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Shortlands Residents’ Association is holding its 2026 Annual General Meeting at 8pm on Monday 13 April at St Mary’s Church Hall, St Mary’s Avenue, Shortlands. If you live in Shortlands, it’s a great opportunity to raise local issues that worry you most and get some answers....
There will be a major litter-pick around Shortlands Village from 10am-noon on Saturday 21 February, with volunteers meeting in Shortlands Station Ticket-hall from 9.45am. Litter-picking equipment and bags will all be supplied at the Station. Please come along a help keep our Village clean and tidy....
The next Shortlands Market is to be held from 11am-4pm on Sunday 11 May in Valley School Playground on Beckenham Lane. At the Market there will be music and local vendors, kids entertainment, hot food, fashion clothing and accessories, plants and flowers and homeware and gifts. There...
A date has been set for the next guided walk through our largest local woodland, South Hill Wood. It is to be held on Saturday 26 April, starting at 3pm at 2, Tootswood Road, the site of the South Hill Wood Bowling Club. The walk...
The Friends of South Hill Wood and Kingswood Glen are celebrating their 15th Anniversary this year. This will be marked by a special event taking place outside the bowling club pavilion at 2, Tootswood Road, between 1-3pm on Saturday 12th October.Included in the programme will...
Our Chair Mike Ricketts is organising a tour of Shortlands Great House, now Bishop Challoner School at 2.30 pm on Thursday 8 August. Full details are on the attached poster. If you would like to attend, please let Mike know at info@shortlandsra.org.uk or by telephone 0208 460...
Shortlands will be hosting its own Summer Market on Sunday 12 May. Lasting from 11am – 4pm it is being held in Valley Primary School playground, Beckenham Lane. Stalls at the Market will be selling hot food and drinks, fresh food, candles, plants, homeware, clothes...
On Sunday 30 April 2023 from 2.30pm to 5pm (and also Sunday 18 June 2023), you’ll be able to visit Myra Bright’s garden at 37 Crescent Road, Beckenham BR3 6NF. Myra is opening her garden to the public through the National Garden Scheme (website www.ngs.org.uk), to raise money for...
The next SRA Annual General Meeting will be held at 8pm on 26 April 2023 in St Mary's Hall, St Mary's Avenue...
For the first time in many years, there is to be a special Shortlands Christmas Market. It is being held from 10am-2pm on Sunday 12 December in the playground of Valley Primary School on Beckenham Lane. It follows the success of two other Shortlands Sunday...