We have of course a lot of green space within the Carshalton Central neighbourhood…The Grove Park, Carshalton Park, Carshalton Place Canal, The Wrythe Recreation Ground and The Warren Park, plus Benhill Recreation Ground right on our western borders, plus Erskine Village Green on Erskine Road and so on.

There are 420 hectares of green space and more than 80 parks and open spaces in the borough as a whole.

Carshalton Place Canal Looking South towards Ruskin Road

Sutton is one of the greenest boroughs in London. There are SIX Green Flag parks (including The Grove Park in Carshalton) and Sutton has achieved a number of awards including the Silver Gilt award in 2013 for its overall entry in the competition for the fifth year running; a Silver Gilt award for Sutton Manor Park (near the police station); a Gold Award for Oaks Park and 1st place for the Floral Display award in the London in Bloom Awards.

We also have 75,000 trees in the borough’s streets, parks and other council properties and in addition there are many hectares of woodlands.

Not at all bad for a “small” London borough!

From Wednesday 4th June to Sunday 6th July 2014, the Honeywood Museum by Carshalton Ponds is hosting an exhibition of digital stories created by people that live, work or play in the London Borough of Sutton. 

The exhibition is free.

Opening hours are Wed, Thur, Fri 11am-5pm; Sat and Sun 10am-5pm.

A diverse range of stories were created during the 20th Century Stories project, and objects and images relating to these stories are on display, with a focus on life, memories, and histories from within the borough.

To find out more click on: http://www.friendsofhoneywood.co.uk/images/2014_20th_Century.jpg

Westcroft Leisure Centre, Westcroft Road, Carshalton, SM5 2TG
Tel: 020 8647 1151

Cllr. Hamish Pollock took these pictures of the recently-restored heritage signs for the All Saints’ Church, Carshalton, Ann Boleyn’s Well by the Church and The Orangery of the former Carshalton Park House at the corner of The Square with Brookside. 

These signs were some of many similar signs restored as part of the council’s recent Environmental Improvements Programme, masterminded by Carshalton Central ward Cllr. Jill Whitehead in her role as Chair of the Environment and Neighbourhoods Committee and council officers.

A very long night indeed for candidates in the Sutton Council election – counting took place through the night and the full election results were only completely known at around 8am today Friday 23rd May 2014….

The overall result is that the Liberal Democrats in Sutton have achieved an eighth successive term in office with gains of 2 extra seats making a total of 45 seats on Sutton Council with only 9 seats (down 2 seats on last time) being won by the Conservative opposition.  (The European Election result will not be known until the end of the weekend.)

Once again the UKIP, Labour and Green parties failed to win any seats on Sutton Council. Voter turnout in Carshalton Central was around 44% higher than the expected figure.

Here below is the result in Carshalton Central. A huge thanks to all our residents, and all our supporters not just in Carshalton Central but who came from many other parts of London to help us in our campaign for re-election!

For the other local wards’ results please click on:- https://www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=19253

Councillors Jill Whitehead, Alan Salter and Hamish Pollock by the newly-completed Carshalton WW2 Memorial designed by one of us as Councillors!

Thursday, 22nd May 2014 is Polling Day.

In Carshalton & Wallington constituency in the May 2010 elections, the Lib Dems gained 48% of the votes, Conservatives got 37% and Labour 9%. So Labour cannot win here. Only the Liberal Democrats or the Conservatives can realistically win here this time. The percentages for Carshalton Central local election candidates was almost identical to the overall constituency-wide results.

Hamish, Alan and Jill need YOUR VOTE on Thursday 22nd May to beat the Conservatives.

We have worked VERY hard for Carshalton Central in the last four years since the 2010 elections. If you click on the stories on this web site you can see some of the work we have done for Carshalton. We have tried to make the area Greener, Cleaner and above-all a happier place than it was 4 years ago.

You can vote at your allocated Polling Station between 7am and 10pm Thursday, 22nd May 2014.

Polling Stations in Carshalton Central ward that we currently have the honour of representing (!) are:-

A) The Scout Hall, Westmead Road, Sutton.

B) Highfield Hall, Carshalton Road, Carshalton.

C) All Saints C. of E. Primary School, Rotherfield Road, Carshalton,

Please vote 3 times for Liberal Democrat council candidates Hamish Pollock, Alan Salter and Jill Whitehead and on a separate ballot paper once for the London Liberal Democrats.

Thanks very much for all your support and comments over the last 4 years.

Hundreds of pounds worth of bootleg Hollywood blockbusters were seized by Sutton Trading Standards over the weekend following an unannounced swoop on a car boot sale. A joint operation involving trading standards officers from Sutton Council’s Business Regulation Service and officers from Sutton Police targeted the car boot sale at St Philomena’s Catholic High School on Sunday (11 May).

Officers seized 182 pirated DVDs of hit films – including Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The Aviator and Will Smith’s After Earth. Sellers had all counterfeit DVD’s seized and were provided with a timely warning and advice on how to stay within the law in the future.

Mary Morrissey, Strategic Director Environment and Neighbourhood at Sutton Council said: “Counterfeit merchandise is not a good deal. It is often of inferior quality and harm the trade of legitimate businesses. We believe in a fair borough for our residents and businesses, It is simply not acceptable that people are exposed to these dodgy dealers. This swoop has sent a clear message that we won’t tolerate illegal trade.”

Inspector Emma Gulczynski at Sutton Police said: “We would urge the public to please come forward if you have information about people trading in bogus goods or where such goods are being stored or sold. We work closely in partnership with Sutton’s Trading Standards and will continue to take joint action against the culprits. In addition; for those people that chose to use these car boot sales as an outlet to sell stolen goods; you should be aware that we will use these partnership operations as an opportunity to target you”.

“If you have information that could help, please call Sutton police station on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”

Trading Standards wrote to car boot sales organisers earlier this year to advise them of the law and warn that officers will be visiting their sales from time to time throughout the year.

For people thinking of selling at car boots, Trading Standards can supply an advice pack on the law. Call 020 8770 5070 or email trading.standards@sutton.gov.uk to ask for a copy

For anyone buying, the advice is be careful. If the price looks too good to be true on normally expensive items, it probably is. A simple check with DVD’s on the quality of the artwork, holograms that do not work, artwork on the DVD’s themselves and the professional packaging is an easy way to identify the sham items. 

A popular annual competition which recognises green-fingered Sutton residents is set to return for another year.

In recent years we have been fully involved amongst many other matters with the following activities:-

1) More School Places. We successfully worked with Carshalton All Saints C of E Primary School and with local residents to bring a new form of entry.

2) Flood Prevention. We asked the Council to dredge blocked drains and gullies in Oxford Road.

3) Preserving and Enhancing our Heritage. We  liaised with the tenants over proposals to improve Highfield Hall, Carshalton Road.

4) Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour. We worked with local police to ensure that anti-social behaviour is minimised and local parks kept safe.

5) Heritage Centre. We refurbished the Heritage Centre at Honeywood Walk, Carshalton Village with improved displays, using Lottery Funding.

6) Invested in our High Street. We secured funding for new Carshalton village signs which will be installed soon, introduced the Carshalton Christmas lights and brought the new Frost Fair to help local businesses thrive.

7) Better Transport. We successfully campaigned with Tom Brake MP and other Lib Dem councillors to save the cross London Thameslink loopline trains service.

8) Safer Roads. We successfully campigned for TfL to install new railings around Carshalton Ponds.

9) Street Trees. We planted 81 street trees across the ward including many roads in the Wales Avenue Estate.