Hickstead For Equestrian Events, Olympics 2012!! Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/hickstead-for-equestrian-events-olympics-2012.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:04 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition mr justin harris [Signature #199] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10111692?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:17:26 UTC 10111692 Miss Katie Hawthorne [Signature #198] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9665533?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:23:35 UTC 9665533 MR STEVEN WINTERBURN [Signature #197] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8352749?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:16:14 UTC 8352749 mr brian hall [Signature #196] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7556465?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 May 2010 02:09:50 UTC 7556465 ms mel hayman [Signature #195] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7208580?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:55:05 UTC 7208580 Claudia Turner [Signature #194] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7172408?utm_medium=rss Equestrian events should be in the countryside, not in London.

]]> Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:36:46 UTC 7172408 mrs michelle butler [Signature #193] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6876105?utm_medium=rss Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:05:14 UTC 6876105 Ms Marianne Tregoning [Signature #192] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6799407?utm_medium=rss We need common sense and also to consider the monetary aspects - all of these point to Hickstead!

]]> Sat, 9 Jan 2010 10:43:46 UTC 6799407 Mr Alex Joergensen [Signature #191] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6474855?utm_medium=rss As a Greenwich park local/user I am hugely concerned about the plans for the equestrian event. Greenwich is the oldest Royal Park in London and also a Unesco World Heritage site and should not be used for any equestrian events which I know will mean very heavy impact. Would you stage the equestrian event at Yellowstone National Park in the USA for example? No, you wouldn't, as it would negatively impact the flora & fauna for years to come, perhaps detrimentally forever - SUGGEST ELSEWHERE.

]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:25:50 UTC 6474855 Mrs Natasha Buss [Signature #190] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6340835?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:16:57 UTC 6340835 mr anthony jones [Signature #189] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6243031?utm_medium=rss Running equestrian events in the middle of one of London's great parks is a form of vandalism, and should be resisted by the inhabitants of Greenwich and Blackheath. It's their park!
So much better, of course, at the Hickstead Estate. I can't believe this decision will stand.

]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:03:28 UTC 6243031 Miss Louise Edwards [Signature #188] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6216754?utm_medium=rss Leave greenwich park alone! The citizens are the ones who have to live their long term, so we should have choice over what happens to it.

]]> Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:26:45 UTC 6216754 Ms Juliet King-Smith [Signature #187] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6212651?utm_medium=rss What an appalling and ill-considered proposal this is. Stage the Equestrian Olympics somewhere suitable, for heaven's sake - this venue isn't remotely so.

Hands off our beloved park!

]]> Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:03:31 UTC 6212651 mr james acord [Signature #186] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6211815?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:13:38 UTC 6211815 Miss Tracy Mullin [Signature #185] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6211419?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:02:18 UTC 6211419 Mr Rodrigo Silva [Signature #184] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6211343?utm_medium=rss Please do not dig up our amazing park. Surely it is for the public!!

]]> Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:27:40 UTC 6211343 Miss Sian Davies [Signature #183] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6211318?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:22:08 UTC 6211318 Mr Charles Hurst [Signature #182] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6211278?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:08:47 UTC 6211278 Mrs Susanne Wylde [Signature #181] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6185430?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:31:38 UTC 6185430 Mr John Angless [Signature #180] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6119293?utm_medium=rss Allowing the beautiful Greenwich Park - already a lovely developed tourist attraction - to be closed and needlessly torn apart would be nothing short of a calamity.
Aside from all the envronmental issues and the cutting down of ancient trees - Why can't they develop somewhere that actually warrants developing and bring people in to an area currently stuggling to draw people in?
Surely the rewards would be far greater than destroying one of London's finest landmarks.

]]> Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:45:55 UTC 6119293 Caitlin Carne [Signature #179] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6119147?utm_medium=rss Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:53:32 UTC 6119147 Jane Morgenstern [Signature #178] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6044472?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:22:07 UTC 6044472 Mrs Rachel Robinson [Signature #177] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5886581?utm_medium=rss We live on one of the main routes from the station to the town centre. We have not heard about any consultation process and have not received satisfactory reassurances about disruption and damage to our life and property

]]> Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:55:59 UTC 5886581 ms Francesca Wilcox [Signature #176] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5800434?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:33:57 UTC 5800434 Kate Lindsay-Fynn [Signature #175] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5427682?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 May 2009 06:13:44 UTC 5427682 mr nick walter [Signature #174] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5351110?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:10:48 UTC 5351110 ms miranda lindsay-fynn [Signature #173] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5351066?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:05:12 UTC 5351066 Mrs Jennifer Gordon [Signature #172] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5345388?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:55:16 UTC 5345388 Mr Charlie Bunn [Signature #171] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5343079?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:13:41 UTC 5343079 Miss Christiane Hoffman [Signature #170] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5303163?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:27:42 UTC 5303163 Anonymous [Signature #169] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5286097?utm_medium=rss Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:28:12 UTC 5286097 Ms Yvette Gordillo [Signature #168] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5244975?utm_medium=rss Having lived in London and having visited Greenwich Park, I can't believe they are planning an equestrian event there and waiving all the rules that are there for good reason. It would make much more sense to take up the offer to use the much more appropriate the Hickstead Estate. They deserve the thanks of the nation for all they have done.

]]> Tue, 7 Apr 2009 06:57:57 UTC 5244975 Ms Toni Haigh [Signature #167] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5244962?utm_medium=rss Having been to England for Equestrian events I have had experience riding in London and would much prefer a location out of the city not only for my convenience but for the comfort of the horses and competitors. It is an absurd waste of time, money and effort to not use the offered already useable Hickstead facility.

]]> Tue, 7 Apr 2009 06:54:54 UTC 5244962 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #166] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5241451?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Apr 2009 11:24:54 UTC 5241451 MR HAP HANSEN [Signature #165] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5240961?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Apr 2009 08:35:29 UTC 5240961 Ms Dianne Grod [Signature #164] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5240910?utm_medium=rss Hickstead is part of the Equestrian history of Showjumping all over the World. I hope it will be the site of the Equestrian disciplines in 2012. I have been there and would look forward to seeing it again.

]]> Mon, 6 Apr 2009 08:20:24 UTC 5240910 Mr Stephen Sarafin [Signature #163] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5238428?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Apr 2009 09:16:41 UTC 5238428 Cealy Tetley [Signature #162] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5235623?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Apr 2009 04:11:16 UTC 5235623 MISS SHELLEY REDBART [Signature #161] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5234894?utm_medium=rss THE FACILITYS ARE THERE, ITS CLOSE TO LONDON, AND AIRPORT.
LEAVES A GREAT USABLE LEGACY

]]> Sun, 5 Apr 2009 12:32:51 UTC 5234894 MR ROBERT SMITH [Signature #160] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5234876?utm_medium=rss MOST FACILITYS ARE ALREADY THERE.
ITS VERY CLOSE TO LONDON, AND LEAVES A GREAT LEGACY.

]]> Sun, 5 Apr 2009 12:28:32 UTC 5234876 mrs nicole charbonneau [Signature #159] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5234817?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Apr 2009 12:10:00 UTC 5234817 Mr. Phillip Rozon [Signature #158] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5234747?utm_medium=rss I think that the most important reason to hold the equestrian Olympic Events at Hickstead, is that there will a legacy left for all to enjoy for generations to come. The London sites are temporary and will be dismantled leaving no Legacy not to mention the environmental aspects of London sites.

]]> Sun, 5 Apr 2009 11:40:35 UTC 5234747 Laurie Anne Lavallee [Signature #157] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5234643?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Apr 2009 11:06:33 UTC 5234643 Miss Anonymous [Signature #156] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5168619?utm_medium=rss I am astounded that Greenwich Park is considered suitable. It appears the Olympic Committee just want a historic and beautiful backdrop to the event and have disregarded every other consideration including accessibility, space (inadequate for spectators, competitiors and horses) AND are clueless as to the importance of Greenwich Park to local residents. I beg you to reconsider.

]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:11:07 UTC 5168619 Ms Kelly Franklin [Signature #155] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4953751?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:07:39 UTC 4953751 MISS PAULINE BOYD [Signature #154] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4852755?utm_medium=rss I THINK HICKSTEAD WOULD BE A GREAT VENUE FOR BOTH SPECTATORS AND COMPETITORS ESPECIALLY THE EQUINES BEING AWAY FROM THE CITY. ALSO HICKSTEAD HAS A VERY GOOD NAME FOR HOSTING SOME GREAT COMPETITIONS

]]> Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:21:45 UTC 4852755 Miss Anonymous [Signature #153] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4796602?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:14:00 UTC 4796602 MR LIONEL JAMES LEWIS [Signature #152] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4639039?utm_medium=rss Greenwich Park is a world heritage site and risks permanent damage. Hickstead is eminently suitable and within an hour of London

]]> Sat, 6 Dec 2008 04:24:24 UTC 4639039 Ms Alice Adams [Signature #151] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4544972?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Dec 2008 03:20:16 UTC 4544972 Mrs Victoria Strang [Signature #150] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4531499?utm_medium=rss Having the event at Greenwich Park will cause major disruption to the surrounding community and damage to this heritage sight. It hasn't been thought through properly. Hickstead has the space, the facilities and the experience, so makes far more sense. If you must have a heritage feel as well, then the obvious alternative is Windsor Great Park.

]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:22:38 UTC 4531499 Elizabeth Flynn [Signature #149] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4529919?utm_medium=rss Greenwich Park is an old and historic site. Damage caused by digging it up and removing ancient trees for the cross country event will be irreparable. The cost to make the course is huge, a total waste of money and No legacy will remain after the Games.
NO MONEY is needed, no damage is done to the environment, the post games legacy will remain intact, if the Eventing is placed at Hickstead.

]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:18:45 UTC 4529919 Ms Belinda Raw [Signature #148] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4529756?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:10:06 UTC 4529756 Mr Lars Wahlberg [Signature #147] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4523154?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:05:42 UTC 4523154 Mrs Sophie Henderson [Signature #146] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4516501?utm_medium=rss At last some sense being spoken by someone who really knows about equestrian eventing. It seems unbelievable in terms of cost alone in the credit crunch that the Olympic committee would turn down this offer in favour of a hugely costly alternative in monetary terms and also in the goodwill of local people and park users

]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:32:00 UTC 4516501 Penelope Aldred [Signature #145] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4515310?utm_medium=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:08:27 UTC 4515310 Mr David Chiesman [Signature #144] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4496408?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:46:57 UTC 4496408 mrs adriaane pielou [Signature #143] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4495374?utm_medium=rss Greenwich Park is in our stewardship and we must look after it for future generations, not allow it to be wrecked for the sake of two week's elitist sporting events which will cost millions of pounds that we cannot afford as well as causing outrageous and irrevocable damage. Hickstead is the sensible choice for the Olympic equestrian events.

]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:41:16 UTC 4495374 mrs susan mcneil [Signature #142] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4495145?utm_medium=rss Surely holding the equestrian events at Hickstead would benefit equestrianism, spectators & the IOC alike and prevent the upheaval and destruction that is bound to be caused Greenwich & The Park. The choice of Greenwich is based on vanity and not pragmatism.

]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:36:15 UTC 4495145 Mrs. Rona Rumney [Signature #141] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4490694?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:31:06 UTC 4490694 Mr Dane Rawlins [Signature #140] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4490646?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:07:20 UTC 4490646 mrs evelyne glynn [Signature #139] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4489355?utm_medium=rss this is meant to be a cross country event not a cross urban park!

]]> Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:29:03 UTC 4489355 mrs Tracy Anthony (nee SNELL) [Signature #138] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4488671?utm_medium=rss please reconcider.....

]]> Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:22:50 UTC 4488671 mr clive godfrey [Signature #137] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4488179?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:06:42 UTC 4488179 Rosemary Guest [Signature #136] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4487988?utm_medium=rss how can a cross country course of a sufficently high standard be constructed without damgaing irreparably a historic and much loved park .For how long will the parlk and all its facilities be out of bounds for the thousands who regularly use it. What about the tourists who flock to the Observatory and Museum. Can a course of a high enough standard be consrtucted and will there even be room for spectators. One does not want a third rate course.

]]> Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:10:12 UTC 4487988 Sir Derek Andrews [Signature #135] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4487593?utm_medium=rss We don't consider Greenwich Park is an appropriate place as it will inevitably involve substantial damage to a major national and local amenity. Even if the Park is restored to something like its present state the expenditure would be a waste of money and provide no longterm benefits.

]]> Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:11:43 UTC 4487593 Mrs Alma Craft [Signature #134] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4487401?utm_medium=rss We strongly object to the decision to hold the Olympic equestrian event in Greenwich Park - especially as we understand that the very suitable Hickstead Estate has been offered for this event. We are very concerned about the potential damage to trees and other amenities in the Greenwich Heritage area.

]]> Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:59:58 UTC 4487401 Professor Maurice Craft [Signature #133] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4487389?utm_medium=rss Staging the event in Greenwich Park is quite unnecessary and risks serious damage to this Heritage site, and to the many glorious trees.

]]> Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:55:55 UTC 4487389 Mr Anonymous [Signature #132] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4487132?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:10:48 UTC 4487132 sir geoffrey chandler [Signature #131] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4487020?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:16:20 UTC 4487020 Mr. Boris Rumney [Signature #130] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4486842?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:14:22 UTC 4486842 Mr Alasdair Neil [Signature #129] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4486802?utm_medium=rss Superb Offer by douglas Bunn

]]> Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:57:54 UTC 4486802 Mr Neil Rhind [Signature #128] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4485483?utm_medium=rss Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:43:26 UTC 4485483 Mr Dermot Glynn [Signature #127] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4485393?utm_medium=rss Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:16:51 UTC 4485393 Mr Sev D'Souza [Signature #126] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4485006?utm_medium=rss Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:35:27 UTC 4485006 Mrs Gillian Arnold [Signature #125] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4379134?utm_medium=rss Why does everything have to be in London. Give the rest of the country a chance and use facilities that are already available and tried and tested.

]]> Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:18:39 UTC 4379134 mrs Pamela Clarke [Signature #124] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4369973?utm_medium=rss Cross country event should be moved. No objection to dressage/jumping

]]> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:28:27 UTC 4369973 dr charlotte cory [Signature #123] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4342814?utm_medium=rss greenwich park is vital to the hardworking ordinary people of south london - to deprive them of this necessary breathing space for the olympics and jeopardise this historic site is ABSURD. please reconsider

]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:08:32 UTC 4342814 Mr Alfio Pappalardo [Signature #122] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4337463?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:57:24 UTC 4337463 Ms Elvira Pappalardo [Signature #121] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4337460?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:56:53 UTC 4337460 Mrs Heather Pappalards Cooke [Signature #120] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4337455?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:56:04 UTC 4337455 Mr Michael Cooke [Signature #119] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4337452?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:54:58 UTC 4337452 Mrs Giselle Cooke [Signature #118] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4337448?utm_medium=rss I am opposed to this even being held in Greenwich Park. In particular, I am very conerned about the track passing throught he flower garden. I have traced the proposed track outlined in the paper and there will be damage to trees if the poropsed plans go ahead. Lopping lower branched of trees is causing damage!!

]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:54:00 UTC 4337448 Louise Pickett [Signature #117] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4327126?utm_medium=rss Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:01:10 UTC 4327126 Michael Reynolds [Signature #116] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4283027?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Oct 2008 03:57:08 UTC 4283027 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #115] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4244401?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Oct 2008 09:03:45 UTC 4244401 Miss Rebecca D'Arcy [Signature #114] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4233705?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:03:51 UTC 4233705 Mr/Mrs Michael/Lois Knott [Signature #113] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4232599?utm_medium=rss We whole heartedly support the Hickstead venue and cannot understand why Greenwich Park has been chosen, of course it has world wide appeal historically, we feel that this wonderful park would be ruined for all time should the equestrian event be held here. Hickstead is in a beautiful part of the country and has all the facilities required, not only this it has been offered free of charge. why does the governemnt want to spend more taxpayers money when they have this wonderful venue for free?

]]> Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:55:43 UTC 4232599 Miss Joanne Winter [Signature #112] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4225355?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:52:40 UTC 4225355 Mrs Karen Hind [Signature #111] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4184788?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:06:51 UTC 4184788 Holly Holdsworth [Signature #110] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4163603?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:51:16 UTC 4163603 MR Richard Blatcher [Signature #109] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4114516?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Sep 2008 01:26:44 UTC 4114516 Miss Debbie Gadner [Signature #108] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4110433?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Sep 2008 06:03:55 UTC 4110433 christine thomas [Signature #107] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4084919?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Sep 2008 09:42:53 UTC 4084919 Mrs Gill Teft [Signature #106] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4077934?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Sep 2008 06:49:51 UTC 4077934 Mrs Kate Gallagher [Signature #105] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4071536?utm_medium=rss Why waste so much money on a new site when one already exists.

]]> Mon, 1 Sep 2008 04:24:56 UTC 4071536 mrs ann-marie thompson [Signature #104] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4045878?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:22:02 UTC 4045878 Mrs Fran Drake [Signature #103] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4044469?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:58:42 UTC 4044469 Ms Heather Richardson [Signature #102] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4042509?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:23:53 UTC 4042509 Mr Anonymous [Signature #101] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4037173?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:13:23 UTC 4037173 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #100] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4036628?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:17:36 UTC 4036628