WCGS

We have created a new section of this website for items on Gunnersbury Park

 There is an item on the planning application for events in the park.

Please click here to see. 

The profile of the society was raised at the recent Chiswick Calendar party when our chair was one of the the people presented with a CRAP (Chiswick Residents Active Participation) award by our MP Andy Slaughter. Bridget Osborne, editor of the Chiswick Calendar said that “We make the awards to people who have done something that makes Chiswick a better or more interesting place to live, and over the years we’ve been doing it, awards have gone to people in the arts and community groups as well as to individuals who have made a difference.”

Marie says she felt honoured to be given an award alongside well-known local heroes, Andy Mayo station manager of Chiswick RNL! and the much-admired councillor, John Todd. She used the opportunity to highlight our recent campaign on Gunnersbury Station and said that, true to our Viking connections, Gunnersbury Groundlings were accustomed to the long haul.

Please click here to see the article on the Chiswick Calendar website.

AGM, The Society’s Annual General Meeting – Tuesday, 10^th February 2026 at 7.30pm.

at the Age Concern Hall, Oxford Road North, Chiswick W4.

All Members are invited to attend this meeting

This is a change from the original date of Monday, 9th February, 2026.

Topics to be discussed include:

• The Society’s Annual Report and Accounts

• Election of Officers

• Latest planning news

• Anything else that concerns you.

Amongst subjects for discussion are the development of the Chiswick Tower and the opportunity it presents to make essential improvements to Gunnersbury station.

Further documents including a membership form will be sent to you in the week prior to the meeting.

There will be refreshments after the meeting for which a donation towards our campaign and conservation fund would be appreciated.

Please note that you can pay your subscription at the AGM and bring your completed membership form along to save posting it.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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Rumour has it that the Gunnersbury Groundlings have written a letter to Shanta. What might they be wishing for?

Please click here to see.

Our Chair, Marie Rabouhans spoke at the meeting of Hounslow Council’s Planning Committee on Thursday, 4^th December on the Chiswick Tower development proposals.

To see our report of the meeting, please go to the ‘Gunnersbury Station’ page on the drop down menu under ‘Environment’ or click here. 

The planning application for Chiswick Tower (P/2025/0794) will be presented to the Planning committee on 4 December.

The Planning Officer Report is available within the papers for the meeting on the Council’s website.

To see the Report please click here.

Our Chair has requested to speak.

Update November 2025: To read the latest Chiswick Tower Development Proposals please click here.

The Society has submitted comments to Hounslow Council’s planning officers.

Please click here to read more.

You are invited to attend our next Public Meeting which will take place on:

WCGS committee members have been busy responding to the redevelopment proposals for Chiswick Tower and the surrounding land. 

Our focus is on the well-established need to improve access and capacity at Gunnersbury Station, an issue on which the society has been campaigning for many years, and we are considering the proposals from that perspective.

Please click here to read more.