100 Years of Ashburton Park

Community events 2026

March 2026

• Free tour of the historic Ashburton Hall building and park restoration project updates
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• Free Sing & Stroll event with Catherine Pestano of Creative Croydon CIC to celebrate International Women’s Day 2026
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• Wildflower planting - March onwards

May 2026

• Community archaeology project in the park which will take place in May half term 2026 to excavate the remaining foundations of the old Stroud Green and Byculla House mansion
  Email ashburtonparkteam@croydon.gov.uk to join our waiting list or register your interest.

July 2026

• South Asian Heritage Month tour with Saira Niazi from Living London 4 July 2026
  Information coming soon.

October 2026

• Activities to celebrate Black History Month

More events include:

• local history group
• themed mass participation days
• weekly volunteering opportunities

Previous events

September 2025

100 years’ heritage event - open house week.

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We hosted over 100 people with free tours of the historic Ashburton Hall, Croydon Libraries hosted storytelling, Museum of Croydon led object handling, craft with Croydon Family Hubs and updates on the restoration project.

August 2025

100 years of Ashburton Park centenary event.

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Photos by Glenn Foster

We welcomed over 70 attendees of all ages, with local councillors, our friends from Mencap, Floating Hub’s Holiday club, the Wellderlies’ group and our Park partners - the Friends of Ashburton Park, Ashburton Park Petanque Club and the Ashburton Park Bowling Club.

We buried a time capsule with their contributions for park users to open in 2125. We enjoyed afternoon tea, played lawn games and got crafty with leaf printing as well as celebrating the dedication of our long-term volunteers Mary Leather and Mary Guruparan. We also celebrated the life of volunteer Helen Buckland who volunteered for many years in the park and local area, with a bench dedicated in her memory.

“Ashburton Park is one of Croydon’s jewels – a place of heritage, pride, and community spirit – and it’s exciting to see it enter its next century”- Mayor Jason Perry 

“The atmosphere was great! The children didn’t want to leave” -Community Hub leader 

July 2025

Staff recruited and project begins.

May 2025

Recruitment of project staff.

Get updates on our events

To receive updates on our events, and find out ways you can get involved, email us at ashburtonparkteam@croydon.gov.uk.

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This project is made possible thanks to National Lottery players

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