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| Auden Place Nursery Manley Street NW1 8NA |
(020) 7586 0098 e-mail: info@audenplace.co.uk web: www.audenplace.co.uk |
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| The Octagon Nursery School St Saviour's Church Hall Eton Road NW3 4SU |
Principal: Trisha McConnell (020) 7586 3206 |
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| Primrose Hill Primary School Nursery Princess Road NW1 |
(020) 7722 8500 Head Teacher: Jane Hunter e-mail: head@primrosehill.camden.sch.uk |
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| Ready Steady Go Primrose Hill Business Centre 110 Gloucester Avenue London NW1 8HX |
(020) 7586 5862 contact: Amelia Thorne e-mail: ameliathorne@readysteadygo.org web: www.readysteadygo.org |
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| St Mark's Square Nursery School St Mark's Square NW1 |
(020) 7586 8383 web: www.stmarkssquarenurseryschool.org.uk |
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| Primary | |
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| Primrose Hill Primary School Princess Road NW1 |
(020) 7722 8500 Head Teacher: Jane Hunter e-mail: head@primrosehill.camden.sch.uk function room for hire |
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| St Paul's School Elsworthy Road NW3 3DS |
(020) 7722 7381 Head Teacher: John Wilkinson e-mail: head@stpauls.camden.sch.uk |
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| Haverstock Secondary School Haverstock Hill NW3 |
Head Teacher: John Dowd e-mail: office@haverstock.camden.sch.uk |
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| Other | |
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| Lanka 71 Regent's Park Road NW1 8UY |
(020) 7483 4222 web: www.lanka-uk.com e-mail: lanka@lanka-uk.com from traditional French cuisine to simple home cooking |
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| Sew Much Fun Shop & Studio 46 Chalcot Road NW1 8LS |
contact: Roz (020) 7722 9889 e-mail: sewmuchfun@btinternet.com web: www.sewmuchfunprimrosehill.co.uk Sewing Courses for Kids & Adults |
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| Public Libraries |
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| Chalk Farm Library Sharpleshall Street NW1 |
(020) 7974 6526 opening hours: Mon 10 - 7; Fri 10 - 6; Sat 10 - 5 Photocopying and computer access Wi-fi function room for hire |
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| Places of Worship |
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| Chalk Farm Baptist Church Berkley Road NW1 |
Rev. David Sosanya (020) 7722 7207 07985 052 654 function room for hire |
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| Church of St Mary the Virgin Primrose Hill Road NW3 |
Rev. Robert Atwell: (020) 7722 3062 Pauline Collett: (020) 7722 3238 web: www.smvph.org.uk function room for hire |
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| Handmaids of the Sacred Heart 25 St Edmund's Terrace NW8 |
(020) 7722 2756 |
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| St Mark's Church St Mark's Square NW1 |
020) 7586 1694 function room for hire |
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| South Hampstead Synagogue Orthodox 21 - 22 Eton Villas Eton Road NW3 |
contact: M. A. Spector (020) 7722 1807 e-mail: muriel@southhampstead.org web: www.southhampstead.org |
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| Salvation Army Chalk Farm Corps 10 - 16 Haverstock Hill NW3 |
(020) 7722 7064 |
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| Community Associations & Societies |
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| Camden Civic Society c/o 10 Manley Street NW1 8LT |
(020) 7722 8727 Protects the built and open spaces in Camden, raising awareness through newsletters, special projects, walks and meetings |
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| Camden Friends of the Earth 87 Bell Street NW1 6TB |
Meets 2nd Tuesday of the month, downstairs in the Princess of Wales public house, Fitzroy Road |
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| Camden History Society Flat 13 13 Tavistock Place WC1H 9SH |
(020) 7388 9889 contact: Roger Cline web: www.cityneighbours.com/groups/chs/chsnews Newsletters and lectures which assist people interested in local history Annual subscription £10 |
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| Friends of Chalk Farm Library Chalk Farm Library Sharpleshall Street NW1 |
Secretary: Philippa Jackson (020) 7722 1083 e-mail: philippa.e.jackson@googlemail.com Treasurer: Sharon Ridsdale e-mail: sharon.ridsdale@btopenworld.com Supports and develops the use of Chalk Farm Library for the benefit of the local community, and promotes the development of local community libraries at national and international level |
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| Friends of Chalcot Square Gardens | Judy Rich, Chair e-mail: friendsofcsg@talktalk.net Christine Benvenuto, Secretary e-mail: king.chris@tiscali.co.uk web: www.friendsofchalcotsquare.org.uk Local residents group committed to working with Camden Council to make Chalcot Square a happy, well-maintained space for users of all ages. Monthly committee meetings open to all members |
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| The Friends of Regent's Park & Primrose Hill 30 Fitzroy Road NW1 |
contact: Valerie St Johnston (020) 7722 5932 A non-political body whose aim is to protect the beauty and tranquillity of our green spaces from developers and commercial exploitation |
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| HS2 Pan-Camden Alliance | web:
http://pancamdenhs2alliance.org The group is volunteer and non party-political. It was formed in May 2010 after a public meeting called by local Councillors to inform people about the “Exceptional Hardship Scheme” and the newly announced tunneling route and station expansion. The group’s aim is to comprehensively examine the underlying environmental, practical and business arguments put forward by HS2 Ltd for its choice of route and their justifications for spending £32 billion. |
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| Kurdistan Solidarity Committee 44 Ainger Road NW1 |
contact: Estella Schmid (020) 7586 5892 e-mail: knklondon@gnapc.org |
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| North-West London Working Mothers Group 17 Fitzroy Road NW1 |
contact: Linda Jones (020) 7586 4371 Group with teenagers; can help set up group for mothers with younger children Meets monthly |
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| Primrose Hill Business Association Clifton Interiors 169 Regent's Park Road NW1 |
contact Rosie Winston (020) 7586 5533 e-mail: rosie@cliftoninteriors.fsnet.co.uk Promotes the continuing viability of local businesses |
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| Primrose Hill Conservation Area Advisory
Committee (PHCAAC) 12a Manley Street NW1 8LT |
contacts: Richard Simpson (020) 7862 8703 e-mail: Richard.Simpson@sas.ac.uk Pam White (020) 7586 4921 Helps protect the environment; its comments on planning applications are available in Chalk Farm Library |
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| Primrose Hill HS2 Reference Group | e-mail: info@phhs2referencegroup.org web: www.phhs2referencegroup.org Reference group set up to oppose proposals to dig a tunnel under Primrose Hill to facilitate the new high speed rail link between Euston and Birmingham. |
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| Primrose Hill Neighbours Help Chalk Farm Library Sharpleshall Street NW1 |
contact: Sharon Ridsdale (020) 7586 3627 A befriending service to older, housebound members of the local community; a friendly, confidential information service Mondays 2-4pm no appointment necessary |
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| Primrose Hill Network Primrose Hill Community Centre 29 Hopkinsons Place Fitzroy Road NW1 8TN |
contact: Mick Hudspeth (020) 7586 8327 e-mail: primrose_hill@btopenworld.com Informal organisation of local groups for cooperation on matters of mutual interest |
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| Regent's Park Protection Campaign c/o Graham Anthony 67 Auden Place NW1 |
(020) 7586 5105 Campaign against development in the Park by the Zoo or the allocation of parkland to one or more of the houses in the park and acts on particular issues relating to Regent's Park as they occur |
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| Regent's Park Road Neighbourhood Association
(RPRNA) 68 Regent's Park Road NW1 7SX |
contact: Caroline Cooper (020) 7586 2523 e-mail: rpra@britishlibrary.net Working widely to improve the amenities and environment in the Primrose Hill area for all who live or work here |
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| Conservation, the Environment and Charities |
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| Bring Back the Butterflies Advice on creating butterfly-friendly environments in gardens, parks and other open spaces |
contact: Jim Leigh (020) 7586 3836 07826 497 377 e-mail: thebutterflyman@btinternet.com web: www.bringbackthebutterflies.org.uk |
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| The Gorilla Organisation 110 Gloucester Avenue NW1 8HX |
contact: Dan Absolom (020) 7916 4974 e-mail: dan@dianfossey.org web: www.dianfossey.org |
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| Mary's Living and Giving Shop 109 Regent's Park Road NW1 8UR Charity shop in association with Save the Children |
(020) 7586 9966 e-mail: lg5@savethechildren.org.uk web: www.maryportas.com |
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| Transition Primrose Hill Part of the Transition Towns movement, a fast growing international network inspiring communities to be creative in addressing the twin problems of climate change and the end of cheap oil |
e-mail: info@transitionprimrosehill.org web: www.transitionprimrosehill.org |
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| Local Politics |
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| Councillors' Surgeries Primrose Hill Community Centre 29 Hopkinsons Place Fitzroy Road NW1 8TN |
(020) 7586 8327 Drop-ins held at Primrose Hill Community Centre on the third Friday of the month 6.30-7.30pm and Saturdays 10.00-11.00am |
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| Conservative Party Dr Bill Mitchell 1a Heath Hurst Road NW3 |
(020) 7794 5679 e-mail: camdenconservatives@tory.org web: myweb.tiscali.co.uk/hspca |
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| Labour Party Camden Town with Primrose Hill 8 Camden Road NW1 |
(020) 7586 2914 e-mail: contact@camden.new.labour.org.uk |
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| Liberal Democrats John Lefley 37 Highstone Mansions 94 Camden Road NW1 |
(020) 7209 2886 web: www.camdenlibdems.org.uk |
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