TCV
Connecting people and green spaces
Activities near LE56DE
Found 122 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 8th October 2024
Grass cutting and raking
With Weekday Conservation Team
About 41.6 miles away from your postcode
At Great Stukeley Sssi
Activity description
This site is a brilliant Site of Special Scientific Interest, bursting with wildflowers and all manner of wildlife. To keep it in excellent condition for wildflowers we need to cut the grass once a year to keep soil nutrient levels low. Every Friday EXCEPT the first Friday of the month.
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Tuesday 8th October 2024
Community Food Growing!
With Kingsbrook and Cauldwell Community Food Growing
About 43.6 miles away from your postcode
At Bunyan Sports and Fitness Centre
Activity description
Join our new community food growing project! Learn new skills, meet new people, grow your own food! All tools and instruction will be provided and no previous experience is required to take part. Our first session will be on Tuesday 13th February 2024 and sessions will then run every Tuesday throughout the year from 10.45am until 1.30pm. Please do wear suitable outdoor clothing and sturdy enclosed footwear. Do bring your own gardening gloves if you have some. We meet at 10.45am in front of the Bunyan Sports Centre on Mile Road, Bedford. For further information call Jen on 07740 899633 or email Jennifer.zwetsloot@tcv.org.uk
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Wednesday 9th October 2024
Watercourse vegetation management
With TCV Leicester Volunteers
About 7.2 miles away from your postcode
At Cosby Stream
Activity description
Our annual visit to this attractive Leicestershire village site. Volunteers will be working to selectively remove the end of season wetland bank vegetation growth along a section of Cosby brook following along the Main Street and into 'The Nook'. There will be some uprooting of excess growth combined with a general cut back and removal of material. All material removed from the stream will be stacked in a designated area and left for a few days before collection and removal from site by the local council.
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Wednesday 9th October 2024
Bardon Hill Woodland Management
With National Forest Volunteers
About 11.7 miles away from your postcode
At Bardon Hill
Activity description
We'll be thinning out Birch trees from the maturing Oak woodland up on the hill
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Wednesday 9th October 2024
Queen Elizabeth Community Gardens
With Queen Elizabeth Hospital Green Gym
About 38.1 miles away from your postcode
At Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Activity description
Join us every Wednesday morning at out Queen Elizabeth Community Gardens based in the grounds of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. We are a friendly and welcoming group who love to grow our food, and help provide a space where our local wildlife can thrive. We have a variety of different species on site, including a large variety of butterflies in the spring and summer and different birds from woodpeckers to blue tits. No previous experience is required and all tools are provided.
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Wednesday 9th October 2024
Nature and Wildlife Walks
With Queen Elizabeth Hospital Green Gym
About 38.1 miles away from your postcode
At Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Activity description
Join us every Wednesday morning for our weekly nature and wildlife trail around our site at the Queen Elizabeth Community Gardens. We often see a variety of different species, including many different types of birds. Summer is especially magical when the butterflies take flight, and autumn brings the fungi in all of their delight! Learn about all of our amazing wildlife and how to ID what you see!
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Thursday 10th October 2024
Watercourse vegetation management
With TCV Leicester Volunteers
About 7.2 miles away from your postcode
At Cosby Stream
Activity description
Our annual visit to this attractive Leicestershire village site. Volunteers will be working to selectively remove the end of season wetland bank vegetation growth along a section of Cosby brook running close the Main Street close to the Victory Park Car Park There will be some uprooting of excess growth combined with a general cut back and removal of material. All material removed from the stream will be stacked in a designated area and left for a few days before collection and removal from site by the local council.
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Thursday 10th October 2024
Newbold Quarry Woodland Management
With National Forest Volunteers
About 27.8 miles away from your postcode
At Newbold Quarry
Activity description
Newbold Quarry is surrounded to the West by fields and reclaimed gravel pit ponds as well as small areas of woodland. We'll be thinning out trees within the woodland and removing some tree guards
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Thursday 10th October 2024
Milebrook Hall Community Garden
With Milebrook Hall Food Growing
About 41.2 miles away from your postcode
At Milebrook Hall
Activity description
Join us in the garden at Milebrrok Hall for a couple of hours of relaxed conversation and food growing. We have a greenhouse here to enable us to start the growing season off early. There are also a couple of raised beds which are readily accessible and easy to manage. This session coincides with the coffee morning too, so a warm brew is never far away. All tools and gloves etc are provided for you.
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Friday 11th October 2024 to Saturday 12th October 2024
FREE dry stone walling experience
With National Forest Volunteers
About 10.7 miles away from your postcode
At Bagworth Heath Woods
Activity description
Dry stone walling course 11th and 12th October at Bagworth Heath Woodlands, 11-3 - book your FREE place now! Have you ever felt curious about this intriguing ancient craft? Come along and learn how to do it yourself! A fun day out - and an achievement you can point out to your family and your friends for potentially decades to come! Come for both days Friday 11th and Saturday 12th October, and learn how to do it properly, or just do one day as a "taster". This event is suitable for able bodied adults, and accompanied young people aged 12+. If you have mobility / balance issues or back problems, please discuss with the project officer before booking your place. To book, please contact kay.thompson@tcv.org.uk or WhatsApp 07740 899693 Don't forget to specify whether you would like to come both days or just one! This event is funded by The National Forest.
