Police hosted Beckenham Community Meeting 6pm 4 June. All welcome, to attend register at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beckenham-...

Bromley Council has approved the redevelopment of the Blenheim Centre in #Penge, with 228 new homes for social rent

Three Hounds & Beckenham RFC Presents The 2026 Beckenham Beer Festival! Kicking off at 3pm today we have 46 Beers & Ciders for you to enjoy over two days of wonderful weather, great rugby and a proper sense of community.

🚧 ROADWORKS 🚧 Beckenham High Street (by Thorntons Corner towards Beckenham Green) will be closed until Sunday 10 May while Thames Water fix a leak.

Another day, another close pass... This is why #Beckenham needs protected cycling infrastructure cc @londoncycling.bsky.social @liamconlon.bsky.social @bromleygreens.bsky.social @bromleylibdems.bsky.social @bromleylabour.bsky.social

ℹ️ This May Day Bank Holiday, we'll be running a Saturday timetable and Off-Peak fares will apply all day. See below for a summary of our services across the bank holiday weekend. 📲 More information: spkl.io/6855

PSA: the middle of the lane is *exactly* where someone on a bicycle should be in this situation. Next time you come up behind a cyclist in this position, they're not 'hogging the lane', they're just cycling safely and will move to the left once there is space for you to pass safely #Beckenham

The 7.30am rush hour on one of Bromley's worst rat runs. Residents have raised concerns about traffic volumes, speeding & reckless driving. Yet, Conservative-controlled #Bromley Council won't put sensible measures in place: filters, traffic calming & protection for those walking, cycling or wheeling

Bromley Council can apply for TfL funding (known as LIP funding) for schemes to improve road safety. For the 2025/6 year, £1.7m was allocated to Bromley. Yet, their proposals for 2026/7 only ask for £105k for cycling, covering Bikeability training and new cycle parking. This doesn't go far enough!

Lovely day for a ride - shame about this close pass on Westgate Road, #Beckenham. We need proper cycling infrastructure. Cc @londoncycling.bsky.social @liamconlon.bsky.social @bromleygreens.bsky.social @bromleylibdems.bsky.social @bromleylabour.bsky.social

8.30am on Beckenham High Street during Easter Break. You'd hardly know it's the morning rush hour! This shows how much car traffic comes from school travel. If our streets were genuinely safe for parents & children to walk & cycle, we could permanently reduce traffic for safer streets & cleaner air

School Streets have been a huge success with over 800 introduced across London. So why are there only three in #Bromley? A brief history of Bromley's School Street pilots shows cc @mumsforlungs.bsky.social @bromleygreens.bsky.social @bromleylibdems.bsky.social @bromleylabour.bsky.social

Drainage upgrades on Westgate Road near #Beckenham Place Park, were completed this week by Lewisham Council. Parking spaces by the park entrance have been removed, vehicles should be park on Foxgrove Road. 🤞 less traffic, better drainage will prevent the road becoming a boggy mess when it rains

An 'annual' weekend music event proposed at Beckenham Place Park. #bellingham #beckenhamplacepark #licensing #planning

While other London boroughs have been getting on with investing in traffic filters, school streets & cycle lanes, which are *proven* to make streets safer... Bromley Council resolutely ignores residents' demands to tackle speeding & high traffic volumes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good morning, lovely readers and residents of Beckenham (and beyond). We are so in love with our view across from St George's this morning, we had to share photos of the most glorious dafs that are out and proud and enjoying today's sunshine.

Three Hounds x Beckenham RFC Beer Festival. Friday 8th & Saturday 9th May Tickets are live. Spread the word! tinyurl.com/56ya9u74

I just responded to Liam Conlon MP's Beckenham and Penge Leaseholder Survey. Have your say here: actionnetwork.org/forms/becken...

No Beckenham and New Addington trams for 2 weeks in Feb insidecroydon.com/2026/01/29/n... #Croydon #NewAddington #Beckenham #Trams @abcommuters.bsky.social @ldntravelwatch.bsky.social

We are a friendly amateur orchestra based at Beckenham Methodist Church. This and next Thursday 7:30pm, we'll be playing through Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances for fun, without the pressure of a performance. Suggested donation of £10 per evening. Violins, violas, and lower brass especially welcome 😁

❗ There are no Southeastern trains at #LondonVictoria until Wednesday 31 December inclusive. 🔀 Most trains are diverted to Cannon Street. 📲 More Info: spkl.io/63324AlDK2

🎄Travelling with us over the festive period? ❗ There will be no Southeastern trains at #LondonCharingCross & #WaterlooEast from Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 January inclusive. 🔀 Most trains are diverted to London Victoria 📲 More Info: spkl.io/63323Acdu9

We’re at Beckenham Place Park this weekend for our Winter Vintage Market at the Mansion Sat 13 & Sun 14, 10-4pm 40 traders inside & out Street food Artists’ Open Studios Food Market joining us on Sunday Beckenham Place Mansion, SE London, BR3 1SY It’d be great to see you!

Judge & Priestley are proud to be sponsoring this year’s Beckenham Christmas Lights Switch On. Join us on Saturday 29 November, from 4pm–7pm at Beckenham Green, for an evening packed with food and drink stalls, crafts, live bands, choirs and the big switch-on moment.

Extremely proud to have contributed to @vittles.bsky.social 'Six of the Best' South South East London Special and cracking up to discover that *two* of our recommendations are on the exact same road. Out today! www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/is-there-a...

Bromley Council has started procurement for a £900k public realm overhaul of Elmfield Road, immediately north of Bromley South station. The current state of the road is pictured below. Interested to see what improvements are introduced here www.architectsjournal.co.uk/competitions...

Over 2.5 years ago we posted about the poor management of Westgate Road, Beckenham (thread below). Glad to see Bromley Council officers out this week, enforcing a new permit parking zone that should make the school gate safer & healthier for St Mary's Primary students @chloe-janelibdem.bsky.social

Heritage buses will run on the 54 bus route, Blackheath -> Elmers End, on Saturday 13 September

Back in Beckenham Place Park on Bank Holiday Monday 25 August! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/so-last-ce...

Heritage buses will run on the 54 bus route, Blackheath -> Elmers End, on Saturday 13 September

Be careful out there, people! Multiple reports of cyclists being mugged for their bikes by moped gangs. Shirley Church Road (Croydon) and College Road (Dulwich) targeted in recent days. Keep an eye out for these scumbags and report anything suspicious to the police! @insidecroydon.bsky.social

Around 20 teachers went on strike at the Beckenham school over its treatment of overseas workers

New drawing: Hire bike Notes on this cartoon: open.substack.com/pub/diagramc...

Planning permission refused for Bromley Civic Centre redevelopment, due to a lack of natural light for the proposed flats, as well as inadequate waste storage and too many parking spaces

In two weeks - Vintage Market at the Mansion, in Beckenham Place Park south east London🌿☀️ 50 traders with plenty of mid century furniture, homeware, art & interior decor, clothes & more. Food market, too! FREE 10-5pm

Teachers at a school in Beckenham have complained about being ‘severely overworked to the point of exhaustion’

ONGOING: Urgent repairs to the railway at #PengeEast Trains are unable to run from Shortlands - London Victoria via Herne Hill until end of service today. Full information on alternative travel arrangements: southeasternrailway.co.uk/travel-infor...

🎉 One Week to Go! 🎉 Market On The Green – Beckenham 🗓 Saturday 12 July | 10am – 5pm 📍 Beckenham Green ✨ Market Stalls 🎠 Kids Fun Fair 🍔 Delicious Street Food 🎤 Live Performances on Stage Checkout what’s is on offer at: beckenhamresidents.org/market-on-th... #MarketOnTheGreen

Art exhibition presenting work by students of local artist Lucia Boaghe, organised by the Beckenham St Vincent de Paul conference. Free entry, 3pm Saturday July 5th at St Edmund's Hall, 9 Village Way BR3 3NA 👇 #Beckenham

Making space for people using bicycles, wheelchairs and mobility aids is important but frequently overlooked or resisted by residents and local authorities alike. No wonder it's so hard to get around using these modes in Bromley! Image credit: Wheels for Wellbeing

'Bearly Trading, Penge' (2019) by Michelle Heron www.michelleheron.co.uk 👤: @michelleheron.bsky.social

Art exhibition presenting work by students of local artist Lucia Boaghe, organised by the Beckenham St Vincent de Paul conference. Free entry, 3pm Saturday July 5th at St Edmund's Hall, 9 Village Way BR3 3NA 👇 #Beckenham

Parents of students at Bishop Challoner School have launched a fundraiser to prevent the school's closure at the end of the term www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"A child is killed every day on our roads, yet cars are being made so large that children are invisible from the driver’s seat. How is that acceptable?" New @transenv.bsky.social @cleancitiescampaign.org‬ study shows car bonnet heights have risen hugely. We need a legal height limit. #Carspreading

Research with @transenv.bsky.social finds that average bonnet height in newly-sold cars is increasing by 0.5cm a year, reaching 83.8cm in 2024, up from 76.9cm in 2010. This increases severity of crashes & reduce drivers’ visibility. Clear need for regulation. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

When this person woke up this morning, they didn’t say to themselves: “I’m going to make my city’s streets safer, air cleaner, traffic lighter, neighborhood quieter, and medical and maintenance bills cheaper.” Yet they do all of that anyway. Why? The right choice is designed to be the easy choice.

🚧 Engineering work Sat & Sun 11th May: Sat 10th: No trains to/from #Victoria Sun 11th: No trains to/from #CharingCross & #WaterlooEast 🚌 Buses replace trains No trains via Greenwich Buses replace trains between Faversham & Margate Info: spkl.io/61786f0zSi

Hot on the heels of our busy Easter, Vintage Market at the Mansion is back on Bank Holiday Monday. 50 more fantastic traders, street food, artists open studios & live jazz, in the beautiful setting of Beckenham Place Park Free, dog friendly, 10-5pm

🚧 Engineering work the Bank holiday weekend #LondonVictoria closed Saturday & Sunday. Other work via #Tonbridge, #SladeGreen & #DenmarkHill 📲 More info: http://spkl.io/63323fLjaV

London Victoria closed over Easter - Southeastern trains from Beckenham Junction will run to/from Charing Cross, Cannon Street & Blackfriars