

Red Pepper back in business!
......but with a small tweak to its name! It's now known as Little Red Pepper, in a nod to its Little Venice location. When the previous owner died last September it looked to be the end for this family business which had been a fixture on Formosa Street since the mid-1990s (& widely held to be purveyor of the best pizza in London...) Relatives didn't have the heart to continue & were set to give up the lease, but enter the unlikely pairing of local residents fashion designer

Viv Robins
May 15


Warwick Avenue re-vamp gets green light
And not a moment too soon.... After careful consideration of extensive feedback Westminster Council has now approved a revised design for the Warwick Avenue Public Realm Project at an additional cost of £2.9m. The measures will include discouraging anti-social behaviour through improved lighting & CCTV, creating safer & clearer pedestrian routes, greening around the station ventiltion shaft to enhance its appearance & sustainable drainage to improve flood resilience. Resident

Viv Robins
Apr 22
Start of the year updates and reminders
As we start the year, this blog shares a few important updates and reminders from the Board with residents, as our next full Newsletter will not be sent out until the beginning of April. We hope you had a lovely break and are looking forward to the year ahead. We’re excited for another year of enjoying our shared garden together and hope you've already spotted some of the new plans such as the mini orchard. As was communicated to all freeholders, the garden gate has not been

Luciana Calderon
Jan 21


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













