Jump to content

Overuse of brockwell park


tadpole39

Recommended Posts

Following a local meeting on monday, it seems that Lambeth council are considering a ten year licence for field day festival to be held on brockwell.

This festival will have a 3 week build, is expecting 45,000 people over three days and will take 1/3 of the park. There will be 8 stages hospitality tents, alcohol and food concessions and toiletting. Brixton water lane will be closed and tens of thousands of people guided to the event. The festival is moving from Victoria park which is twice the size of brockwell, there will be no concessions for the much smaller more residential area. This is not the only festival planned over the summer so one of our local parks will be out of commission for much of the summer.

A new Facebook page Brockwell tranquility has been created to disseminate information and gauge local reaction, please visit!!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Unfortunately during the years of austerity, Lambeth Council has turned to Brockwell Park as a source of revenue.

I share the OP's concerns, such a lovely green space should be for all to enjoy, and I'm very much opposed to chunks of it being out of bounds for festivals etc. Never got to grips with who is held to account over the damage and vandalism that sometimes occurs. The memorial benches that were removed by Sunfall have not yet been replaced, must be really upsetting for the relatives concerned.

Have noticed how Lambeth's parks have really gone downhill over recent years. I walk through Ruskin and Kennington Parks on my way to work every week, and visit Brockwell at least once a month. Virtually no planting in the flower beds, rubbish overflowing in the bins for days before removal. Very low down the priority list these days.

Southwark in comparison, are doing a much better job at looking after their green spaces.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

?Southwark in comparison, are doing a much better job at looking after their green spaces.?


I certainly agree with this and this goes for the open spaces throughout the entire borough, not just here in the south, Southwark parks have a lot more oooomph which is sadly missing in Lambeth open spaces. LB Southwark comes in for a lot of stick but they can take great pride in their open spaces, and their libraries also. Long may it continue.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Many parks become outlets for selling Christmas trees this time of year, Battersea and Richmond are just two that come to mind. I wouldn?t say it?s inappropriate, there are usually already loads of trees in a park though not for sale of course.
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

if you actually think back, Brockwell Park used to host Gay Pride and a cannabis festival (although under the guise of something else possibly).


Rather than knock the festival itself and the money coming into the area, knock the organisers for their lack of good management and ensure the council put controls in place for it to be successful.


I absolutely love Brockwell Park, it's my favourite place.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 4 weeks later...

Free festivals are completely different - everyone is welcome - the petition is about the ticketed events in the park because they change the nature of the access to the park and the dynamics completely.


I would love (more than pretty much anything) the summer to be filled with the free festivals we used to have.


Maybe I'm getting old, but I love festivals and the randomness of all sorts of people being together. It's changed now it's all ticketed - not that it's not good, it still is, it's just different. And it has an impact that we want to be considered.


I mean, who does NOT love Brockwell Park? It's super special and needs to be thought about when events are planned - no one is saying don't have parties, just beware of the impact. That's all.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 1 month later...

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Discussions

    • A repetitive tried and tested cycle that seems to be slowing down in London thankfully. Brixton was the start. Councils consciously and purposely let an area decline until that area is next on the list for social and ethnic cleansing and ultimately gentrification. In come the first wave of arty/ creatives to squat and house share. A few coffee shops and cool but inexpensive cafe/ bars and art spaces open up. The crackheads, dealers and other assorted criminals who were once left to operate openly and brazenly to sell, shop lift, mug, beg, purchase,  publicly consume on decent folks doorsteps, stairwells,in bin sheds and without fear of the law begin to be targeted, rounded up and moved on. A few more jaunty and sustainable coffee shops/ bars appear . The Guardian and other facilitators in the media jump on the bandwagon, first claims of vibrancy are rolled out. Next step a few cool retro clothing shops pop up selling ' reclaimed Levi's for more than they originally cost and ten times the price of what the recently departed charity shop charged. Foxtons open a branch and the arty types and first wavers/ drivers have there first moan about there initially paltry rents going up. The guardian do a generic lets move to Brixton, Dalston, Hackney, Deptford, Walthamstow type double pager. Interview a graphic designer or two who have just bought a former crack den on the manor for next to peanuts. They will later bemoan the next wave who have more money than them. Cool, edgy and vibrant are now the buzzword bingo must use lingo. Few more coffee shops ( how original ) Pop up everything,. Organic and sour dough move in. The night time economy starts to thrive, more cool bars and eateries open. More squats and the last crack house that was once one of many are cleared out. Second wave is around the corner.   All of a sudden there's a visible police presence again and the streets are safe for fun seekers with plenty of disposable cash to chuck about on a dose of vibrancy with added coolness. By this stage even the locally brewed beer is organic. There's queues outside the newly arrived organic, sourdough, artisan and sustainable bakers. Instagram has Brixton trending. The greasy spoon of thirty year has gone cause the lease is up and the landlord has hiked the rents up by 60/70%. Followed by small family run independents that served the community  for decades and more.  The local characters, activists, eccentrics are getting less and less. There's a new show in town for a week or two and until the next brand arrives. Brewdog move in. Former job centres are converted into bars but peak edginess means it's still called the job centre. Followed by a couple more chain eateries. The resident DJ'S and music venues are replaced by another generic brand boasting guest chefs. The Guardian lifestyle section is now on it's fifth or sixth orgasm. Turn a few pages and hypocrisy is rampant with articles on the evils of gentrification, foxtons, capitalism, social cleansing and unaffordable housing. The middle classes continue to arrive in there droves to buy into the vibrancy and multiculturalism supposedly on offer. There isn't much multiculturalism going on at the packed latest place to eat, drink and fart. The multiculturalism on show comes in the form of bar staff, doorman and cheap as chips uber drivers and delivery workers. Rice and peas, jerk everything, red stripe at six quid a can from some hipster haunt that is currently flavour of the month and the place to be seen. The first wavers are now blaming the latest hedge funded brand that's pulled into town for driving gentrification and there soon to be hastened departure to be first wavers again somewhere else. Less cool but up and coming here we come. Covid has certainly helped/ been a factor in slowing down the process of gentrification. I also think it may be the driver for almost putting a stop to it. Remote working, less need to move to London to be near an office, less disposable cash, sky high rents, worthless degrees that relied on that disposable cash , different priorities, knife and gang crime and a large dose of much needed realism has put a huge spanner in the works for the shitty process and cycle that is/ was the gentrification and social cleansing of working class London. Manchester and Liverpool is next on the list for the planners. Thankfully.
    • Can you just queue up to withdraw cash or are other transactions like stamp purchasing required?  Do M&S do cash back?
    • Or don't stop using cash. Stop using your phone or even your watch as a banknote. At the same time avoid the risk of having your card cloned at cash points, by hand held card readers, oyster readers and point-of sale terminals to name a few. God only knows how much damage we're doing to the planet because all the above must require a hell of a lot of resources and juice from the grid. It won't happen though. I know of quite a few people who deem carrying cash about as a pain/ chore. But not a big lump of plastic with a screen and full of personal information that can be easily gleamed. I feel the same about carrying a phone about so i don't most of the time. I'll be in the minority but certainly don't see or treat a phone as a necessity.  You can't get a banknote out of your sky rocket with a phone in your hand. It's become a source of dopamine for many. It's an addiction for many. They're an easy target for thieves. They're a godsend to cyber fraudsters who are stealing billions and are doing so without the need of cash points.
    • There used to be an Osteopath at The Gardens (not physio) but they have since left.
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...