Welcome, and thanks for visiting us

The Friends of Russia Dock Woodland (FRDW) are a group of residents who help to protect and enhance the woodland and the Stave Hill ecological park, which together run through the middle of the Rotherhithe peninsula.  We address everything from damaged signage and rubbish management to development planning applications which impact the local ecology.  We are on good terms with other local groups (details of whom can be found on the Other Local Groups page), and we have frequent dialogue with Southwark Council about the management of the Woodland area.

We also host the web pages for the Downtown Defence Campaign (DDC) on this site. The Downtown area  is immediately adjacent to the Russia Dock Woodland and is currently undergoing highly controversial planning applications  The DDC works to ensure that the planning application remains realistic, in spite of opposition from Southwark Council and Barratt Homes, to ensure the protection of the neighbouring Russia Dock Woodland, to which the site, and to look after the interests of Rotherhithe residents. See the Downtown Defence Campaign pages. 

We are proud of our oasis in this busy corner of London.  It supports a huge variety of plant, animal and bird life, some of it rare.  It is used and enjoyed by local residents of all ages, many of whom are very active in promoting its interests and are partly responsible for its ongoing improvements. 

Membership of the Friends is free of charge and is open to everyone. To register as a member simply email Steve Cornish or Andie Byrnes (email details below).

The best ways of staying in touch with local news and all our activities are to check the news pages on this website and to join our email forum which acts as a central information distribution service and will keep you up to date with day to day topics.

You can find out more about our ongoing activities on our Recent News page, and links to other sites are shown on the Other Local Groups and Websites and the Photo Gallery pages.  An record of previous Friends meetings may be of interest to newcomers, or for reference about previous agreements and actions, and this is held on the Archive page. 

How to Contact Us

We are always glad to hear from you - here are the best ways to contact us.
 

Friends of Russia Dock Woodland and Downtown Defence Campaign
Steve Cornish (Chairman)
5 Somerford Way, London SE16 6QN
Tel. (020) 7237 7586 or 07947 275386
stevecornish49@hotmail.com

• Requests for membership details
• Requests for information
• Website content changes

Friends of Russia Dock Woodland email forum
Our forum allows you to keep in touch by email with other group members.  If you are not a Yahoo member you will need to sign up to get a user name and password, but it is entirely free of charge:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_friends_of_russia_dock_woodland

Website
If you have trouble getting hold of Steve, you can also email me regarding any website change requests and I will ensure that they are addressed:
Andie Byrnes
andie@easynet.co.uk

Site last updated: 4th July 2009
(Downtown Defence News and Recent News pages updated)