TCV
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Activities near LE56DE
Found 91 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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Tuesday 18th November 2025
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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Tuesday 18th November 2025
Scrub Clearance at Bardon Hill
With National Forest Volunteers
About 11.7 miles away from your postcode
At Bardon Hill
Activity description
We'll be clearing scrub, coppicing hazels for stakes in preparation for laying a hedge n the coming weeks
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Tuesday 18th November 2025
West Heath Community Gardens
With West Heath Green Gym
About 40.4 miles away from your postcode
At West Heath Community Centre
Activity description
Join us and get outdoors in 2025! We meet at West Heath every Tuesday to do some gentle gardening work at the Community Garden here. No gardening experience is necessary as we will tell you everything you need to know. We provide tools and gloves. Please wear suitable clothes and shoes - we work outdoors for three hours in all weather conditions. This site is wheelchair accessible and consists of raised beds at various heights.
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Tuesday 18th November 2025
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 19th November 2025
Practical Wetland Habitat Conservation Work
With TCV Leicester Volunteers
About 19.6 miles away from your postcode
At South Luffenham - Pond Close
Activity description
Pond Close South Luffenham is an evolving wetland habitat with boundary mixed species trees and hedges, the site has a rich species diversity. A tranquil village location benefiting nature and human enjoyment. Our project task will focus primarily on selectively removing excess reed growth from the pond margin. All reed removed will be stacked a short distance away and left for about one week before it is removed from site. There will be a small amount of coppicing hazel and general vegetation cut back.
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Wednesday 19th November 2025
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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Wednesday 19th November 2025
Chatham Place Community Garden
With Chatham Place Green Gym
About 40.1 miles away from your postcode
At Chatham Place
Activity description
Join us every FIRST and THIRD Wednesday of the month at our Chatham Place Green Gym in Northfield. We are a friendly and welcoming group who love to grow our own food in a relaxed environment, whilst enjoying our time in the communal garden, and making new friends. No previous experience is required and all tools are provided. Chatham Place and the communal garden is fully accessible, and has on site accessible toilets. There is also space for indoor activities, which we use during bad weather to ensure we can all enjoy gardening and growing our own food all year round!
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Thursday 20th November 2025
Hedge and woodland boundary work
With TCV Leicester Volunteers
About 5.8 miles away from your postcode
At Leicester Forest East Park
Activity description
Our practical project will focus on 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. They might be a small amount of hedgelaying.
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Thursday 20th November 2025
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 20th November 2025
Milebrook Hall Community Garden
With Milebrook Hall Food Growing
About 41.2 miles away from your postcode
At Milebrook Hall
Activity description
Join us in the garden at Milebrrok Hall for a couple of hours of relaxed conversation and food growing. We have a greenhouse here to enable us to start the growing season off early. There are also a couple of raised beds which are readily accessible and easy to manage. This session coincides with the coffee morning too, so a warm brew is never far away. All tools and gloves etc are provided for you.