Thames Chase

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Thames Chase Plan, our 4th since Thames Chase Community Forest was established in 1990. Our refreshed plan is a strategic document that sets out the vision and objectives of the Thames Chase Trust over the next 10 years (2025-2035) for the benefit of people, nature, and climate. Thank you to our inspiring speakers, valued partners and supporters that joined us today for the launch at the Forest Centre. If you would like to learn more and read the plan in full please click here: lnkd.in/e_fyTT9U Summary documents are also on display at the Thames Chase Visitor Centre reception area. #thameschase @CommForests @ForestryComm @DefraGovUK

🎉The #LondonRiversWeek2026 countdown is on! 🌊 🎂Celebrate our 10th anniversary from May 23-31. 🚶 Guided walks 🧹 Clean-ups 🎨 Kids' crafts & more 🚨 Tickets are going fast! Secure your spot: ow.ly/wq1K50Yy33 #thames21 #lrw2026 #communityevents

Thames Chase Trust recently collaborated with @Brentwood_BC to fund a tree planting project within Bishop Hall Park through the UK Government's Trees for Climate scheme. As part of this project, Thames Chase Trust and Brentwood Borough Council organised a community planting day at Bishops Hall Park to help plant these 936 trees. This project is designed to improve the biodiversity of the park by adding 12 different species of trees that are perfect for bird nests, and invertebrates. With a team of very keen volunteers and some very windy weather, we were able to plant 300 trees to start this planting off, it was a wonderful day, thank you to everyone involved it was great to get so many young saplings into the ground and we are looking forward to sharing further updates on this new woodland. (Photo by S Green) #thameschase #TreesforClimate @CommForests

Please note our opening hours for Easter: 🐰April 3rd - Good Friday - 10am-2pm 🌷April 4th - 10am-5pm 💚April 5th - Easter Sunday - Closed 🐣April 6th - Bank Holiday Monday - 10am-2pm

🌺Sunday 19th April 10am-3pm Come and join us for our Spring Fayre! Enjoy a fantastic day exploring a wide variety of local crafts and stalls, with plenty of unique finds and handmade treasures. 😀With hands-on activities, live performances, nature experiences and plenty to explore, the Spring Fayre promises a joyful day celebrating the season with something for everyone. *This is a free event. To book the Blossom Walk, Bug Bots & Bee Bots please go to: tickettailor.com/events/thamesc… 💚Timetable: *10am- Spring Fayre opens *Crafts, stalls, face painter are all day 10am-3pm *10am-3pm-Circus Skills *10am-12pm Bubble Man show and workshop *Blossom walk: 10:15am-11:15am and 1:15pm-2:15pm (Bookable activity) *10:30 and 11:30 Rumford Morris Men *Bug and Bee Bots (Bookable Robot Making Workshop) In the Paul Frost Barn, 10am-11am, 11.15am - 12.15pm, 12.45 - 1.45pm and 2pm-3pm *12:30pm-1pm and 1:30pm-2pm Josh Gernon Music Food and refreshments available at The Forest Centre Tea Room, Thames Chase Dogs on leads welcome inside the buildings including the cafe area. 📍Thames Chase, Pike Lane Upminster, RM14 3NS

April and May bookable activities at Thames Chase have been updated. Hit the link for full details and to book, or call us: 01708 642970 tickettailor.com/events/thamesc… #thameschase #upminster #havering #essex

Our hardworking volunteers taking a lunch break earlier this week under the tulip tree at Valance house, enjoying the blue skies and sunshine! We spent our day here weeding the beds around the house, added soil improver and mulch. If you would like to find out about the various aspects of volunteering with the Thames Chase Trust get in touch: 01708 642970 or email enquires@thameschase.org.uk #thameschase #volunteering

Looking for a fun, free activity for this Saturday? Join us at the Thames Chase Forest Centre for a free drop in art session with artist Lucia Hardy to celebrate A Good Life Day: haveringlondon.com/event/thames-c…

📸The London Rivers Week Photography Competition 2026 is now open, inviting Londoners to capture the beauty, wildlife and community life of our city’s rivers, canals and wetlands. 🧵⬇️

Join us this Saturday 1pm-3pm at the Thames Chase Forest Centre for free art drop in sessions, all ages and abilities welcome! haveringlondon.com/event/thames-c…

😃Our events at the Thames Chase Forest Centre for April and May have just been updated! 💚Hit the link for full details and to book: tickettailor.com/events/thamesc… #thameschase #havering #thurrock #romford #hornchurch #upminster

🎨 Free Drop In Art Sessions 🌳Saturday 21st March, 1pm-3pm 📍Thames Chas, Pike Lane Upminster RM14 3NS 💚All ages and abilities welcome Join Thames Chase Art Club and local artist Lucia Hardy for a relaxed and inspiring drop-in session celebrating the heritage, landscape and stories of our local community. Taking place beside our beautiful 17th-century heritage barn, the session offers a rare opportunity to create artwork in a setting steeped in history. The barn itself stands as a reminder of the area’s agricultural past and enduring connection to the land — a perfect backdrop for reflecting on how our surroundings influence our identity and creativity. Come along, soak up the creative energy, and be part of celebrating our shared heritage through art. Drop in, pick up a brush or pencil, and help us tell the story of our local community — past, present and future. We look forward to seeing you, no booking required. Part of A Good Life Day, a borough-wide programme of free creative activity. With workshops, performances and exhibitions, there’s something for everyone. Discover what's happening across Havering at: haveringlondon.com/whats-on/ #thameschase #Havering #Upminster #free

😀Thank you to everyone that attended our Adult Quilling Workshop this week. 🌼The next session takes place on Tuesday 5th May. No experience necessary, materials will be provided but please feel free to bring your own along. 📷 Full details and booking: buytickets.at/thameschase/17… #thameschase #crafts #upminster #crafting #workshop

It's UK Compost Week! Finished compost, almost like gold for the aspiring gardener, or in our case, our tree nursery team! Providing a great boost of carbon, nitrogen and other essential minerals for plant growth, compost also adds structure and water storage capacity to the soil. All our raised beds have a layer of compost in them somewhere. This Compost Week, check out your own compost and see what you can do to give it a helping hand. It'll certainly repay the favour in the months to come! #CompostWeekUK2026 #thameschase @CommForests

😀Join us on Mother's Day for our next Thames Chase Monthly Sunday Market! 🌺Why not make a day of it? Explore the woodland, play areas and stalls. Then take a break The Forest Centre Tea Room! #thameschase #upminster #MothersDay

🎨 Free Drop In Art Sessions 🗓 Saturday 21st March, 1pm-3pm 📍 Thames Chase, Pike Lane Upminster RM14 3NS 💚 All ages and abilities welcome Join Thames Chase Art Club and local artist Lucia Hardy for a relaxed and inspiring drop-in session celebrating the heritage, landscape and stories of our local community. Taking place beside our beautiful 17th-century heritage barn, the session offers a rare opportunity to create artwork in a setting steeped in history. The barn itself stands as a reminder of the area’s agricultural past and enduring connection to the land — a perfect backdrop for reflecting on how our surroundings influence our identity and creativity. Come along, soak up the creative energy, and be part of celebrating our shared heritage through art. Drop in, pick up a brush or pencil, and help us tell the story of our local community — past, present and future. We look forward to seeing you, no booking required. Part of A Good Life Day, a borough-wide programme of free creative activity. With workshops, performances and exhibitions, there’s something for everyone. Discover what's happening across Havering at: haveringlondon.com/whats-on/ #thameschase #Havering #Upminster #free

🌳 Help plant a new woodland! Join us + @ThamesChase on 13 Mar, 10am–2pm at Hatch Road Country Park. No experience needed — just bring warm clothes, food + drink. Let’s grow something amazing 🌱✨

Come and join us this Friday and help create a new woodland in Brentwood!🌳

A butterfly officially classed as extinct in the UK has been seen at sites in Sussex, and across southern England, says a conservation charity. More here: bbc.in/40jaQpz

It's Wildlife Wednesday! Take a look at this fabulous find by our conservation volunteers whilst working at Tylers Common recently, known as a Dock Leatherbug, Coreus marginatus. It feeds and breeds on dock but also will feed on other plants. #thameschase #WildlifeWednesday @CommForests

One week on and we're still feeling energised after holding our first Parliamentary Reception at the House of Commons Terrace Pavilion 💚 Find out more about the event here: englandscommunityforests.org.uk/englands-commu… #EnglandsCommunityForests #Trees #woodlands