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Activities near MK417TD
Found 210 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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Saturday 14th November 2026
Special Saturday Shrub Planting workday
With Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park Conservation Volunteers
About 49.7 miles away from your postcode
At Southern Park
Activity description
This is a special conservation workday in Southern Park doing some habitat enhancement works planting shrubs and installing temporary fencing in one of the woodland habitats. We'll be meeting at the Ecology Park Gatehouse to walk round to Southern Park together. You need to book a space in advance by emailing us at gpep@tcv.org.uk as we have a maximum of 15 places. If it's the first time you have volunteered, we will ask you to fill out a TCV Volunteer Welfare Form and will email you the online link to this. You will be working as part of a volunteer team digging a section of compacted soil in the woodland area and planting new shrubs and trees, as well as creating a fence to protect the area.
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Sunday 15th November 2026
CREOS
With Haringey Sunday Volunteers
About 41.4 miles away from your postcode
At Crouch End Open Space
Activity description
We will be carrying out a range of woodland management tasks! Paste this link into your browser to book a place: https://us3.list-manage.com/survey?u=8e0c6f93d2677069e8196b76f&id=a95e25946c&e=8ee217e1a3
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Monday 16th November 2026
Community Allotment and Wildflower Growing
With Kingsbrook and Cauldwell Community Food Growing
About 2.1 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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Monday 16th November 2026
Scything, Raking and General Conservation
With Bedfordshire Environmental Action Team
About 15.1 miles away from your postcode
At Sundon National Grid (Chalton)
Activity description
We have just started a new long term project at this brilliant little site, to improve biodiversity. As we're in the early stages, our first few months are concentrating on recording what's on site now, and keeping on top of the plant species that would otherwise take over - mainly thistles. So our sessions are a mix of scything, raking, and walking over the site to survey what's there. Something for everyone!
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Monday 16th November 2026
Bentley Priory marshland management
With Biodiversity Action Team (North London)
About 36.8 miles away from your postcode
At Bentley Priory
Activity description
Join us at the historic Bentley Priory! We'll me managing the marshland on the edge of Summerhouse Lake
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Monday 16th November 2026
Tool Maintenance Half-Day!
With Biodiversity Action Team (West London)
About 49.9 miles away from your postcode
At TCV Tool Shed Grove Gardens Teddington
Activity description
This is one of two half-day sessions focusing on tool maintenance (cleaning, sharpening, oiling) to give them some TLC amid all of this wet weather. The tools we will focus on are: loppers, shears, secateurs, bill hooks, saws & scythes. Please contact Brittany directly to register attendance for this session. Please note the tool store does not have running water/electricity. The closest loos are an 8 minute walk to The Anglers Pub (opens 10am).
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Tuesday 17th November 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 17th November 2026
Coppicing and dead hedging at Holly Lodge
With Camden Green Gym
About 42.5 miles away from your postcode
At Holly Lodge Estate
Activity description
Habitat management and scrub clearance. We'll be putting in new / maintaining existing dead hedging, upright logs, reducing bramble and some ivy, mulching and coppicing. The Green Gym® is a unique way to get fit, transform the environment, meet new people and learn new skills. Hot drinks and Light refreshments will be available
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Tuesday 17th November 2026
Controlling Buddleia establishment to Improve Biodiversity
With TCV Leicester Volunteers
About 49.2 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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Wednesday 18th November 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.