Good Morning Neighbour! ☕
Sunday 6 September is shaping up as the headline day of the fortnight, with a free community festival in Roxbourne Park and the return of the Duck Pond Market at Manor Farm landing on the same morning. Add in a brand new Village Show at Pinner Memorial Park the week after, and there is a real case for booking two Sundays off in a row.
In today's Good Morning Pinner:
ROXYFest fills Roxbourne Park on 6 September with free live music, food stalls and family rides
The Duck Pond Market is back at Manor Farm on the same Sunday, 10am to 3pm
Pinner Rotary's Village Show lands at the Memorial Park on Saturday 12 September with Punch and Judy and live music from Simply Gray
Let’s dive in.
- Chinar
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This Week around HA5
Sunday 6 September is a double-header day in the western patch. From mid-morning, the Duck Pond Market is back at Manor Farm with its usual mix of local makers, street food and coffee vans, free entry and free parking. From lunchtime, ROXYFest takes over Roxbourne Park with live music, family rides, food stalls and a community-stage feel, also free. Worth pencilling both in if you have been looking for a reason to leave the house that weekend.
Pinner Post Office inside the Bridge Street TG Jones is closing on Wednesday 14 October. The local Post Office is one of those affected by the TG Jones restructuring announcement, and the Post Office says it is in the early stages of reviewing applications to keep a branch running in Pinner, with a further update to follow. Full details, including the two nearest alternative branches, in Local Business News below.
A free Baby and Child First Aid class lands at Harrow Arts Centre on Sunday 6 September. Two and a half hours, £30 a ticket, aimed at parents, grandparents and carers. Useful booking window before the new school year starts.
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Local Business News
Pinner Post Office at TG Jones is closing on Wednesday 14 October 2026. Following the TG Jones restructuring announcement, the branch inside the Bridge Street shop (11 Bridge Street, HA5 3HR) is one of those affected. The Post Office says it is in the early stages of reviewing applications to run the branch as a standalone service and will share a further update "as soon as possible". In the meantime, the two nearest alternative branches with similar services are Cannon Lane Post Office at 88 Cannon Lane, Pinner, HA5 1HR (Monday to Friday 8am to 5:30pm, Saturday 8am to noon, closed Sunday) and North Harrow Post Office at 370 Pinner Road, HA2 6DZ (Monday to Friday 9am to 5:30pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm, closed Sunday). Locals can write to the National Consultation Team via FREEPOST Your Comments.
Spotted a new opening, refurb, hygiene-rating change, local offer or shopfront mystery? Hit reply and send it over. Bonus points if it involves a sign going up and half the high street quietly trying to work out what it means.
What’s Happening This Week
Events with (£) are paid.
General
Board Game Mondays | Queen's Head | Mon 31 Aug | 7:30pm - Free entry, bring your game face.
Quiz Night | Queen's Head | Tue 1 Sep | 8pm (£) - £2 entry, with £1 going to Mount Vernon Cancer Centre.
Slimming World | Pinner Green Social Club | Wed 2 Sep | 7pm (£) - A warm weekly group with real food and ongoing support. From £6.65.
Wrong Side Comedy | The Three Crowns | Wed 2 Sep | 8pm (£) - £10 in advance, £12 on the door. A proper midweek laugh.
Spanish Wine and Cheese Tasting | Mouse and Grape | Thu 3 Sep | 7pm (£60) - Five Spanish wines paired with cheeses, charcuterie and a little background on each region. Book here
Quiz Night | Three Wishes Pinner | Thu 3 Sep | 7:30pm (£) - £3 entry per person, with a £50 bar tab for the winning team.
Quiz Night | The Ascott | Thu 3 Sep | 8pm (£)
Speed Quiz | The Whittington | Fri 4 Sep | 8pm (£) - £3 entry, with cash prizes on offer.
Ruislip Country Market | St Martin's Approach Car Park | Fri 4 Sep | 10am-12pm
The Welcome Space | Pinner Village Hall | Fri 4 Sep | 2pm - Free Friday drop-in for older neighbours and carers.
Futsal Class | Barnhill High School | Fri 4 Sep | 5:30pm (£) - Weekly session for all abilities.
Duck Pond Market | Manor Farm Ruislip | Sun 6 Sep | 10am-3pm - Free entry, free parking. Local makers, street food, coffee and the usual riverside stroll.
ROXYFest | Roxbourne Park | Sun 6 Sep | all day, free - Live music, food stalls, family rides and a community vibe, organised by Friends of Roxbourne Park.
Baby and Child First Aid | Harrow Arts Centre | Sun 6 Sep | £30 - Two and a half hours, aimed at parents, grandparents and carers. Book here
Activities for Children
Junior Parkrun | Pinner Village Gardens | Sun 30 Aug | 9-9:45am - A free, friendly 2km for under-17s (and their grown-ups on the sidelines).
Baby 'n' Toddler Sensory Sound Journey | Pinner Methodist Church | Sun 30 Aug | 2pm (£11) - Gentle sensory session for little ones.
Crafternoon Time | Roxborough Heights, HA1 | Mon 31 Aug | 11am (£) - Weekly family crafts and activities.
Kids Kung Fu | Harrow High School | Tue 1 Sep | 5:45pm and 6:30pm (£) - Two age groups for 4-6 and 7-13 year olds. More info
U9s Training and Trials | Parkfield Youth FC | Thu 3 Sep | 6-7pm - Contact Jason at 07772671464 before attending.
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
Zumba classes | Harefield Community Center | Every Tues 7pm and Sat 10am (£) - The first class is free to try. Book here
Tai Chi | Whitmore High School | Every Wed | 7pm (£) - Beginners Wu Style Tai Chi class. More info
Women Only Self Defence | Harrow High School | Every Thu | 7pm (£) - Self defence class taught by a female instructor. Book here
Plan Ahead
Pinner Rotary Village Show | Pinner Memorial Park | Sat 12 Sep | 11:30am-5pm (£4 donation, children free) - More than 40 stalls, a food court, licensed bar, children's rides and face painter, with live music from Grimsdyke Brass, Jay Kumar and SD Stars, plus Punch and Judy and Simply Gray on stage. Charity No 276297, raising funds for St Luke's Hospice and the Harrow MS Therapy Centre. More info
Baby and Child First Aid | Harrow Arts Centre | Sun 20 Sep | £30 - Two and a half hours, aimed at parents, grandparents and carers. Book here
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Community Corner
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Civic Updates
Bank holiday Monday ahead. The summer bank holiday lands this Monday, which is worth knowing if you usually rely on the council offices, library opening hours or a weekday bin collection. Quickest way to check your bin day is the postcode calendar on the Harrow website.
Transport
This weekend: the Metropolitan line is part suspended between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Aldgate today, with severe delays across the rest of the line because of a large fire at a recycling plant near Neasden. Full service is not expected back until early afternoon. London Underground tickets are being accepted on London Buses, the Lioness line, London Northwestern Railway and Thameslink while the disruption continues. Check the TfL status page before you set off.
Next weekend: no planned engineering works on the Metropolitan or Piccadilly lines for 5 or 6 September per TfL's planned-track-closures schedule, so it should be a clean run to either ROXYFest at Roxbourne Park or the Duck Pond Market at Manor Farm.
Pet of the Week
Want your pet to take the highly unofficial GMP crown next week? Hit reply with one photo, their name, and the tiny household role they have appointed themselves to.
Inspiration from previous winners: Pepper the Glossy-Coat Inspector, the Junior Train Inspector at the Miniature Railway, or a certain Head of Roast-Chicken Diplomacy. Whether yours is Chief Garden Inspector (Leaves Edition), Head of Biscuit Security, or Professional Crumb Detector, we want to hear about it.
Closing
Thank you for reading Good Morning Pinner today.
If you only do one planning thing this week, block out Sunday 6 September for the ROXYFest and Duck Pond Market double-header. If you only do one bookable thing, lock in a slot for the Pinner Rotary Village Show at the Memorial Park on Saturday 12 September. And if you only do one good thing for your local newsletter, hit reply with an event, a story, or a sign you have spotted in passing.
Got a story, event, local win, or random neighbourhood question? Hit reply. I read every one.
See you next Sunday, same time, same place.
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