About our organisation...

The Shirley Park Residents' Association was formed 20 years' ago when 120 local people met at Trinity School to oppose the turning of Addiscombe Road into a trunk road by the Department of Transport.  The meeting was called by the late and much missed Steve Collins (chairman of the Canning and Clyde Residents' Association and one of the authors of the Books of Addiscombe).  Steve White, our first Chairman, recalls him as "a gentle man and someone who really cared for the neighbourhood".

Since its foundation, the SPRA has grown from 70 members to nearly 800 members today - people who still really care for their nighbourhood.  We cover 33 roads in the Addiscombe area bounded by Lower Addiscombe, Northampton, Addiscombe and Shirley Roads (plus Shirley Park Road and Glenthorne Avenue). 

The SPRA has always been an issues led organisation, from the first successful fight against the Department of Transport, through to today's battles with developers and the Planning Inspectorate.  The SPRA's only aim is to protect the interests of its members in local issues, helping to make the voice of the community heard by local and central government.

Without you there is no Association.  To join with your neighbours working to make our community a better place, please click on the Contact Us button.