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Connecting people and green spaces
Activities near LE56DE
Found 99 activities
Activity key
- Green Gym
- Conservation Action
- Tree Planting
- Health Walk
- Children and Young People
- Training or workshop
- Food Growing
- Public event or activity
- Wildlife surveying activity
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Monday 26th October 2026
Holloway Hall Community Garden
With Ley Hill Green Gym
About 40.6 miles away from your postcode
At Ley Hill Green Gym
Activity description
Grow your own food and make new friends at our lovely garden opposite Holloway Hall Community Centre. We meet at Ley Hill every Monday to do some gentle gardening work and sow, grow, and enjoy tasty fresh produce. There are numerous fruit shrubs here which leads to some tasty jams and deserts in the late summer. Our sites have raised beds which are accessible and manageable. We also have a number of benches within the garden where you can enjoy your brew and listen to bird song.
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Monday 26th October 2026
Community Allotment and Wildflower Growing
With Kingsbrook and Cauldwell Community Food Growing
About 43.6 miles away from your postcode
At Bunyan Sports and Fitness Centre
Activity description
Come out and join the Community Allotment and Wildflower Growing group! There are a range of activities to get involved with every week, from sowing and growing to harvesting produce. This is a great way to meet new people and learn new skills in a relaxed and friendly environment. Volunteers must be eighteen years or over.
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Tuesday 27th October 2026
Timber installation work including a new access gate with post and rail fence work.
With TCV Leicester Volunteers
About 12.0 miles away from your postcode
At Millennium Wood Husbands Bosworth
Activity description
Our work will be focused on detaching the old rotten 1.2m wide field gate and replacing with a new timber field gate of the same measurements. A section to timber post and rail fencing will be taken down where this broken and rotten to be replaced with new timber posts and rails. This will be a construction process that everybody can get involved with, helping to improve and maintain access to the nature site for the benefit of all.
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Tuesday 27th October 2026
Renovating Forest School
With National Forest Volunteers
About 28.2 miles away from your postcode
At John Taylor Free School
Activity description
We will be renovating the forest school's garden area, cutting back vegetation and making dead hedges
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Tuesday 27th October 2026
West Heath Community Garden
With West Heath Green Gym
About 40.4 miles away from your postcode
At West Heath Community Centre
Activity description
Join us at our little garden and enjoy the outdoor life. Have a go at growing vegetables and fruit at our food growing space and smiles will spread across your face at harvest time. 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 in all weather conditions. This site is wheelchair accessible and consists of raised beds at various heights.
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Tuesday 27th October 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 28th October 2026
Timber installation work including a new access gate with post and rail fence work.
With TCV Leicester Volunteers
About 12.0 miles away from your postcode
At Millennium Wood Husbands Bosworth
Activity description
Our work will be focused on detaching the old rotten 1.2m wide field gate and replacing with a new timber field gate of the same measurements. A section to timber post and rail fencing will be taken down where this broken and rotten to be replaced with new timber posts and rails. This will be a construction process that everybody can get involved with, helping to improve and maintain access to the nature site for the benefit of all.
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Thursday 29th October 2026
Controlling Buddleia establishment to Improve Biodiversity
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. Our project work is being carried for the Environmental Restoration Team to improve the habitat biodiversity on Site 4 or Broad Hill. Here is we will continue our work of 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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Thursday 29th October 2026
Meadow Management at Albert Village Lake
With National Forest Volunteers
About 22.1 miles away from your postcode
At Albert Village Lake
Activity description
Meadow management work,  joining with The National Forest Company to improve the wildflower meadows.
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Thursday 29th October 2026
Milebrook Hall Community Garden
With Milebrook Hall Food Growing
About 41.2 miles away from your postcode
At Milebrook Hall
Activity description
Join Us for a Relaxing Morning in the Garden at Milebrook Hall!. Step into the garden and enjoy a couple of peaceful, feel‑good hours of conversation, connection, and hands‑on food growing. Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or an absolute beginner, you’ll be warmly welcomed! What’s Waiting for You: A cosy greenhouse to kick-start the growing season early Easily accessible raised beds perfect for planting and learning All tools, gloves, and equipment provided—just bring yourself! A friendly coffee morning happening at the same time, so a warm brew is always close by.