Ponders End Park Festival
One of the earlier community festival records now preserved in the archive.
Our Parks
Ponders End Park and Durants Park are at the heart of much of the local work recorded on Brassett.net — from environmental improvements and volunteering to sport, festivals and family activities.
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Ponders End Park
Ponders End Park Art Wall
Community artwork was formerly displayed in Ponders End Park. Robert Brassett records that the wall was later removed without proper authorisation. The photographs below preserve part of that local story.
Ponders End events
Ponders End Summer Event
A large free community day with activities, local organisations and family entertainment.
Ponders End Christmas / Winter Festival
Community stalls, family activities and festive entertainment in the park.
Ponders End Together Festival
The growing annual community programme continued with sport, music, activities, stalls and Community Games.
Durants Park
Durants Park Pond Refurbishment
The pond in Durants Park has been cleaned out and the bushes and brambles around it cut back, opening up clearer views into the park from Hertford Road.
The wider improvement work has focused on restoring and improving the pond area, including replanting and improving the water flow, while making the area more welcoming for visitors and better for wildlife and biodiversity.
The pond is an important habitat for ducks and other park wildlife. The Pond Life photographs below record the wildlife using the water after the improvement work.
Durants Park Pond Life
The pond and reed beds provide an important wildlife area within Durants Park. These photographs record ducks, moorhens and other water birds using the pond and its surrounding vegetation.
Practical improvements
The parks archive is not just a record of events. It also records the smaller changes that make a difference: planting, litter picking, community gardening, wildlife projects, improving entrances and bringing neglected areas back into use.