Good Friday Stations of the Cross Walk
Good Friday Stations of the Cross Walk took place in Clapton, organised by Ben Cotterill, Clapton Salvation Army, and Rosemia Brown, St James church, telling the story of the final hours of Jesus, saying prayers and singing hymns and songs. One station was in Clapton Pond.
Could it be, that Spring is here?
Spring is like a perhaps hand (which comes carefully out of Nowhere)arranging a window,into which people look(while people stare arranging and changing placing carefully there a strange thing and a known thing here)and changing everything carefully spring is like a perhaps Hand in a window (carefully to and fro moving New and Old things,while people stare carefully moving a perhaps...
Origins of Clapton Square
The name Clapton comes from the Saxon word Clop’ton meaning ‘farm on the Hill’ and was part of the medieval settlement known as Hackney. Agriculture was central to the village economy and the area prospered. Clapton Square sits directly on an ancient drover’s route known as the Black Path. The path was used to move livestock from Waltham Abbey and...
Clapton Pond Neighbourhood Action Group AGM
Monday 7th Feb from 7.30-9.00pm Find out all about CPNAG and what we do and, even, get involved – there are always lots of opportunities to contribute to the community, at all kinds of levels, even during these more restricted times. Following a short business meeting, and election of Committee for the year, we will have the chance to hear...
Licensing Committee decision on Blondies, Lower Clapton Road
Hackney Council’s Licensing Sub-Committee has partially approved the application to vary the premises license at Blondies on Lower Clapton Road with some amendments and additional conditions. Click here for the full decision and supporting documents
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New Pond Play Area opened today
The new Pond Play Area was opened today (3 December 2021) by Cllr Caroline Woodley, (right) Cabinet Member for Green Spaces, and Lea Bridge Ward councillors Margaret Gordon and Ian Rathbone. As Chair of Clapton Pond Neighbourhood Action Group, Cllr Rathbone said: It’s taken us some years in campaigning for this moment to happen and I am very pleased we...
New Play Area – Taking Shape
The new play area now taking shape in the northern section of the Pond.
Volunteering Opportunities
Shout out with a couple of specific opportunities to get involved with us at Clapton Pond Neighbourhood Action Group (If these don’t appeal and you just want to find out about getting involved, get in touch as well). Opportunity 1. A local resident is volunteering their time to collate a large library of old photos of the area into a...
Clapton Pond Refurbishment – the new slide
Already a new slide has appeared! The works to refurbish the play area at the Pond started last week and are set to continue for another four weeks – landscaping and other items are to be added.