Assemble Play25 to 31 August.
Drop-in play sessions near House for all ages.
National Childbirth Trust (NCT) Walk and Talk, every Wednesday, 10.30am: meet by Potting Shed Café for an easy, buggy friendly walk around Boston Manor Park. No need to be an NCT member - all new and expectant parents are welcome!
Chess Event, Saturday 9 August, 12-4pm, meet by picnic tables by Hub: a drop-in event for anyone who wants to learn or play. All ages welcome, any level fine. Run by Alex Smythe who runs a welcoming social local chess group that plays regularly in Boston Manor Park. Contact Alex for any info
alexander.brentford@gmail.com
Table Tennis and Boules Event, Saturday 9 August, 12-4pm - Drop In, meet by gym equipment/table tennis /boules court: equipment will be available from park staff to use to play.
Haiku Walk, Monday 18 August, 2-3pm, meet outside Walled Garden: Join poet and sound artist Giovanna Lorio for a unique haiku-writing workshop. You’ll embrace Summer with words, rhythm, and reflection. No experience needed—just curiosity and a love for nature. Families welcome.
Guided nature and sensory trail for neurodivergent children with the Wildheart Foundation, Wednesday 20, 2.30-4pm: open to all families with children 5-14 who identify as neurodivergent. A relaxed trail with engaging sensory activities throughout with Tash and two therapy dogs. For information email
admin@wildheartfoundation.co.uk and see
Facebook for booking.
Self-guided Boston Manor Park Trails
Go Orienteering Trails
Can you find all the markers (‘controls’) hidden around the park? Learn how to navigate and then find and follow three different (easy, medium and hard) orienteering routes around the park. Download the free orienteering maps at https://www.goorienteering.org.uk/course/boston_manor_park
Boston Manor Park Activity Trails (self guided, all available to download or pick up in paper form (Trails 2&3 only) outside Hub:
Trail 1 (Nature and Wellbeing)
Trail 2 (Get to know the park!)
Trail 3 (Wonderful Wildlife)
Download free copies in English and Polish from and Volunteering in Hounslow Parks | Let'sTalk Hounslow (side bar, scroll down the page) and on https://www.ealingparks.foundation/nature-trails
Secret Bird Mosaic Trail
Can you spot our 7 bird mosaics hanging in the woodland (top woodland path, starting near the lake and ending by oak tree by M4 flyover)? You will see a jay, a woodpecker, a sparrow, a magpie, a robin, a starling and a chaffinch. Mosaics were made by the community and Susie John, a local artist. Pick up a leaflet with photos outside Hub to help you spot them!