Sydenham Town Forum

That's a really useful addition, Keith, and interesting that it's resurfaced after 15 years! The Hole Park provenance is new to me - if the bronze there really is the one that stood at Sydenham, that would finally give a documented afterlife for one of the two Great Exhibition versions, which none ...

Sounds like a great set up, especially with free coaching for beginners - that's often the biggest barrier for people thinking about giving indoor bowls a go. Six rinks and that much parking is pretty generous for a club too.

Just out of interest, do you need to book ahead for the open weekend or ...

Bit of a blast from the past this thread! Be, Tiscali and Bulldog have all been gone for years now, and most of Sydenham will be on VDSL or full fibre these days rather than up to 8mb ADSL. Worth checking what's actually available at your address on the Openreach or Virgin coverage checkers rather ...

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Thank you for informing

Thanks for flagging this, JGD. Quite a jump from the approved scheme — going from eight homes over four storeys to twenty homes over five storeys is more than double the density, and the extra storey will presumably increase the overshadowing/massing impact right on the park boundary.

Be ...

MattTheBass wrote: 26 Jul 2026 14:37 Reviving a very old topic, I wondered if these images exist anywhere? They don't appear at the top of this post...

well said