TCV
Connecting people and green spaces
Activities near N170XR
Found 224 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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Saturday 5th October 2024
Saturday practical conservation workdays
With Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park Conservation Volunteers
About 8.4 miles away from your postcode
At Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park
Activity description
Join our regular Saturday conservation workdays at the Ecology Park and help the wardens carry out vital management work in our different habitats, including marsh, meadow, lakes, ponds, shingle beach and woodland. You must book a space in advance for our Saturday workdays by emailing gpep@tcv.org.uk. The first time you volunteer we will ask you to fill out a TCV Volunteer Welfare Form. Spaces are limited to 10 volunteers on a Saturday. 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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Saturday 5th October 2024
Chelwood Gate Health Walk
With ESHW Chelwood Gate Health Walk
About 38.4 miles away from your postcode
At ESHW Chelwood Gate Health Walk
Activity description
FREE one hour group walk led by trained community volunteers. 1st Saturday of the month. Very attractive routes around the lovely local countryside including Ashdown Forest views.
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Sunday 6th October 2024
Palace Gate
With Haringey Sunday Volunteers
About 2.8 miles away from your postcode
At Palace Gate Ecological Site
Activity description
We'll be thinning Norway maple saplings, bashing laurel growth and having a general spruce up of this hidden green space. Sign up here: https://mcusercontent.com/240cee6caea7920c5952fb280/files/e45c2ecd-b9ab-4138-be70-f4ace5ff004d/10_October_24_Newsletter.pdf
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Monday 7th October 2024
Bentley Priory
With Biodiversity Action Team (North London)
About 11.9 miles away from your postcode
At Bentley Priory
Activity description
Join us at Bentley Priory - exact tasks to be confirmed BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL. For further info and booking, contact Mat at m.pendergast@tcv.org.uk
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Monday 7th October 2024
Pond Clearance
With Bedfordshire Environmental Action Team
About 41.5 miles away from your postcode
At Biddenham Pond
Activity description
Everybody loves working on this pond! It's nice and near to Bedford, it's not too deep (for the most part) and thanks to all the water mint it's the sweetest smelling pond we have ever worked on! Join us to help keep the pond healthy by clearing out any debris and rubbish, and pulling up some of the vegetation to make sure it doesn't take over and fill in the pond completely.
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Tuesday 8th October 2024
Queens Wood
With Haringey Conservation Volunteers
About 4.4 miles away from your postcode
At Queens Wood
Activity description
We'll be controlling invasive species, working around the drainage channels and maintaining our dead hedges in the ancient woodland. Please sign up via the link: https://mailchi.mp/ee0ef4bd6970/october-2024-newsletter-12714707
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Tuesday 8th October 2024
Installing a Biodiversity Garden in Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens SE11 5HL
With Biodiversity Action Team (South London)
About 8.9 miles away from your postcode
At Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens
Activity description
We return to the new Biodiversity Garden in the park now that the perimeter fencing has been installed, to complete the installtion of the self bound aggregate pathway in the western corner of the garden, and to relandscape the garden bed and fencing outside the perimeter fencing to make way for the new access point. We will also be clearing any unwanted vegetation from the garden, and mowing / strimming as needed.
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Tuesday 8th October 2024
Crane Park - Kingfisher nesting bank creation
With Richmond Weekday Projects
About 17.3 miles away from your postcode
At Crane Park (Mill Road Entrance)
Activity description
We will be working with Friends of the River Crane Environment (FORCE) to build a kingfisher bank at a secret location in the park. The nesting bank is being created to replicate a natural nesting habitat, which will encourage breeding pairs to use the site.
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Tuesday 8th October 2024
Coppicing Willow at Park Lane Nature Reserve
With Colchester Biodiversity Action Team (Midweek)
About 37.9 miles away from your postcode
At Park Lane Nature Reserve (Tiptree Parish Field)
Activity description
Coppicing Willow trees adjacent at Park Lane NR, Tiptree. Allows for regeneration of scrub and wildflowers.
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Tuesday 8th October 2024
Community Food Growing!
With Kingsbrook and Cauldwell Community Food Growing
About 39.2 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
