Telegraph Hill Park Archives

Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Eclipse 2026 in Telegraph Hill Park

Aug

2026

The partial solar eclipse was a joyous occasion. Telegraph Hill Park (top park, pictured) in New Cross was packed with thousands of people, with sun (and moon) worshippers streaming towards it by foot and bike from all directions. It often gets crowded on New Year's Eve, and is generally busy on summer evenings, but I ...

‘You and Me’ – South London ITV Drama

Feb

2023

'You and Me', first broadcast on ITV in February 2023, is a romantic drama series shot pretty much entirely in South London. It opens with a shot of Telegraph Hill Park, a location that features in many key scenes (top and bottom parts of park), then the set up scene is in Deptford High Street ...

Autumn in Telegraph Hill Park

Nov

2022

Autumn has finally come, a cherry tree down in Telegraph Hill upper park (Kitto Road SE14) believed struck by lightning in a storm last week.Twilight skyline watchers

Telegraph Hill Park Sunset, July 2022

Jul

2022

Vigil to remember victims of patriarchal violence – Telegraph Hill Park

Mar

2021

There was a vigil in Telegraph Hill Upper Park last night (20th March 2021) 'to remember victims of patriarchal violence' . A list of women killed by men stretched across the ground ending in Sarah Everard, recently killed while walking home in Clapham.Those present read out the following together: 'We lay down flowers and light candles ...

Plague of Toads on Telegraph Hill?

Mar

2018

Walking up Kitto Road SE14 last night, alongside Telegraph Hill upper park, I saw a toad. Then a few metres along another one, and then another. In fact I saw five toads in procession all on the pavement heading up hill in the direction of the church, where people were queuing to watch the community ...

The end of the world comes to Telegraph Hill

Mar

2017

There was a strange light at Telegraph Hill upper park (Kitto Road SE14) earlier this week, with the night artificially brightened with floodlights to create a hyperreal landscape. The reason was that filming was taking place of a new BBC drama, Hard Sun, set in a pre-apocalypse world with only five years left. The series ...

New Cross in Time Out

Sep

2014

If you haven't picked up this week's Time Out London, look out for its 'Great bits of London' feature on New Cross with its strapline of 'creativity, cheap thrills and chicken shops in the south-east student belt'. Written by Goldsmiths student Andy Hill it accurately characterises local pubs/bars New Cross House, New Cross Inn, Hobgoblin, ...

Summer Solstice in Telegraph Hill 2014

Jun

2014

Yes it's that time again.... the fourth annual Telegraph Hill Solstice Parade takes place this Saturday June 21st:'Come and celebrate the wedding of Garlick Man of Plow Garlick Hill and the Old Nag of New Cross. Dress up - in celebration of fruit, florals, fecundity and the sun. Mark the midsummer. Free costume/instrument/mask making at ...

Skateboards and Sound Systems in Telegraph Hill Festival Final Weekend

Apr

2014

[Update Sunday 6th April - because of the wet weather, the SKAM festival has been cancelled, and will be rearranged later in the summer. The Sound System RUMBQ won't be happening in the park either but WILL be taking place indoors instead - in the Narthex building at St Catherine's Church (Kitto Rd, SE14).A few ...