Honeywood 2012 Olympics

The Friends of Honeywood Museum
Registered Charity No. 1067131
Honeywood Museum by Carshalton Ponds
Honeywood Walk, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 3NX Telephone: 020 8770 4297
e-mail: lbshoneywood@btconnect.com

12th May 2010 - 2012 Olympics Pin Badge Now on Sale

Sutton's official Olympic pin badge is NOW ON SALE at Honeywood Museum, price £6 to visitors. Badges may also be ordered to be posted to you by sending a cheque for £7 payable to 'London Borough of Sutton' to the address shown at the top of this page. Please ensure you include your own name and address details so that we can mail you your Olympic pin badge. Stocks are strictly limited.

8th April 2010 - 2012 Olympics Pin Badge

Sutton's official Olympic pin badge will be available from Honeywood within the next few weeks. Featuring Honeywood Museum, this is one of 32 collectable pin badges that are being produced across the London boroughs as a strictly limited edition.

15th March 2010 - Sutton's Olympic landmark receives £335k lottery grant

Honeywood Museum has received a £335,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund in the same week it was chosen as Sutton's Olympic icon.

On 9 March Sebastian Coe, Chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games presented Cllr Sean Brennan with a pin badge featuring Honeywood House. The badge is part of the Landmark London' competition where Londoners voted for the most iconic landmark in their borough that they would most like to see featured in an individual pin badge.

The presentation of the badge was closely followed by the announcement that Honeywood Museum would receive a grant to permit restoration and repair work to the property, a complete overhaul of the way in which artefacts are displayed and interpreted, and a varied education programme.

The Grade II listed building is Sutton's principal museum housing a collection of 6,000 items – mainly from the 19th and 20th centuries - representing a history of local communities.

Lord Coe said: "Honeywood Museum is a real iconic landmark and celebrates what a fantastically unique city London is. I am delighted to see how proud residents of Sutton are of their borough and I hope they will wear their pin badges with pride."

Cllr Sean Brennan, Leader of Sutton Council said: "I am delighted that in the same week Honeywood Museum was chosen as Sutton's Olympic landmark, it has received a substantial grant to ensure its future. The museum will now be able to undergo an extensive refurbishment, ensuring that when the 2012 Games arrive, Honeywood will be a visitors attraction and educational facility which the borough can be very proud of."

15th November 2009 - 2012 Pin Badge posterity for Honeywood Museum

Carshalton’s Honeywood Museum has been chosen to stand beside Tower Bridge, Westminster Abbey and the London Eye after a poll to find Londoners’ favourite local landmark.

Sutton residents were invited to vote for their favourite local landmark to be featured in a celebratory set of 33 London 2012 ‘Landmark London’ pin badges to go on sale next year.

Dating from the mid 17th Century and overlooking Carshalton Ponds, the house is home to the borough’s museum and heritage centre. Honeywood has been owned by the borough since 1939 and is rich in period detail with much of the interior recently restored to the 1903 colour scheme.

The competition was organised by the London 2012 Organising Committee in partnership with London Councils and Sutton Council.

Cllr Graham Tope, Executive Member for Heritage said,

“Honeywood is a much loved local landmark and it is great news that residents have chosen it to appear on a celebratory pin badge for the 2012 London Olympics.”

To see all the winning local landmarks click HERE