Looking after Knutsford Heath
Our Cheshire Wildlife Trust leader, Adam Machin, had preceded us by a few days and strimmed the grass and heather (to encourage fresh growth); so our first job was to rake up the material and put it out of sight. Then, following an early lunch, we set about cutting back the vegetation along Tabley Road... Continue Reading →
The fine September morning on Sunday brought seventeen volunteers out to clean up The Heath. Within an hour we had gathered bags-full of the usual cans and bottles as well as cleared up several fly-tipped items, including one of the orange-painted bikes used to mark last year's Tour of Britain cycle event. At the end... Continue Reading →
Friends of The Heath are running another litter-pick event on Knutsford Heath on Sunday 24th September between 11am and noon. A group of like-minded volunteers will be roaming the site giving the area a good old clean-up. This is no small task, so if you can offer even a few minutes, then your help will... Continue Reading →
The Heath is looking splendid in its mid-summer verdancy and is litter-free following our latest clean up. Sunday morning brought out our regular litter-pickers as well as some newbies. It was a pleasure to meet so many locals who share our desire to look after The Heath. Thank you all for helping. Kevin Griffiths
Friends of The Heath are running another litter-pick event on Knutsford Heath on Sunday 25th June between 11am and noon. A group of like-minded volunteers will be roaming the site giving the area a good old clean-up. This is no small task, so if you can offer even a few minutes, then your help will... Continue Reading →
Today's litter-pick event was one of our wettest so we are specially grateful to the few hardy volunteers who braved the rain. As expected, we picked up lots of discarded bottles, cans and food wrappings but we were surprised to find more serious tipping: a truck battery in the woodland, and hessian bags full of... Continue Reading →
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