IMPORTANT NOTICE
FOR PARK USERS, FOOTBALLERS, CRICKETERS, DOGWALKERS, RUNNERS, WALKERS AND VOLUNTEERS
A PEACEFUL PROTEST IS PLANNED FOR
WEDNESDAY 28TH FEBRUARY 2024 AT 6.30PM
FOR ABOUT 40 MINUTES OUTSIDE THE TOWN HALL,
MAIN ROAD, ROMFORD
TO
SAVE OUR PARKS
FROM PARKING CHARGES
£3 for 1 HOUR, £5 for 2 HOURS, £7 for 3 hours plus
UPDATE as at 9th February 2024
Following our successful online petition that the Harold Wood councillors set up and handed into Council last month, the administration have now backtracked and the proposals for charging in parks have been scrapped. Well done to residents in Harold Wood and Havering for supporting the petition.
As an 84-yr. old woman, I can’t believe that the Council would even consider
charging to park in our parks! I like to walk around Harold Wood Park each Sunday morning, but cannot walk from my home to the Park as well, so need to take my car to get there. If I have to pay, I shall not be able to enjoy this at all. Young people who come to play football, cricket and tennis, etc. are brought to the Park by their parents – what a disgrace to charge them for helping their children to keep healthy and meeting their friends instead of staring at a mobile ‘phone all day.
Charging people to park in the Park will mean only the people able to walk there who will be able to use this lovely space.
Well done Lilian, thank you very much for speaking up for all of us. At last common sense has prevailed.