Soanes Centre Explained

Soanes Centre
Address:Southern Grove, E3 4PX
City:London
Country:United Kingdom

The Soanes Centre is an education and ecology studies centre in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, London, opened in 1993 by David Bellamy.[1] [2] It is owned by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.[3] The building is fully accessible and has a large classroom for up to 30 people and a smaller training room.[4]

The primary occupant of the Soanes Centre is the educational charity Setpoint London East. [5] [6] Since 1997, Setpoint London East has provided free workshops for local schools. About 7,500 children from 60 different schools attend approximately 250 science and nature workshops every year at the Soanes Centre, using Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park as a natural environment for hands-on experience.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

In 2023, Setpoint London East invited Kin Structures to become co-stewards of the Soanes Centre and establish a 10-year vision and strategy for its use.[12] [13] [14]

The Soanes Centre is also used as the mailing address for the charity Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, to support their care of the 31-acre site as a historic Victorian-era Magnificent Seven cemetery, and as a designated local nature reserve and Metropolitan Site for the Importance of Nature Conservation.[15]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cemetery Park. towerhamlets.gov.uk. 29 August 2024.
  2. News: Kendall . Doreen . Around an about with the East London History Society in 1994 . 5 September 2024 . East London History Society Newsletter . 1994. 1. 6.
  3. Web site: Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park and Ackroyd Drive GreenLink Nature Reserve . 2024-10-19 . www.towerhamlets.gov.uk.
  4. Web site: The Soanes Centre Soanes Centre SE London . 2024-10-19 . Soanes Centre . en.
  5. Web site: The Soanes Centre Soanes Centre SE London . 2024-10-19 . Soanes Centre . en.
  6. Web site: Setpoint London East at the Soanes Centre . 2024-10-19 . The Portal Trust . en.
  7. Web site: Daley . Neil . The Soanes Centre, habitats and where animals live . lansburylawrence.towerhamlets.sch.uk . 1 September 2024.
  8. Web site: Ash Class Visit Soanes Centre . st-paulsprimaryschool.co.uk . 27 April 2023 . 1 September 2024.
  9. Web site: Year 3 - Soanes Centre . stepneygreencoat.towerhamlets.sch.uk . 1 September 2024.
  10. Web site: Y2 Exploring Materials at the Soanes Centre! . osmani.towerhamlets.sch.uk . 1 September 2024.
  11. Web site: More from the Year 5 trip to the Soanes Centre . olsj.towerhamlets.sch.uk . 1 September 2024 . 3 February 2023.
  12. Web site: Workshop with Kin Structures . 2024-10-19 . Chisenhale Gallery . en.
  13. Web site: Finding Resonance: artists Arman Nouri and KMRU on power, sound and practices of listening – KoozArch . 2024-10-19 . www.koozarch.com.
  14. Web site: Soanes Centre — Kin Structures . 2024-10-19 . kinstructures.com . en.
  15. Web site: Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park - Registered Charity . 2024-09-29 . prd-ds-register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk . en-GB.

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