Friends of Mile End Park

This Sunday is our monthly litter pick in Mile End Park. Why not not pop along and join us? You don’t have to stay the whole two hours, but if you do then I can promise a reward of cake and light refreshments.

This month we are targeting the northern part of the park – meeting by the Art Pavilion … read more

The Ragged School Museum is a stone’s throw from Mile End Park, and lies sandwiched between the Regents’ Canal and Copperfield Road. It has just reopened after having £4.8 million of National Lottery Heritage Funded works. The refurbishment works have taken longer than anticipated and were hit by the COVID lockdown.

The museum welcomes people of all ages and offers … read more

The Friends hold a range of events throughout the year. Every month we go litter picking. These are always on the SECOND Sunday of the month, apart from November when we have it the day before (to avoid clashing with Remembrance Sunday).

We also hold other volunteer days for other activities such as bulb planting, natural history surveying, or “Green … read more

Many thanks to Carolyn Clark for sharing this video from last year’s Canal Festival at the Art Pavilion Park. It shows the huge variety of activities on offer, and the blisteringly hot weather. And you can tell all the hard work that went in to organising it.

Many thanks to Zafer Felek for the film.