Welcome to the website of the Friends of Lake Meadows Billericay
An independent local charity, with volunteers working in partnership with Basildon Borough Council, Billericay Town Council for the benefit of the Billericay community. We help to care for the park, to promote its benefits, improve its facilities and encourage conservation and wildlife.
Photography Competition - 2023
Winning Photographs
Congratulations to all our winners in the Adult sections and the Juniors who received Highly Commended certificates
on show in the Billericay Library for the whole of March
Remember that the 2024 Competition runs from January 1st to 31st October
An Early Morning Bird Walk and Talk
An early morning walk & talk is arranged for Monday May 6th at 7am when Neil Sumner, a local wildlife expert, will help us to identify birds in the park.
A bird survey has been carried out over the past few years and nearly 70 species have been identified in the Park.I wonder how many we will see or hear as we walk around.
Out of necessity numbers have to be restricted so booking is essential. Meet at our Information Centre.
Note - We do create a short reserve list in case of cancellations near to the
Advanced Notice
Jazz in the Park 2024
Please make a note in your diaries Saturday July 20th when we plan to hold our ninth concert at Lake Meadows.
Keep watching for more information which will be provided on this site
Trees
Trees are considered to be the lungs of the earth and with climate change are one of the vital things to help combat its effects. At Lake Meadows we have a valuable resource in the variety of trees in the centre of the urban environment.
The Gardening Volunteers
The Friends of Lake Meadows volunteer gardeners meet every Tuesday at 9:15am.
We have a group of about 25 volunteers and get between 18 and 20 each week. There are plenty of areas to look after. As well as the main garden area we look after the rhododendron bed, the Garden of the Child, The grasses and rockery area, the cornus beds at the eastern end of the lake and the boxes at the main entrance
The grasses and rockery area by the lake
The grasses area provides an interesting foreground to the Lake during the summer with the splashes of colour provided by the Californian poppies and verbena.
As winter comes around they will continue to be of interest with their continual movement in the wind.
Swimming Pool in Lake Meadows
The Pool is run by Firststrokes and details can be found on their website
A big Thank you
The Committee of the Friends would like to thank our team of gardeners who turn out every week whatever the weather to do their best at keeping all the garden areas looking good.. A special thank you is also given to Richard for his four weeks work renovating our Wizard and Dragon. Many noticed the Wizard's new red hat.
The Garden of the Statue of a Child
The garden is open again after its refurbishment. We do hope that you will enjoy visiting it again following the partneship work of Basildon Parks and Countryside team and the Friends' volunteer gardeners. A big thank you to the Co-op Community Fund and their local members for providing funding. Please keep to the paths!
Commemorative Oak Tree
As part of Billericay’s commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower in 1620, the Friends of Lake Meadows have planted an English oak (Quercus Robur), which we hope will be in its prime at the 500th anniversary. Luckily we were able to complete its planting on our last group day for our volunteers before the stand down.
Event Videos
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