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Activities near LE56DE
Found 50 activities
Activity key
- Big Green Weekend
- Green Gym
- Practical conservation activity
- Tree Planting event
- Health walk
- Children's activity
- Training or workshop
- Food growing activity
- Community event or activity
- Wildlife surveying activity
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Thursday 8th January 2026
Varied Winter Habitat Conservation Tasks
With TCV Leicester Volunteers
About 7.9 miles away from your postcode
At Croft Quarry Nature Area
Activity description
Croft Quarry Nature Trail is a popular visit for volunteers, the site has a mixture of habitats including wetland, woodland plantations with open pasture. Our main focus will be to carry out some selective thinning/coppicing of willow along the front edges of the wetland scrapes together with cutting back bramble encroachment. All cut material will be repurposed into eco piles or dead hedge habitat corridors.
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Thursday 8th January 2026
Removing Saplings at Bardon Hill
With National Forest Volunteers
About 11.7 miles away from your postcode
At Bardon Hill
Activity description
We'll be removing saplings from the heathland to allow the heather to spread
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Thursday 8th January 2026
Kitwell National Grid Conservation Session
With Kitwell National Grid
About 41.6 miles away from your postcode
At Kitwell Substation
Activity description
Come and spend a rewarding day outdoors learning practical conservation skills. Together we'll be creating meadows, building habitats, managing woodland areas and getting hands on with some mini construction- all while helping nature thrive at Kitwell Substation. This is a great opportunity to: - Learn new green skills and gain experience in conservation. - Reconnect with nature and enjoy time in fresh air. - Meet like-minded people and be a part of a supportive, friendly group. No prior experience needed- just bring your enthusiasm, sturdy footwear and a love of the outdoors!
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Saturday 10th January 2026
Removing Rhododendron
With National Forest Volunteers
About 21.2 miles away from your postcode
At Feanedock Woods
Activity description
Removing Rhododendron from the oak woodland. Rhododendron is an invasive species that swamps the forest floor and deprives our native plants from space and light.
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Tuesday 13th January 2026
Hedgelaying at Bardon Hill
With National Forest Volunteers
About 11.7 miles away from your postcode
At Bardon Hill
Activity description
We'll be continuing with laying the hedge along the path
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Tuesday 13th January 2026
Wetland habitat managment
With TCV Leicester Volunteers
About 20.3 miles away from your postcode
At Mawsley Village Pond
Activity description
We will be carrying out an annual cut back/trim and removal of vegetation encroachment around this attractive village pond habitat including some wetland die-back vegetation.
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Tuesday 13th January 2026
Grass Strimming and raking
With Bedfordshire Environmental Action Team
About 41.6 miles away from your postcode
At Great Stukeley Sssi
Activity description
This site is a rare and important grassland habitat so we're helping to manage it for wildlife by keeping nutrient levels low. Strimming the grass off and raking it away from the grassland means nettles and thistles are less likely to thrive, giving more chance for wildflowers to do well.
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Wednesday 14th January 2026
Practical selective vegetation management
With TCV Leicester Volunteers
About 7.8 miles away from your postcode
At Mountsorrel Quarry
Activity description
Starting our practical conservation work at the Mountsorrel (Tarmac) Quarry site. Project work is being carried for the Environmental Restoration Team. Site 4 or Broad Hill is where we will start, cutting and removing excess gorse and buddleia to help maintain the establishing grass heathland habitat. We will be able to take the TCV minibus up to the location of our work. There are a network of public footpaths over the site with some lovely views on a clear day.
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Wednesday 14th January 2026
Shenley Little Kitchen Garden
With Shenley Green Gym
About 39.9 miles away from your postcode
At Shenley Court Hall
Activity description
Join us every Wednesday morning from 10-1 in our Little Kitchen Garden at Shenley Court Hall. Help us tend the produce growing in the garden, and take care of our local nature and wildlife in the wildlife garden. The garden is new so this is the perfect time to join us and help shape a brand new community garden, and support the local community. No experience necessary and all tools are provided!
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Thursday 15th January 2026
Hedge and woodland boundary work
With TCV Leicester Volunteers
About 5.8 miles away from your postcode
At Leicester Forest East Park
Activity description
Volunteers will be undertaking a mixture of tasks including general vegetation cut back and clear, hedge trimming and profiling, selective thinning of thorn scrub encroachment. All arisings will be repurposed into eco piles or added to existing dead hedge habitats.