Early March saw our Heritage team visit Finton House and Northcote Lodge schools to mark World Book Day with a presentation and Q&A about our book ‘The Wandsworth Common Story’.

Later in the month, we launched our Heritage Trail of Wandsworth Common (pictured), linking 19 places of historical interest on the Common still visible today. Many of them are described in more detail in the book. You can buy a copy of the trail for £3 at Skylark.

Continuing the heritage theme, we were pleased to welcome Robin Akers to Wandsworth Common as he began a 150 mile cycle ride following the route of Edward Thomas, poet and former resident, whose poem ‘In pursuit of spring’ was written after a cycle ride from his home near Wandsworth Common to Samuel Coleridge’s home in Somerset, 110 years ago.

We had an excellent talk about swifts from Pat Gross, chair of Friends of Wandsworth Park, who described their very successful project to encourage swifts to nest around Wandsworth Park. We have identified a number of swift nesting hotspots around Wandsworth Common and are encouraging people to put up swift boxes in anticipation of their arrival in early May.

Finally, we held our fourth AGM - an opportunity to look back on the year’s achievements, events and activities. If you missed it, you can watch the recording here.