Good Morning Neighbour! ☕
A few useful little things to know this week: a phone-box bookhub is doing its community magic, half-term ideas are starting to appear, a new lower-impact fitness class is listed, and one transport warning is tucked where transport warnings belong.
In today's Good Morning Pinner:
The Pinner and Eastcote Bookhub is open, rain covers and all
Zumba Gold starts in North Harrow on Thursday for anyone after a lower-impact class
Half-term creative clubs and summer activities are starting to pop up
Let’s dive in.
- Chinar
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This Week in HA5
The Pinner and Eastcote Bookhub is open, come rain or shine. The phone-box shelves may be covered on wetter days, but the swap-and-browse spirit remains intact.
A new Zumba Gold class is listed for North Harrow. It starts on Thursday 21 May at St Albans Church, with a lower-impact fitness format aimed at people who want movement without being personally attacked by burpees.
Half-term planning is starting to tap on the window. Rangoli & Ribbons is promoting a May term-break holiday club from 26 to 29 May, and there are a few creative workshops and children's performing arts sessions floating around locally too.
Meet the Lovely Humans
Know someone local with a brilliant story, unusual side project, or wonderfully niche obsession? Send their name and one line about them here.
Local Business News
The Veggie Kitchen in Stanmore is one to know if you like learning by eating. The long-running vegetarian cookery school offers group courses and one-to-one lessons covering Indian, Thai, Chinese, Italian and other cuisines. More info
Spotted a new opening, refurb, hygiene-rating change, local offer, or shopfront mystery? Send it here.
What’s Happening This Week
Events with (£) are paid.
General
Sunday Sound Bath | Pinner Village Hall | Sun 17 May | 4:30pm (£) - A calming sound journey with bowls and gentle vibrations for anyone whose nervous system has been sending emails marked urgent. More info
Gala Academy Badminton | St John's School, Pinner | Sun 17 May | 7pm (£) - Coached badminton for adults and children 5+. Bookings
Board Game Mondays | Queen's Head | Mon 18 May | 7:30pm - Free entry, bring your game face.
Quiz Night | Queen's Head | Tue 19 May | 8pm (£) - £2 entry, with £1 going to Mount Vernon Cancer Centre.
Quiz Night | Three Wishes Pinner | Wed 20 May | 7:30pm (£) - £3 entry per person, with a £50 bar tab for the winning team.
Quiz Night | The Ascott | Wed 20 May | 8pm (£)
Zumba Gold | St Albans Church, North Harrow | Thu 21 May | 10:30am (£) - New weekly lower-impact fitness class. £10 per class, with packages available.
Speed Quiz | The Whittington | Thu 21 May | 8pm (£) - £3 entry, with cash prizes on offer.
Ruislip Country Market | St Martin's Approach Car Park | Fri 22 May | 10am-12pm
Activities for Children
Junior Parkrun | Pinner Village Gardens | Sun 17 May | 9-9:45am
Crafternoon Time | Roxborough Heights, HA1 | Mon 18 May | 11am (£) - Weekly family crafts and activities.
Kids Kung Fu | Harrow High School | Tue 19 May | 5:45pm and 6:30pm (£) - Two age groups for 4-6 and 7-13 year olds. More info
Evening Baby and Toddler Swimming Lessons | John Lyon Prep School | Wed 20 May | 6:30pm (£) - Parent and child lessons for ages 3 months to 4 years.
U9s Training and Trials | Parkfield Youth FC | Wed 20 May | 6-7pm - Contact Jason at 07772671464 before attending.
Futsal Class | Barnhill High School | Fri 22 May | 5:30pm (£) - Weekly session for all abilities.
Weekly Classes
Boogie Knights | Bishop Winnington Ingram Primary School | Every Mon and Tue | 7am (£) - Dance themed fitness for all levels. Book here
Beginners Pilates | Pinner Village Hall | Every Tue | 9:45am (£) - Calm and friendly Pilates for beginners and returners. Book here
Tai Chi | Harrow High School | Every Wed | 6pm (£) - Beginners Wu Style Tai Chi class. Book here
Women Only Self Defence | Harrow High School | Every Thu | 7pm (£) - Self defence class taught by a female instructor. Book here
The events and activities list is growing as I speak with more organisers each week. Reply to this email and let me know what you'd like to see here!
Organising an event? Submit it here to get it added.
Community Corner
Half-term ideas are starting to gather. Rangoli & Ribbons is advertising a May term-break holiday club from 26 to 29 May, and local creative workshops are also being promoted. If you run something genuinely useful for families, send it this way.
Children's performing arts options are popping up too. Perform is back for the summer term in Hatch End, and LyriK is promoting Wednesday evening sessions working towards an annual show.
Ruislip Lido has been getting some community love. If you are nearby, this is your reminder that a lake walk, playground stop or coffee-with-a-view still counts as a plan.
Hatch End's parks have some bigger bins. Shaftesbury Playing Grounds has new 1000L bin sheds, which is not glamorous news, but anyone who likes parks being less littery may quietly cheer.
Ageing Well sessions are being promoted across Hillingdon. The aim is simple: older residents getting out, meeting people and doing something sociable. If you know someone who could use a gentle nudge out of the house, this may be worth mentioning.
Baby Bank donations are still a useful callout. If you have clean baby items in good condition, this is a decent moment to rehome them before the cupboard becomes an archive.
Hatch End Station is still looking for flower-display volunteers. Watering, planting, tidying and general station-brightening all count.
Transport
Piccadilly line bank holiday warning: TfL's planned closures list shows no Piccadilly service from Hyde Park Corner to Heathrow during Friday Night Tube on 22 May, then from Hyde Park Corner to Northfields and Uxbridge from Saturday 23 to Monday 25 May, including Saturday Night Tube. If your weekend journey touches the Piccadilly line west of central London, plan it before your shoes are on. TfL planned closures
Civic Updates
Milton Road affordable homes are complete. Harrow Council says the former underused corner of the old civic centre site now has 36 affordable homes, including 12 for social rent, with private balconies, accessible layouts and shared outdoor spaces.
Harrow's Local Plan 2021-2041 has now been formally adopted. It was adopted by Full Council on Tuesday 24 March 2026, following confirmation from the Planning Inspectorate that the plan was sound, legally compliant and in general conformity with the London Plan. Local Plan page
Pet of the Week
No new pet entry this week, so the nomination gates remain wide open.
Send one photo, their name, and the most ridiculous thing they have decided is their job this way.
Patrol of the hallway. Sofa inspector. Chief opponent of the post. You know how it goes.
Closing
Thank you for reading Good Morning Pinner today.
If you only do one practical thing this week, check whether half-term has quietly become your problem yet. If you do one small pleasant thing, pass a book on or pick one up from the Bookhub.
See you next Sunday, same time, same place.
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