News and Events

Depending on weather conditions, hay-cutting will start on 15th July. To facilitate large vehicle access, Mill House Ecology Centre car park will be closed on the 16th and 17th July.

The Fair will be arriving on Monday 22 June and be open to the public on 27-28 June and 2-5 July from early afternoon until 10pm in the evening

The car park height barrier was recently damaged by an unknown vehicle. This is due to be repaired on 16/6/2026. To facilitate this work the car park will be closed during its repair.

Most of the roadside verges will be cut with a tractor mounted flail over the next week.

Selected areas are currently being sprayed. This is to prevent scrub encroachment into sensitive grassland areas. The herbicide does not contain glyphosate.

The Fair will be arriving on Saturday 21 March and be open to the public over the period 28 March until 12 April from early afternoon until 10pm in the evening

In the early hours of Tuesday 3 February a large diameter water main, running over the Fairsite, burst and flooded much of the surrounding land. Thames Water are currently onsite but at the time of writing it’s unknown how long the repair will take. UPDATE 10 February Main has now been repaired and reinstatement of…

From early February 2026 The Gentle Wild Forest School provider will be running nature-based learning activities on the parcel of land shown in the pdf below. Initially sessions will be run on a Friday and Saturday with the aim of adding mid-week sessions in the future.

Before the end of March 2026 the following tree works will be carried out:

On Wednesday 21 January, London Universities & Colleges Athletics will be holding a cross country event on the Common. Runners will follow a circular route starting at the lower field by the Ecology Centre, over the hills near the Croydon side of the Common and back towards the Ecology Centre.

Over the next week soil will be added to some of the boundary bunds. This is for safety and to prevent unwanted vehicle incursion.

Over the next few weeks scrub clearance will be taking place over several areas on the Common. This is to prevent scrub encroachment into sensitive habitats on the Common. Sites included are:

On Saturday 10 January, Herne Hill Harriers and Clapham Chasers will be holding a Surrey League cross country event on the Common. Runners will follow a circular route starting at the lower field by the Ecology Centre, over the hills near the Croydon side of the Common and back towards the Ecology Centre. The event…