Maidenhead Great Park

The vision of a new park for the community

Our response to the South West Maidenhead Supplementary Planning Consultation

The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead asked local people to comment on their plans to develop the area of Maidenhead that includes Maidenhead Golf Course. The deadline for comments was 17 August 2023. We thought it would be interesting to our followers to see our responses. If you have…

Rushington Copse ancient woodland on Maidenhead Golf Course

Join our woodland wildlife event on 2 September

On Friday 2 September from 5pm to 6pm, local woodland ecologist Martin Woolner and other local wildlife enthusiasts, will be hosting a Woodland Nature event along the public footpath that crosses Maidenhead Golf Course. The 55 hectares (132 acres) of publicly owned greenspace and woodlands, leased by Maidenhead Golf Course,…

Heatwave saw air pollution levels soar in Maidenhead & Windsor

Last week’s heatwave, where the highest ever temperatures were recorded in Britain, produced dangerously high levels of air pollution in London and the South East, including in Windsor and Maidenhead. Data from monitoring sites at Frascati Way and Aldebury Road in Maidenhead and Clarence Road in Windsor reveals that on…

High Court confirms BLP Legal Challenge has a right to a Renewal Hearing

Last month, we were informed that the statutory challenge to the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead’s Borough Local Plan (BLP), which the Maidenhead Great Park Community Interest Group has funded and promoted, had been refused by the Judge on the grounds that a document was not ‘served’ on time…

Ecology reports show biodiversity importance of Maidenhead Golf Course woodlands

Drawing on the results of a series of ecology surveys, we have listed below the key habitats and species at risk from the RBWM’s plans to build over 2,000 flats and houses on Maidenhead Golf Course, and we are calling for the urgent protection and specialist management of the woodlands…

Lord Desborough’s intentions

Lord Desborough was a great benefactor of Maidenhead. He gifted the land now known as Grenfell Park, during the Second World War he opened his home Taplow Court as a rest centre for nurses, and he donated money for the building of a cottage hospital. He leased out land to…