RECENT NEWS
Why a new Community Centre
Published - Jul 23 2025
With a compulsory purchase of the Jericho Wharf site, Jericho could finally get the new Community Centre we urgently need
Dancing through the showers
Published - Jun 08 2025
Undaunted by the forecast, thousands of people dodged the downpours to enjoy Street Fair 2025
Rewriting Jericho’s history
Published - Apr 10 2025
There was full house for the 2025 Annual General Meeting of the Jericho Community Association. Residents were entertained to a fresh look at Jericho's origins from historian Mark Davies. The JCA officers reported on a successful year for the Association, and there was an interesting update on the Save Jericho Wharf campaign for a compulsory purchase by the City Council
Residents angry at ‘shameful’ derelict Wharf site
Published - Feb 28 2025
A packed Phoenix cinema enjoyed two wonderful film evocations of Jericho. But in the subsequent open discussion they angrily condemned shameful behaviour by the landowner and developers of the Jericho Wharf site, and years of inertia and even obstruction by planning officers. It is time for the City to step in and end this dreary cycle of greed and incompetence,
What kind of households we have?
According the to 2011 Census, almost half of Jericho households – 46% – consisted of only one person, 24% consisted of couples with or without children, 7% were student households, and 11% were other multi-person households, while 6% were single-parent households.
Where the name Jericho comes from?
The name Jericho is probably taken from the parable of the Good Samaritan. Traditionally the name was given to places where travellers who arrived after the town gates had closed at sunset could find lodgings overnight.
