

Formosa Street pedestrianisation a step closer
Residents may remember that last Summer Sutherland Avenue resident John Gregson launched a petition calling for the short stretch of Formosa Street between Warrington Crescent & Castellain road to be closed to traffic. The idea was to make it a safe space for people to shop, eat, socialise & generally support our vital local businesses as suggested in the artist's impression above. Anyway the petition garnered enough signatures for it to be considered by Westminster City Coun

Viv Robins
Dec 14, 2025


Tree lights to pierce Winter gloom
For those who dread the onset of Winter there's brighter news from this Sunday (Nov 23) when the big tree in Formosa will again be lit up through until the end of February. Sadly it's not quite the spectacle it's been of recent years as when the lights were switched on briefly at the end of the Bonfire Night celebrations, as has become customary, it was found that around a third of the bulbs were no longer working. Rather than attempting to fix the problem this year with its

Viv Robins
Nov 20, 2025


Please don't do this disgusting thing!
As all public-spirited dog-walkers will know once you've taken the trouble to bag up your dog poo the correct thing to do is to take it...

Viv Robins
Aug 22, 2025
New cycle route for Castellain Road?
Westminster City Council is proposing to introduce a contra-flow system for cyclists on a series of one-way streets in the Borough,...

Viv Robins
Jul 24, 2025


Tribute blooms for Garden stalwart
If you've been out enjoying the Garden recently you can hardly fail to have noticed this magnificent wisteria whose luxuriant blossoms...

Viv Robins
Apr 24, 2025


Farewell party stops the traffic
Dozens of local residents crowded into Formosa Street on September 3rd to say Goodbye to two of its best-loved & most familiar figures, ...

Viv Robins
Sep 10, 2023


All change at Dhigs....
....for a start it's not called Dhigs any more! The shop re-opened on August 29th under the new name of Shivam Convenience. The owner is...

Viv Robins
Aug 31, 2023


Farewell to a Formosa favourite
As residents may already know to their cost Hiten & Darsha Patel sadly put up the shutters at Dhigs on Monday July 31st as they headed...

Viv Robins
Aug 1, 2023


Maida Vale joins hero's send-off for WW2 ‘Pilot of the Caribbean’
Residents of the Formosa Garden were among hundreds of mourners who crowded into the central London church of St Clement Dane’s on May...

Susan Wright
May 27, 2023


Trees attacked by Mystery Bug
Some months ago now our gardeners Gravitas noticed that a number of trees in the Garden were showing signs of insect infestation –...

Susan Wright
Jan 19, 2023



















