Speakers will talk about Abney Park Cemetery, Springfield Park and Hackney Marshes and the projects carried out to enhance our local natural environment.

With Karen Byers, Abney Park Cemetery Trust; Annie Chipchase, London Wildlife Trust; and Anne Woollett, Hackney Environment Forum.

In conjunction with this talk there will be a walk from Hackney Marshes to Springfield Park on Monday 19 May from 7pm, led by members of the Hackney Marsh Users Group.  The walk will explore the wildlife and geography of the marshes and parkland.  Meet 7pm at Marshgate Bridge at the junction of Homerton Road and the Lea Navigation (buses 236, 276 and W15). The walk will be led by members of the Hackney Marsh Users Group and will explore the wildlife and geography of the marshes and parkland. It will end around 9pm.

Clapton Library is on Northwold Road, E5 (near Upper Clapton Road) and is open Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am to 8pm and on Fridays from 10am to 8pm. Clapton Library Users Group (David Vail): 020 8442 4324 davidvail@blueyonder.co.uk

Follow an ancient trackway out of central Hackney to hear about the 'common land' of London Fields, one of London[base ']s view remaining Lidos, the first Jews in Hackney, the old Church and its lost community, the new  Church with its fine murals, 18th century asylums for the mentally ill, the Regent[base ']s Canal, Broadway Market and much more.

• Duration: 1 to 1.5 hours
• Wednesday 21 May 2003
• MEET: 11am on the steps of Hackney Town Hall
• FREE TO 50s PLUS
• led by Hackney Guide Sean Gubbins, visit his site here