entrance of Dukes Meadows 2000 and 2001
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 | 17th Apr 2004 | Dukes Meadows
Photos of the interior of Dukes Meadows
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 | 17th Apr 2004 | River Foreshore Clean Up 2003
A combined River forshore clean up May 2003 with Volunteers from Thames21, Fodm, Hounslow Council and Thames Explorer trust working with the Children.
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 | 17th Apr 2004 | Duke of Devonshire Visit
Our Honorary Patron, The Duke of Devonshire, came to visit Dukes Meadows to unveil the plaques that were going to be fitted on the benches rebuilt by Fodm Volunteers, he also took time to look around the art exhibition and Farmers market while he was here.
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 | 16th Apr 2004 | Fun Run February 2001
Dukes Meadows 5 mile fun run 18th February 2001 with a separate under sixteen's fun run held on the Plateau, also the Fulham Brass Band playing on the bandstand for first time since 1973!
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 | 14th Apr 2004 | Dukes Meadows in the Snow 8/01/2003
The Dukes Meadows Promenade during heavy snowfall in February 2003 photos taken on the 8th February 2003. New photos added during light snow fall 25th February 2005
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 | 14th Apr 2004 | Concorde last flight into Heathrow
3 Concorde's flying over the thames and Plateau at Dukes Meadows on their last flight into Heathrow 24/10/2003
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 | 14th Apr 2004 | Old photos of official opening from 1926 onwards
Old photos from the official opening of the park in 1926 by the Duke of York and other related photos of the same period.
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 | 13th Apr 2004 | Concorde passing Dukes Meadows by barge 12/04/2004
Concorde being transported down the Thames by the barge "Terra Marique"
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 | 1st Jan 2001
to 1st Oct 2005 | Older Chiswick Farmers & Fine Food Market Photos
Older photos of market betwwen 2001 to 2004
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