Our campaign and petition
Our shared campaign vision is to bring together Warren Farm Nature Reserve and surrounding BRP Meadows into one large protected Local Nature Reserve (LNR), creating a vital Nature Recovery Network.
With Warren Farm NR at its centre, Jubilee Meadow, Trumper’s Field, Blackberry Corner and Fox Meadow (also known as St Margaret’s Open Space) connected and included in the LNR designation. Then to go further by including two currently privately owned pieces of land that sit either side of Warren Farm NR, namely the horse pastures owned by Imperial College London and the Earl of Jersey’s Field, so that they too obtain LNR designation.
The reasons to pursue LNR designation for Warren Farm and these connected irreplaceable green spaces are simple:
To keep the meadows safe from future development.
To give wildlife a protected sanctuary in which to thrive.
To ensure human health and access to nature is preserved for everyone, now and in the future.
The first vital step in our journey to achieving this vision is to successfully campaign for the support of Ealing Council, Labour Leader Peter Mason and the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan - in collaboration with Natural England - to give Warren Farm Nature Reserve and Brent River Park Meadows the statutory designation of Local Nature Reserve they deserve.
We have the wildlife facts officially recorded, the environmental knowledge and the combined expertise and support. Please join us in creating a legacy for nature and humans here at Warren Farm Nature Reserve - sign our petition now.
Published by the Trustees of the Brent River & Canal Society
“Our Vision for Warren Farm and our Statement of Readiness to Work in Partnership with Ealing Council to achieve it”.
Please click here to read the vision document in full.
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16th March 2024 - News Article Bird Guides - “London Reserve saved following council rethink”
4th March 2024 - News Article Ealing Times - “Warren Farm saved as nature reserve after council re-think”
28th February 2024 - News Article Ealing News - “Surprise u-turn by Ealing Council as it now plans to designate rewilded Warren Farm as local nature reserve”
28th February 2024 - News Article - Ealing Today - “Nature Campaigners Welcome New Warren Farm Strategy. Sports facilities would now be built on adjacent site”
27th February 2024 - News Article Around Ealing - “All of Warren Farm will be rewilded and protected”
9th November 2023 - News Article Ealing Today - “Warren Farm Petition Reaches 25,000 Signatures, Campaign receives a boost by featuring on Chris Packham show”
7th November 2023 - News Article Ealing Nub News - “Campaigners reach 25,000 signatures to save endangered wildlife”
7th November 2023 - News Article Brentford Nub News - “Campaigners reach 25,000 signatures to save endangered wildlife”
7th November 2023 - News Article Ealing News - “More than 25,000 people call on Ealing Council to keep Warren Farm Nature Reserve as nature intended”
Warren Farm Nature Reserve features on Chris Packham’s new online wildlife magazine show 8 Out Of 10 Bats, presented by epic conservationist and team mate Kabir Kaul
18th October 2023 - News Article Ealing Nub News - “Ealing Council leader questioned over Warren Farm development”
18th October 2023 - News Article Brentford Nub News “Ealing Council leader questioned over Warren Farm development”
27th September 2023 - News Article NW Londoner “Television celebrities join campaign to save Warren Farm
26th September 2023 - News Article Ealing News “Brent River Park charity celebrates 50 years at its AGM as it continues to work to deliver Luke FitzHerbert’s Regional Park vision”
18th September 2023 - News Article - Ealing Today “Campaigners 'Baffled' by Ealing Council Regional Park Plans, Say justification reads like manifesto for Warren Farm Nature Reserve”
15th September 2023 - News Article - My London - “Ealing Council unveils giant park proposal to serve extra 56,000 residents. The council's plan has been celebrated but has also left campaigners "baffled“
14th September 2023 - News Blog Brent River Park “Ealing Council’s regional park proposal: full of good reasons NOT to de-wild Warren Farm”
13th September 2023 - Ealing Council leader Peter Mason challenged by Green Party deputy leader Zack Polanski over Warren Farm “ecocide” and health concerns in Southall
13th September 2023 - Letter to Ealing council about concerns over Warren Farm and the Green Quarter by Green Party GLA member Zack Polanski
8th September 2023 - News Article Private Eye issue 1606 - Parks and Recreation
31st August 2023 - News Article Bird Guides “London wildlife hot-spot threatened by development”
17th August 2023 - News Article London World “Warren Farm Nature Reserve: Ealing Council and conservationists battle over green space’s future”
11th August 2023 - News Article Ealing Today “Two sides no closer to agreement on Warren Farm. Conservationists and council disagree over plan for sports facility”
10th August 2023 - News Article Harrow Online “Controversy escalates as Ealing’s unofficial nature reserve faces development battle”
10th August 2023 - News Article My London “The Ealing 'nature reserve' at risk of being turned into football pitches as 22,000 oppose plan that 'could see wildlife wiped out'“
30th July 2023 - News Article Sky News “Abandoned sports centre now home to owls and plants on UK's extinction list - but for how long?”
25th July 2023 - News Article Ealing News “Lib Dems meet Warren Farm Nature Reserve campaigners fighting Ealing Council over plans to redevelop the site”
3rd July 2023 - Ealing Living Interview “In Good Company: Kate Hiscox”
29th June 2023 - Sky News Climate Show “Warren Farm Nature Reserve”
7th June 2023 - News Article Ealing Today “Ealing Council accused of Warren Farm ‘Cover Up’ - 2018 report recommending extra protection not published”
6th June 2023 - News Article Ealing News “Ranger Chantal from Warren Farm is one of the faces of summer campaign for London National Park City”
6th June 2023 - News Article Ealing News “Campaigners question why Ealing Council and its leadership have witheld important information about Warren Farm”
5th June 2023 - News Article My London “Campaigners slate Ealing Council for ‘burying report’ that could save nature reserve from development”
5th June 2023 - Blog from London National Park City “Discovering Warren Farm Nature Reserve”
5th May 2023 - News Article Ealing Nub “Local Campaigners want Warren Farm made the 101st meadow protected for the Coronation”
13th April 2023 - News Article Ealing News “Mayor of London concerned over ‘inappropriate’ proposed Local Plan from Ealing Council”
1st April 2023 - News Article Ealing News “Dragon’s Den star Deborah Meaden says Ealing Council is ‘waging war’ on Warren Farm“
31st March 2023 - News Article Ealing Nub '“Deborah Meaden shows support for Warren Farm campaigners”
24th March 2023 - News Article Ealing Nub “Sadiq Khan quizzed over Ealing Council’s plans for Warren Farm”
24th March 2023 - News Article Chiswick Herald “London Mayor faces questions over Warren Farm Nature Reserve”
24th March 2023 - News Article Ealing News “Mayor of London challenged by Greens and Lib Dems over protection of Warren Farm”
23rd March 2023 - News Article Yahoo! News “Outcry at Ealing Council plans to build on London Skylark breeding ground”
20th March 2023 - News Article from Ealing News “Opinion: Lib Dem councillor Athena Zissimos challenges Ealing Council over Warren Farm”
15th March 2023 - News Article from Ealing Nub “Wildlife experts have urged Ealing Council to carry out a habitat survey on Warren Farm”
15th March 2023 - News Article from Ealing Today “Warren Farm petition hits 20,000 signatures. Wildlife experts urging council to carry out habitat survey.”
14th March 2023 - News Article from Ealing News “Warren Farm campaigners question Ealing Council on when it will carry out habitat survey”
24th February 2023 - News Article from Ealing News “Opinion: Ealing Wildlife Group concerned over how its chair and founder was cut off during Warren Farm scrutiny meeting”
23rd February 2023 - Ealing Wildlife Group blog post “Sean’s speech, cut short at Warren Farm Scrutiny meeting”
22nd February 2023 - News Article from Ealing News “Warren Farm campaigners “cautiously optimistic” after Ealing Council vote”
22nd February 2023 - News Article from The Express “Fury as Labour council want to turn nature reserve into a sports centre”
21st February 2023 - News Article from Ealing News “Community comes out in force tonight as protesters gather to support Warren Farm”
21st February 2023 - News Article from Ealing News “Children tell Ealing Council to leave Warren Farm alone”
19th February 2023 - News Article from Ealing News “Sunny Sunday afternoon at Warren Farm as visitors say they want it to be used for nature”
19th February 2023 - Ealing News Article “Warren Farm campaigners warn Ealing Council and its leadership it faces reputational risk over plans to build sports facility”
18th February 2023 - News Article from Ealing News “London Assembly Member calls on Mayor of London to stop Ealing Council plans for Warren Farm”
15th February 2023 - Ealing Nub News Article “Warren Farm campaigners appeal to MPs to respond to their open letter”
15th February 2023 - Ealing Nub News Article “A group of wildlife presenters have called on Ealing Council to reconsider their decision to build on Warren Farm”
12th February 2023 - BBC London News Article “Warren Farm Nature Reserve - BBC London News - Reporter Luxmy Gopal” (see below)
6th February 2023 - News Article from Ealing Nub News “Warren Farm campaigners organise protest to protect the endangered species that live there”
5th February 2023 - Southall Community Forum
3rd February 2023 - News Article from Ealing Nub News “Baroness Jenny Jones calls for Warren Farm to be protected for nature”
31st January 2023 - News Article from Ealing News “Warren Farm campaigners say Ealing Council and its leadership Councillors Peter Mason and Deirdre Costigan are using “misleading information”
30th January 2023 - News Article from Ealing Nub News “Warren Farm petition reaches over 17,000 signatures”
26th January 2023 - News Article from Ealing Today “Angry Reaction as Warren Farm Proposals Approved”
26th January 2023 - News Article from Ealing News “Ealing residents react to Ealing Council cabinet decision and leader’s announcement backing plans to develop large sports facility at Warren Farm”
25th January 2023 - Blog from Ealing Wildlife Group “Imperial College land & Warren Farm ‘rewilding’. A plea to Councillors to vote no & start over”
23rd January 2023 - BBC London News Report “Warren Farm Nature Reserve - Cabinet Meeting” (see below)
22nd January 2023 - News Article from Ealing News “Dr Sean McCormack speaks out: Warren Farm is not the place for sports facilities and Ealing Council plans and leaders are undermining democracy”
22nd January 2023 - News Article from Ealing News “Campaigners concerned over Southall FC getting Warren Farm land as part of “Sharma Stadium”
22nd January 2023 - News Article from Ealing News “Warren Farm visitors express their shock with Ealing Council plans to develop a sports facility and want it to remain “as nature intended”
19th January 2023 - News Article from Ealing Today “Fate of Warren Farm Set to Be Decided Next Week”
18th January 2023 - News Article from Ealing News “Campaigners call Ealing Council “environmentally reckless” over proposed plans to endanger Warren Farm with sports facility”
17th January 2023 - News Article from Ealing Today “Young Naturalists Guide Councillors Around Warren Farm”
17th January 2023 - News Article from Ealing News “Ealing Council councillors join youth on Duke of Edinburgh tour of Warren Farm Nature Reserve”
22nd December 2022 - News Article from Ealing News “Ealing Leader of the Opposition, Councillor Gary Malcolm issues a Christmas and New Year message to Ealing residents”
15th December 2022 - News Article from Ealing Today “Local Plan 'Could Mean the End' for Borough's Skylarks: Council confirms inclusion of sports facility at Warren Farm“
12th December 2022 - News Article from Ealing News “Warren Farm campaigners express concerns that Ealing Council is endangering nature with proposed sports facility on nature reserve”
12th December 2022 - News Article from Ealing Nub News “Proposed sports facility on Warren Farm may banish endangered Skylarks from the Borough of Ealing”
9th December 2022 - News Article from the Chiswick Herald “Lib Dems call for council to ‘stop arguing and commit to protecting Warren Farm’”
13th October 2022 - News Article from Ealing Today ‘Campaign groups ask them to resist removal on environmental protections’
12th October 2022 - News Article from Ealing Nub News ‘Environmental campaigners call on all Ealing MPs to fight against any changes in environmental laws proposed by the Government’
30th September 2022 - Report from Parks for London ‘Good Parks for London: LAGER Can making a difference on Warren Farm’
6th September 2022 - Campaign Article from CPRE ‘David and Goliath: saving London’s green spaces’
1st August 2022 - News Article from Ealing Nub News ‘Lib Dems stand up for Warren Farm wildlife and force special Council meeting’
1st August 2022 - News Article from Ealing News ‘Ealing Liberal Democrats “called in” meeting to discuss Southall’s Warren Farm and impact on nature if developed’
21st July 2022 - News Article from Ealing Today ‘Concern Over Cricket Pitch Proposal for Warren Farm’
5th July 2022 - Campaign Article from CPRE ‘Stepping up for Green Spaces’
5th May 2022 - News Article from Ealing Today “Four Local Meadows Designated as Nature Reserves”
27th April 2022 - BBC News London Report “Warren Farm Nature Reserve Group” (see below)
26th April 2022 - News Article from Ealing Today “Southall FC hoping to make Warren Farm its home - Opposition claim Council considering ‘worst kind of backroom deal’
6th April 2022 - News Article from CPRE London “Professional football or recreation and nature?”
31st March 2022 - News Article from Ealing Today “Call for All of Warren Farm To Be Made Nature Reserve”
25th Nov 2021 - Petition update “The Mayor of London responds to our Warren Farm NR petition”
18th Nov 2021 - Open Spaces Society Fox Meadow “Access Regained” blog
18th Nov 2021 - News Article from Ealing Nub News “Revealed - Story behind the first recording ever in Middlesex of a rare spider”
18th Nov 2021 - News Article from Ealing Today “Mayor Fails to Endorse Warren Farm Nature Reserve Plan but Sadiq Khan says Council must consider its conservation value”
18th Nov 2021 - News Article from Ealing Nub News “Campaigners disappointed as Mayor of London stops short of full support for Warren Farm petition”
22nd Sept 2021 - News Article from Ealing Today “Assembly Member to call for support of Mayor for nature reserve plan”
22nd Sept 2021 - News Article from Ealing Nub News “Ealing nature reserve petition’s 10,000 signatures presented to London Assembly”
22nd Sept 2021 - West Ealing Neighbours Blog “Petition to make Warren Farm a local Nature Reserve presented to London Assembly”
2nd Aug 2021 - Hanwell Village Green Residents Association - Spring Walk 2021 / Summer Meeting 2021 by Janet Sacks
1st Aug 2021 - News Article from Ealing Nub News “Ealing REWIND: Celebrating the 46th anniversary of the Brent River Park”
6th July 2021 - News Article from Ealing Nub News “Petition to get Ealing's Warren Farm designated as a Nature Reserve reaches 10,000 signatures”
1st July 2021 - News Article from Ealing News “Warren Farm nature reserve petition hits 10,000 mark”
1st July 2021 - News Article from MyLondon “The hidden beauty spot in West London that 10,000 people are fighting to save”
30th June 2021 - News Article from Ealing Today “Support continues to grow for making the site a nature reserve”
29th June 2021 - Kabir Kaul blogpost “Evening Walk around Warren Farm”
10th June 2021 - News Article from Ealing Nub News “Ealing Council Leader Peter Mason seeks ‘compromise’ on Warren Farm”
7th May 2021 - Over 9000 signatures, Ealing Friends of the Earth and BBC London News
6th May 2021 - News Article from Ealing Nub News “Ealing's Warren Farm renews calls on how to help protect skylarks”
2nd May 2021 - Warren Farm NR Community Activism Talk at Fulham Palace The Green Meet (at 1:14:30 plus Q&A at the end)
30th March 2021 - News Article from Hillingdon Times “Countryside Charity Backs Warren Farm as new London Park”
29th March 2021 - Over 7500 signatures & CPRE London support #WarrenFarmNR in their #tennewparks campaign
25th March 2021 - News Article From Ealing Today “Countryside Charity Identifies Warren Farm as a Priority”
24th March 2021 - News Article From Ealing Nub News “CPRE London names Warren Farm Nature Reserve as one of ten new parks it wants in London”
10th March 2021 - News Article from Ealing Nub News “Royal Parks call on dog owners to keep their dogs out of the long grass at Warren Farm to protect skylarks”
7th March 2021 - Over 6,500 signatures, London National Park City support and skylark care!
23rd Feb 2021 - News Article from Ealing Today “Over 6,000 back campaign to protect the local habitat”
22nd Feb 2021 - News Article from MyLondon “Thousands of Londoners back bid for Ealing’s stunning Warren Farm Nature Reserve to be protected”
2nd Feb 2021 - News Article from Ealing Times “Petition to make Warren Farm a nature reserve draws support”
1st Feb 2021 - News Article from Ealing Nub News “Campaign to get Ealing’s Warren Farm designated as a Nature Reserve off to a flying start”
25th Jan 2021 - Over 5000 signatures & snowy meadows!
13th Jan 2021 - News Article from Ealing Today “Over 3000 sign petition in first week of campaign launch”
11th Jan 2021 - We’ve exceeded 2,500 signatures…
8th Jan 2021 - Petition update and some positive WarrenFarmNR news
6th Jan 2021 - 600 signatures and growing
5th January 2021 - Our Warren Farm Nature Reserve Campaign & Petition launches.