Friends of Tooting Common are concerned about dangerous cycling by certain bikes, particularly electric bikes, travelling too fast on the Common, particularly on the Culverden path and other parts of the shared pedestrian/ cycle path. We have sent the attached email to Councillor Paul White, Cabinet Member for the Environment on Wandsworth Council.
If you have any comments on this subject, please email them to fotcinformation@gmail.com
FOTC held our Annual General Meeting on 2 November. It was a good meeting, including discussion as to how the Common should develop over the next 10 years.
The chair’s report to the AGM on the year 2024-25 is here:
Our annual Pumpkin Parade on 26 October was a very enjoyable and well-attended event. Around 200 people came, many of them families with children. There were competitions for carved pumpkins in three categories – funniest; most artistic; and scariest – and 48 carved pumpkins were entered for these competitions. There were also competitions for home-made fancy dress for children. There were some excellent carved pumpkins, and very creative and imaginative fancy dress.
Tuesday 16 December – Litter pick. Meet at the cafe at 11am
Sunday 21 December – Litter pick. Meet at the cafe at 11am
Saturday 3 January 2026 – Winter Wildflower Hunt. Meet at the cafe at 11am
Friends of Tooting Common carries out fortnightly litter picks on the Common. The next pick will be on Tuesday 16 December, starting at 11am at the cafe on the Common. Please bring a pair of sturdy gloves.
Following that, the next pick will be on Tuesday 21 December, starting at 11am at the cafe.
Friends of Tooting Common run monthly bat walks during the spring, summer and autumn. The final bat walk of 2025 was held on 12 October. We will re-commence bat walks in Spring 2026. For more information please email fotcinformation@gmail.com.
Photo competition for July to September 2025
Friends of Tooting Common run photo competitions for Tooting Common. Photos can be of any aspect of Tooting Common, particularly one which brings out its distinctive character.
The winner of FOTC’s photo competition for July to September 2025 is Elaine Welsford, for the excellent photo attached.
Congratulations to Elaine!
A number of people post photos of the Common on the FoTC Facebook group, particularly of trees and plants.
We (FOTC) draw these together every few months and post them here. The most recent set of photos is here:
We hope these photos help celebrate the Common, particularly for people who aren’t often able to get out onto it.
Many thanks to all of the photographers, and particularly to Roy (Vickery) for his very informative posts, and for sharing his botanical expertise with us. Many thanks also to Eamonn (Richardson) for drawing these photos together.
Some photos for previous months are:
FOTC April/May 2020
We hope this will provide a longer-term record of how the Common looks at different times.
Alongside circulating these photos, we also run regular photo competitions for the Common. (See separate blog post on this.)
