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Celebrating Olympic Silver

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Celebrating Olympic Silver!

Congratulations to Bianca Williams and the 4×100 relay team!
 
Brilliant performance from each of the athletes composing the TeamGB 4x100m relay who sprinted their hearts out in an exhilarating race, securing the silver medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
 
This is a remarkable achievement by any means and one of the best performances by one of our Champions of the Future athletes. It is an absolute pleasure and the team made us proud!
You are all such inspiration!
GB silver medal

Visit our dedicated page if you want to know more about our Champions of the Future programme.

Be Active in Your Neighbourhood – Free Physical Activity Sessions

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Be Active for FREE Physical Activity Sessions in your Neigbourhood

Get ready to get active and healthy in your local area

We’re always looking for ways to empower and enable individuals, groups and communities to lead more active healthy and happy lives.

To make this happen we are offering a selection of FREE physical activity sessions starting in three locations: 

  • Churchill Gardens
  • Hallfield Area
  • Queens Park Area
active neighbourhood web feature

Each area has it’s own schedule which you can find by clicking on the button below. This is just the beginning, we’re planning to add more neighbourhoods over time.

In the meantime, if you need more info or have questions, please email us at active@westminster.gov.uk or send us a message using the Contact Us page.

Your Active Neightbourhood Schedule

Congratulations to our Westminster 2024 Olympians!

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Congrats to our Westminster 2024 Olympians

We just wanted to say a huge congrats and well done to our two amazing Champions of the Future Athletes that made it to the Paris Olympics this year!

A reminder of who they are

Ashely McKenzie

Ashley represented Jamaica in the Judo competition and made it all the way to round 16! Ashley comes from Queen’s Park and joined Moberly Judo Club as a child. He has had an amazing career which has seen him win the Commonwealth Games Gold for England twice. 

 

 
Bianca Williams

Bianca represented Team GB in the women’s 200m athletics and made it all the way to the semi-final! She won bronze in last year’s World Athletics Championships as part of the 4x100m relay team and made the semi-final in 200m. Bianca has won multiple medals representing England and Team over her brilliant career and lives in Maida Vale and often trains at Paddington Recreation Ground. 

 

 
Find out how you can become a champion of the Future!

If you are a gifted or talented young athlete who lives in Westminster, be sure to check out our Champions of the Future Programme! Let us help you to elevate your career to the next level. The next round of applications opens in February 2025 so keep an eye out. 

 

Apply for a Street Play by 16th August in time Car Free Day on 22nd Sept

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World Car Free Say is Coming - Get your Street Play Application by 16th August

Choose Green Streets and apply for a Street Play Session

On Sunday 22nd September we want to reduce the number of cars on the road by encouraging residents and the local community to apply for a Street Play session.

What is Street Play?

Street Play offers a one-off road closure allowing children and families to play in streets at specified times, on specified days and in specified locations. 

Closing streets to cars can have a significant impact on our health and the environment 

  • Higher levels of physical activity 
  • Healthier and happier children and communties
  • Reduced air pollution
  • Reduced noise pollution
  • Increased road safety

Apply before the 16th of August and we’ll fast track your Street Play application in time for World Car FREE Day on the 22nd of September – it’s a win win! 

Apply for a Street Play by 16th August

Grosvenor Estate Outdoor Gym Launch

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Grosvenor Estate Outdoor Gym Launched Successfully

Grosvenor Estate Outdoor Gym launched to encourage physical activity in local area

We pleased to share that the outdoor gym at Grosvenor Estate launched on Saturday 27th July! Thanks to all of you that joined us on the day.

It was exciting to see the positive reaction from people in the local community. Our goal is to make sure physical activity and or the means to exercise and stay active is available to people from all walks of life. Not only does this have a positive impact on health by reducing the risk of developing several diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, it also improves the general quality of life. 

As part of this project an unused playground has now been transformed into a fully functioning outdoor gym, featuring six new pieces of fitness equipment. We had one of our Everyone Active instructors on hand to guide people on how best to use it, alongside the Public Health Team. 

 

If you live locally or just feel like working out somewhere make sure you drop by and check it out: Grosvenor Estate, Between Schomberg and Tothill Houses, SW1P 4BH

All improvement works at Paddington Recreation Ground are now complete

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All Improvement Works at Paddington Recreation Ground Now Complete

We are pleased to let you know that all planned improvement works at Paddington Recreation Ground have now been completed. 
 
padrec pathway works start

You can visit our dedicated page for the full details but here’s quick reminder of the facilities we invested in during this process:

  • Tennis Courts Refurbishment
  • Pavillion Changing Rooms
  • Pathways
  • Bluebell Glade/Forest School Extension
  • Environmental Area Works
As always we want to make sure our facilities are safe and of the best standard for all our users and we hope the improvements make your experience as a visitor better. Thank you for patience throughout the process.