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Activities near MK417TD
Found 184 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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Tuesday 8th September 2026
Grass Strimming and raking
With Bedfordshire Environmental Action Team
About 19.1 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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Tuesday 8th September 2026
End of Season Meadow Cut and Clear
With TCV Leicester Volunteers
About 43.0 miles away from your postcode
At St Mary's Community Orchard
Activity description
Come and join us at this establishing orchard site where we will be carrying out the end of season annual grassland vegetation cut and clear. This is best practice by helping to keep the nutrient level low and as a consequence maintain and encourage new wild flower species to establish. We may have to carry out some remedial work with the fruit trees, checking stakes and replacing ties where required and last but not least checking on the general health of the trees.
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Wednesday 9th September 2026
Woodham Environmental Group
With Bedfordshire Environmental Action Team
About 28.8 miles away from your postcode
At Aylesbury National Grid Compressor
Activity description
We have a long term project on this site to improve biodiversity, so each week we'll be doing a range of tasks to increase the habitats - meadow management, woodland work, hedgerow management and lots more.
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Wednesday 9th September 2026
Harrow Green Gym
With Harrow Green Gym
About 39.8 miles away from your postcode
At Roxbourne Park
Activity description
Come along to Harrow's first Green Gym. We will be carrying out a range of activities on the river bank to help with the yeading brook improvements.
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Wednesday 9th September 2026
End of Season Meadow Cut and Clear
With TCV Leicester Volunteers
About 43.0 miles away from your postcode
At St Mary's Community Orchard
Activity description
Come and join us at this establishing orchard site where we will be carrying out the end of season annual grassland vegetation cut and clear. This is best practice by helping to keep the nutrient level low and as a consequence maintain and encourage new wild flower species to establish. We may have to carry out some remedial work with the fruit trees, checking stakes and replacing ties where required and last but not least checking on the general health of the trees.
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Wednesday 9th September 2026
Lavender Pond Practical Work Days
With Lavender Pond Midweek Action Team, Rotherhithe
About 48.0 miles away from your postcode
At Lavender Pond Nature Reserve
Activity description
Join us to help manage this local nature reserve, and get outside and active at the same time! We have ponds, woodland and meadow areas, so there's a wide range of tasks to be done. Contact Mike for details on what we've been up to recently or more information
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Wednesday 9th September 2026
Volunteer Wednesdays
With Stave Hill Midweek Volunteers
About 48.3 miles away from your postcode
At Stave Hill
Activity description
Join our friendly volunteer team carrying out habitat management tasks in Stave Hill Ecology Park. Projects range from maintenance projects such as fence and structures repairs, to practical conservation activities including hedgelaying and meadow management. No experience necessary, all projects cater to differing levels of physical ability.
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Wednesday 9th September 2026
Crane Park (Mill Road) - Coppicing the north channel
With Biodiversity Action Team (West London)
About 48.9 miles away from your postcode
At Crane Park (Mill Road Entrance)
Activity description
We will be coppicing along the River Crane, working to remove small trees growing along the river bank and invasive/dominant species from the woodland. Coppicing along the river allows more light into this environment, promoting the growth of soft vegetation (a food source of the translocated water voles!). The root systems of these coppiced trees continue to grow and bind the soil, reducing soil erosion risk along the river. To coppice, is to fell a tree/sapling at its base (or 'stool') which promotes growth of further shoots. The result is multi-stemmed bushier growth. Coppicing is a traditional form of woodland management, with its use dating back to the Stone Age. Coppicing was originally used to ensure source of firewood and timber. Contemporarily, coppicing is primarily used to improve the health and biodiversity of woodland areas.
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Wednesday 9th September 2026
Wednesday Practical Conservation Workdays
With Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park Conservation Volunteers
About 49.6 miles away from your postcode
At Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park
Activity description
Join our regular Wednesday conservation workdays at the Ecology Park and help the wardens carry out vital management work in the park's different habitats - marsh, meadow, lakes, ponds, shingle beach and woodland. You can just turn up on a Wednesday and don't need to book ahead but, the first time you volunteer, we will ask you to fill out a TCV Volunteer Welfare Form (or we can email this to you in advance if you prefer). You will be working as part of a volunteer team with the park wardens, carrying out tasks such as pond clearing, reed cutting, meadow cutting, coppicing (cutting smaller tree stems), digging and weeding.
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Thursday 10th September 2026
Wymondley NG environmental group
With Bedfordshire Environmental Action Team
About 17.9 miles away from your postcode
At Wymondley National Grid
Activity description
This is a long term project to improve biodiversity on the site. Each week we'll be doing different activities according to the season to increase and improve habitats for wildlife - it could be tree planting, wildflower surveys, seed collection, litter picking, scrub clearance and more.