Events and local organisations

Visit Essex 2010: Essex County Council's guide to the county's tourist attractions and events, plus information on day trips and places to stay, eat and drink. Free copies of the Visit Essex 2010 guide are available at all Tourist Information Centres or by calling the hotline on 0845 600 7373 or through their website.

Children / Youth
Activities for children 0-5 at the Alderton Hall Lane Centre: to know more or to book an activity, please ring 020 85223447.
Lee Valley Park under-11s website: games, activities, videos, fascinating and freaky facts, birthday party ideas, things to do in Lee Valley Regional Park.
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LoughtonYouthProject.com is the online home for a fast-growing local community of 13-19 year olds, who are into doing loads of positive & cool stuff. This is the place where you will find out what is going on locally. This is the place where you can check out the latest LYP Radio pod-casts, photos & message boards. This is the place where you can have your say about stuff & get involved.

Loughton youth neighbourhood action panel: Anyone aged 11 to 18 is interested in getting involved in the group, or finding out more about the work of the Ignite centre, visit http://www.igniteyouth.co.uk/ynap.html.

Culture

Lots going on at Lopping Hall!
Don’t miss out - if you’d like the Friends’ of Lopping Hall’s email newsletter, then let us know at LRA. More about the Hall & about Loughton Arts

Loughton Folk Club
This new club meets at Loughton Club, 8 Station Road every Thursday from 8-11pm. The evenings include all kinds of acoustic music: Tunes, Ukuleles, Chorus Songs and hosted floor spot sessions. Parking. Entrance £2.00 – Guest nights extra – inexpensive bar. Information: loughtonfolkclub@googlemail.com or call Jim on 0776 2146623. http://www.loughtonfolkclub.btck.co.uk/

Loughton Film Society. Website

WEA Wanstead & Woodford Centenary Film Club
A careful selection of really good films is shown on the first Monday of each month at Odeon Cinema, 60-64 High Road, South Woodford (near George Lane). Normal cinema charges apply, including concessions and the doors open midday with films starting at 12.30. Non members are welcome. Optional social gathering afterwards. Enquiries at the showing or email.
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Roding Valley Community Arts: check out the new Roding Valley Community Arts blog at http://rvhscommunityarts.blogspot.com

Harlow Sculpture trail: takes you to the town's collection of sculptures of national significance including an exhibition in the Gibberd Gallery. http://ww.visitessex.com

Lee Valley Park & Myddleton House Gardens: events go on through the autumn & winter – see http://ww.leevalleypark.org.uk

Copped Hall – get news and events; send your email address to coppedhallnews@talktalk.net. http://www.coppedhalltrust.org.uk/

Willow Cottage: a lovely garden between Abridge & Ongar, which holds an Open Afternoon with music & picnics, and several summer amateur dramatic open-air performances. Details and programme

Lee Valley Park
Weekly events are planned at Lee Valley Park Farms, some of which are free. More....

Wildlife
Essex Wildlife Trust events. Call Tricia Moxey on 01277 364522

Epping Forest Visitor Centre walks and events. Call 020 8508 0028.

Epping Forest Activities.
For an Events Diary, contact 020 8508 0028 or epping.forest@cityoflondon.gov.u or download from here

Lee Valley free wildlife talks & walks, Sundays 11am, Otters, Botany, Bats, Dragonflies & Damselflies, Trees, Ponds, Birds & Badgers. http://ww.leevalleybats.org.uk

Sport & Walking
Loughton Pool

parking. From April, parking charges in the Traps Hill car park will start at 8.30am instead of 8am, thus allowing early-morning swim and gym users to use the leisure centre for a little longer without paying for parking. LRA Cllr Rose Brookes and others have been pressing for this after comments at the Loughton Leisure Centre Customer Forum last June
poolside drinking water fountain: Rose has also been asking for one for some time, and has now been assured it will happen this year
Tuesday lunchtime Hydrotherapy Sessions: these have ceased, and Rose is trying to find a replacement physio
cleaning issues: Rose has made many representations to the pool managers about cleaning problems, particularly about the pool changing area. This month they have started a new regime. Lifeguards will still do some cleaning when not on pool-watch, but there will also be cleaners to clean the poolside area - we hope this will lead to a rise in standards
boiler problem: on Wednesday this week the pool was closed due to a boiler problem, and Rose has been chasing up action on repairs.

Walks and fun events for adults and for children. Lee Valley Regional Park.
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Local walks. For long, medium or slow walks over long, medium or short distances, try http://www.westessexramblers.org.uk– each walk is carefully categorised.

Lifewalks is a walking for health scheme organised by Epping Forest District Council Leisure Services, is approved by local doctors and hospitals, and the Epping Forest Primary Care Trust. And it’s fun! More...

Other

Hiring Loughton or Debden Library.
It may now be possible to make a regular hiring of space in a Library (out of Library hours), subject to a lease/licence arrangement and volunteer key holder training. For more information, contact the local Library Managers.

Daytime courses for Adults.
The Loughton WEA run a range of interesting courses and study days locally - see http://ww.wea-essex.org.uk or ring 020 8281 1536.
There is also an excellent range of daytime & evening WEA courses at Gants and Redbridge - see http://www.london.wea.org.uk/ (use Advanced Search to find Ilford Branch) or ring 020 8599 8846.

Theydon Bois Village Hall. For events see http://www.theydon.org.uk/Pages/diary.htm

Rotary Club of Loughton & Buckhurst Hill
The Rotary Club of Loughton and Buckhurst Hill is a warm and friendly club and its members support both Community and International programmes to the best of its ability. To find out more about the club, its meetings and events, click on the link.

St Francis Hospice for fund-raising events and to learn about their work, click on this link.

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