TCV
Connecting people and green spaces
Activities near LE56DE
Found 8 activities
Activity key
- Big Green Weekend
- Green Gym
- Practical conservation activity
- I Dig Trees: Tree Planting
- Health walk
- Children's activity
- Training or workshop
- Food growing activity
- Community event or activity
- Wildlife surveying activity
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Tuesday 18th March 2025
Practical selective vegetation management
With TCV Leicester Volunteers
About 7.8 miles away from your postcode
At Mountsorrel Quarry
Activity description
Working alongside the Mountsorrel (Tarmac) Environmental Restoration Team. Site 4 or Broad Hill is where we will be continuing our task of cutting and removing excess gorse and buddleia to help maintain the establishing grass heathland. All brash/arisings will be used to create dead hedge habitat corridors to further improve the biodiversity of this 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 great views on a clear day.
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Wednesday 19th March 2025
Varied Winter Habitat Conservation Tasks
With TCV Leicester Volunteers
About 7.9 miles away from your postcode
At Croft Quarry Nature Area
Activity description
Working along the nature trail cutting back vegetation encroachment to keep all access points and desire lines open providing ease of enjoyment for all nature trail users. All cut brash (arisings) will be added to existing dead hedge habitats.
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Thursday 20th March 2025
Practical selective vegetation management
With TCV Leicester Volunteers
About 7.8 miles away from your postcode
At Mountsorrel Quarry
Activity description
Working alongside the Mountsorrel (Tarmac) Environmental Restoration Team. Site 4 or Broad Hill is where we will be continuing our task of cutting and removing excess gorse and buddleia to help maintain the establishing grass heathland. All brash/arisings will be used to create dead hedge habitat corridors to further improve the biodiversity of this 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 great views on a clear day.
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Thursday 20th March 2025
Coppicing Hazel at Bagworth Heath
With National Forest Volunteers
About 10.7 miles away from your postcode
At Bagworth Heath Woods
Activity description
we'll be coppicing hazels in the woods
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Monday 24th March 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
Volunteers will be undertaking a mixture of tasks including general vegetation cut back and clearance work in the first section of this park, sorting out fallen timber, maintaining existing dead hedge habitats with some hedgerow prep work. A popular site for everyone where TCV over the years have helped to manage the various boundary habitats, in a sensitive way that has helped support nature for the benefit of this local community green space.
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Tuesday 25th March 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
Volunteers will be undertaking a mixture of tasks including general vegetation cut back and clearance work in the first section of this park, sorting out fallen timber, maintaining existing dead hedge habitats with some hedgerow prep work. A popular site for everyone where TCV over the years have helped to manage the various boundary habitats, in a sensitive way that has helped support nature for the benefit of this local community green space.
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Wednesday 26th March 2025
Selective tree guard removal
With TCV Leicester Volunteers
About 7.8 miles away from your postcode
At Mountsorrel Quarry
Activity description
Working alongside the Mountsorrel (Tarmac) Environmental Restoration Team, this late March task will focus on selective tree guard removal of establishing native mixed species plantations.
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Thursday 27th March 2025
Selective tree guard removal
With TCV Leicester Volunteers
About 7.8 miles away from your postcode
At Mountsorrel Quarry
Activity description
Working alongside the Mountsorrel (Tarmac) Environmental Restoration Team, this late March task will focus on selective tree guard removal of establishing native mixed species plantations.
