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Activities near LE56DE
Found 11 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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Monday 10th November 2025
Abbey Pumping Station Gardening Group
With Leicester Food Growing
About 3.2 miles away from your postcode
At Abbey Pumping Station Museum Grounds
Activity description
Come and join this friendly regular group, which meets weekly to do gardening at the beautiful Abbey Pumping Station. Our group grows it's own vegetables on our allotment (plenty of raised beds for those with mobility issues) and also flowers for the on site sensory "Forget-Me-Not Garden". Tea, biscuits and your chosen level of social interaction are part of our regular time each week :)
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Tuesday 11th November 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
We will be working to enhance the woodland biodiversity by managing a new woodland ride that is being created to help enhance wildlife especially butterflies. All bramble, self-set growth will be cut back and cleared. There will be some selective thinning of small trees where necessary to further establish the ride. We will be wearing full PPE including safety hard hats which we will provide if you have not got one.
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Thursday 13th November 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
Croft Quarry Nature Trail is a popular visit for volunteers, the site has a mixture of habitats including wetland, woodland plantations with open pasture. Our main focus will be to carry out some selective thinning/coppicing of willow along the front edges of the wetland scrapes together with cutting back bramble encroachment. All cut material will be repurposed into eco piles or dead hedge habitat corridors.
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Thursday 13th 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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Monday 17th November 2025
Abbey Pumping Station Gardening Group
With Leicester Food Growing
About 3.2 miles away from your postcode
At Abbey Pumping Station Museum Grounds
Activity description
Come and join this friendly regular group, which meets weekly to do gardening at the beautiful Abbey Pumping Station. Our group grows it's own vegetables on our allotment (plenty of raised beds for those with mobility issues) and also flowers for the on site sensory "Forget-Me-Not Garden". Tea, biscuits and your chosen level of social interaction are part of our regular time each week :)
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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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Wednesday 19th 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
Volunteers will be undertaking 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.
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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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Monday 24th November 2025
Abbey Pumping Station Gardening Group
With Leicester Food Growing
About 3.2 miles away from your postcode
At Abbey Pumping Station Museum Grounds
Activity description
Come and join this friendly regular group, which meets weekly to do gardening at the beautiful Abbey Pumping Station. Our group grows it's own vegetables on our allotment (plenty of raised beds for those with mobility issues) and also flowers for the on site sensory "Forget-Me-Not Garden". Tea, biscuits and your chosen level of social interaction are part of our regular time each week :)
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