Woodside Playing Fields News Today

Over the summer holidays, Watford has seen some great events and I hope that you have been able to enjoy them.

Watford’s Big Screen is back this week showing some of the world’s cinematic favourites.

Watford Borough Council will be handing out free compost bags to its residents.

Stevens Fun Fair will not come to Watford this year unless it can open in Cassiobury Park after organisers deemed other sites unsuitable.

Plans to give Woodside Playing Fields a makeover have moved a step closer as new images of an artists impression of the regeneration were revealed. Watford Borough Council says good progress is being made with planning and design work after the first phase of the regeneration was approved last year, with construction scheduled to start in early 2022. The first phase focuses on creating the Woodside Community Sports Village, with a range of developments to improve the sports facilities o...

An athletics club based at a stadium in Watford opened by the Duke of Edinburgh has paid a touching tribute to him ahead of his funeral. After 73 years of marriage, the Queen will say farewell to Prince Philip during a televised funeral service at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle this afternoon, attended by a small group of close family and friends. Covid regulations have reduced the scope of the service with public elements cancelled, mourners reduced from around 800 to just 30, an...

Prince Philip at the Duke of Edinburgh Awards in 2017. Credit: PA Readers have joined millions around the world in paying their condolences to the Duke of Edinburgh who passed away yesterday at the age of 99. The country is in a period of national mourning following the death of Prince Philip, husband of the Queen for more than 70 years. The Royal Family announced just after midday on Friday that the Duke had passed away peacefully at Windsor Castle earlier that morning. It is with de...

The Duke of Edinburgh waving to crowds after he was invited to officially open the new Woodside Playing Fields in 1955. Credit: Watford Museum The world is in mourning following the announcement that His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh, has passed away. The Royal Family said at midday today that Prince Philip, husband of the Queen, died peacefully at Windsor Castle this morning. Tributes have flooded in for the royal, who was two months away from celebrating his 100th birthday. Pr...