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Today, 3rd November, the famous London to Brighton car run takes place from Hyde Park to Brighton. The run started in 1896, in celebration of the lifting of restrictions that required a person to walk in front of a motor vehicle with a red flag warning of its approach. The run is now organised annuallyContinue reading “Hyde Park Estate contributes to famous London to Brighton car run”

The Jewish Leadership Council will be holding an assembly in Hyde Park on Sunday 6th October and Met Police have requested that due to the nature of the assembly, all roads into Hyde Park should be closed to vehicles until the assembly is complete and all attendees have dispersed. Hyde Park will be completely closedContinue reading “Hyde Park closed to vehicles this Sunday 6th October”

Starting from today 1st October, Connaught Village is hosting the first-ever Connaught Village Art Month. The month-long celebration will bring a series of unique exhibitions, pop-ups, and events, showcasing both established and emerging talents from its renowned galleries, including Matt Carey-Williams, Dorothy Circus, CasildArt, and Lyon & Turnbull. The month’s programme The month’s programme consistsContinue reading “Connaught Village art month begins today”

Council says reduced Connaught Village scheme will go ahead, despite being three times less popular than the previous plan Westminster Council has released the results of the latest consultation for Connaught Village Green, and it has confirmed that the £1.4m scheme will go ahead in its reduced form. But the results are very illuminating, andContinue reading “Reduced Connaught Village scheme to go ahead”

On Saturday 6th July Buchanans Cheesemonger will be having a party to celebrate their 10th birthday. In conjunction with this, HyPER is holding another pop-up parklet outside the shop on Porchester Place. Buchanans would love to get lots of local residents to come and partake in the celebrations, so please do come along. This isContinue reading “Buchanans Cheesemonger 10th birthday and pop-up parklet”

Many thanks to all the parliamentary candidates who took part in last night’s Hyde Park ward hustings, as well as the team from St John’s Church for organising such an excellent event. There were a broad range of questions covering a wide range of issues including: planning and conservation, transport, the candidates’ greatest achievement, taxContinue reading “Parliamentary Hustings at St John’s Church”

St John’s is hosting a hustings for the candidates standing for MP for the constituency of the Cities of London and Westminster. Candidates from most of the parties taking part in the 2024 elections will be taking part and will address the audience. The event is taking place on Monday 24th June at 7pm atContinue reading “Hustings at St John’s for the Elections”

Connaught Square is offering the local community the excellent opportunity to attend its performance next week of Shakespeare’s “All’s Well That Ends Well”. The Square last hosted Shakespeare in the Squares in 2019 and is very excited to have the troupe back again next Tuesday June 18th from 7pm – 9pm with a short interval.Continue reading “Shakespeare in the Square”

As a key local organisation, HyPER attended the Royal Parks’ stakeholder meeting on Thursday 9th May. The meeting was an opportunity for HyPER to receive updates about Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, including the summer events programme. We’ve included a summary below, which includes key information about forthcoming events and road closures. Welcome from ChiefContinue reading “Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens update”

Back in March during a brief spell of mild weather, HyPER hosted a “pop-up parklet” on Connaught Street. A parklet is a small area of the street, normally one or two car parking spaces, that is converted into a small park or greening area. They have sprung up all over London, as people reimagine theContinue reading “HyPER’s pop-up parklet”