Story archive - 2008
The Golborne Forum Board has responded to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s latest consultation document on the future of Golborne, Core strategy and North Kensington plan: Towards preferred options
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Golborne based charity project Open Age has a new staff member, Christopher Smith (pictured). He is running the outreach and link support service which aims to prevent isolation, loneliness and associated ill health in the over-50s
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Kensal Green Cemetery’s seventy-seven acres lie just to the west of Golborne Ward, across Ladbroke Grove. Though undeniably somewhat melancholy, the cemetery is a haven of peace and tranquillity.
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A new sculpture has been unveiled at Meanwhile Gardens. Entitled ‘Soft Landing’ and sited near the skateboard bowl, the piece is the work of artist Steve Bunn
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In search of a Golborne wildlife experience, Ken Macdonald looks to the skies and discovers that the neighbourhood hosts an astonishing variety of birds
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Kensington Housing Trust has launched a new website dedicated to all the issues arising from the regeneration of the Wornington Green Estate
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Local garden designer and TV personality Diarmuid Gavin visited Golborne's Middle Row Primary School the other day to help the children and teachers to plant some fruit trees
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The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is currently consulting on the North Kensington Area Action Plan which aims to encourage regeneration in this part of the Borough, including Golborne
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This intriguing, and huge, new mural appeared recently on the gable end of the Number Ten Bar, just opposite Trellick Tower. The artist is Alexander Martinez.
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Meanwhile Gardens has won a grant of £80,000 from the People’s Millions Lottery Award for its Building Biodiversity Project
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Local entrepreneur Alan Grant has big plans for the empty site under the Westway on the corner of Acklam and Portobello Roads. He wants to put a beach there
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