Arnold Circus
local residents maintain a functioning community with weekly litter picks and an annual Community First festival around the Arnold Circus bandstand. See the event calendar when the litter picks invite others to help. Arnold Circus is the centre of the Boundary Estate.
The 2026 Community Friends and Family Day is on Sunday, 30. August 2026 and is supported by local Safer Neighbourhood Team PCSO officers who want to meet you. See the Police invite on the event calendar. Friends of Arnold Circus are a registered charity, visit their website.
Also advertised on the Facebook group and page of Tower Hamlets Crime Watch.
Festival of Britain
NO ART EXPERIENCE NEEDED
✓ Free to attend ✓ All experience levels ✓ All materials provided ✓ Friendly and informal ✓ Delve into your neighbourhood ✓ Create work for yourself and a public exhibition ✓ Anyone with a connection to Lansbury and local residents welcome
Drop in – No Need to Book
Just arrive ready for the start of each workshop
Create artworks, share your story and celebrate 75 years of the Lansbury Estate.
Public Exhibition 12-20 September 2026
More Info or Access Requirements?
Instagram: @LansburyAt75
Drop in to one of the workshops
The project is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
more info? email lansburyat75@gmail.com
Safe events
Publishing free to enter family events throughout Greater London, which I know are attended by local police officers, some travel may be necessary.
See the event calendar for the listings.
Residents groups
Tenants and Residents Associations (TRA) are my preferred option for community action groups.
The obvious advantage is that all the people coming together are already confirmed as living in the area of the TRA.
In Tower Hamlets social landlords are obliged to fund and support any Resident Association, which forms and requests support from the social housing provider. Your social landlord website should include instructions how to form an association if it doesn’t exist already.
Residents Associations can also be formed privately.
The difference between Neighbourhood Watch and TRA is that on the Neighbourhood Watch system anybody can register online without being known to their actual neighbours but in a TRA people are known to live in the the vicinity.
On many estates in Tower Hamlets Residents are supplied with a communal hall too.
To see which Residents Associations exist in Tower Hamlets see the list available from the Council.
Community Food Gardens are closely aligned with Residents Associations.
Litter picks are also a great initiative for people wanting to keep their neighbourhood clean.
Other community initiatives
St. Mary & St. Michael Primary school car boot sales
are a favourite of many, has been going for years and started to recycle goods long before it became fashionable to not throw away but use again.
CAR BOOT SALES are on the following dates:
- 9. May 2026
- 6. June 2026
- 4 July 2026
- 5. Sept 2026
- 3. Oct 2026
At Sutton Street off Commercial Road, E1 0BD
contact Clare, Marie 07864530839
- Traders
- Gates open 7:30 am for pitch allocation
- You must bring your own table
- Pitches:
- Single £10 = 1 car
- Double £15 = 1 car
- Buyers
- Entry from 9am
- Refreshments and snacks will be available.
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