| 12th January | Poyle Poplars, Horton |
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| This is a new site for us although some of you may remember working at the Arthur Jacob Reserve next door many years ago. Poyle Poplars is a Local Nature Reserve and was purchased by the Royal Borough in 2009. We will be coppicing in some of the 6 hectares of woodland.
Poyle Poplars is on Stanwell Road, Horton. There is a car park here and Ranger Tom Hall will unlock the barrier. Postcode: SL3 9PG, OS: TQ029757, What3Words: chain.expert.stews. |
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| Saturday 25th & | Battlemead |
| Sunday 26th January | |
| Yes, this is a two day event although you don’t have to come on both days.
Did you help to plant the hedge next to the Thames Path at Battlemead in 2019? This year we are going to start to lay it, beginning at the southerly (Maidenhead) end. We harvested stakes from Ockwells Parks for this purpose in December. We should be joined by members of Wild Maidenhead and Wild Cookham. Park at Sheephouse Road Map postcode SL6 8HY What3Words fine.couches.tower, carefully cross the Lower Cookham Road and follow the path to the Thames. The Causeway will be open so you will be able to walk directly east from the entrance on the Lower Cookham Road to the river. We will be working here What3Words using.chief.wash. |
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| 9th February | Battlemead |
| We are going to harvest stakes and binders from hazel trees at Battlemead. We will use these in two weeks time when we will be laying more of the hedge beside the Thames at Battlemead. This is a joint task for WMCV and Wild Maidenhead.
Park at Sheephouse Road Map postcode SL6 8HY What3Words fine.couches.tower, carefully cross the Lower Cookham Road. We will be working here What3Words posts.doing.proof by the pond. |
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| 23rd February | Battlemead |
| We are going lay more of the hedge beside the Thames at Battlemead. This is a joint task for WMCV and Wild Maidenhead.
Park at Sheephouse Road Map postcode SL6 8HY What3Words fine.couches.tower, carefully cross the Lower Cookham Road. We will be working here What3Words using.chief.wash. |
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| 9th March | Braywick Leisure Centre |
| We are going to clear the pond to the right of Braywick Leisure Centre which is on the Braywick Road, Maidenhead.
Park at the right hand side of the Leisure Centre car park, Braywick Road, Maidenhead near to the building Map postcode SL6 1BN What3Words cling.pirate.twin. Parking is free on Sundays. |
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| 23rd March | Braywick Park, Maidenhead |
| We will be preparing an area of the raised landfill for planting wildflowers and possibly clearing undergrowth in the wooded area.
Meet in the Braywick Nature Centre car park off Hibbert Road Map, OS SU895796, post code SL6 1UU. |
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| 6th April | Woolley Firs, Littlewick Green |
| We will be joining the Friends of Woolley Firs on their monthly work task. This will only be a morning task so no need to bring lunch.
Woolley Firs is in Cherry Garden Lane, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3LJ (the turning off the A4 just before the Shire Horse pub heading west). Go in the second entrance marked “No Entry” and park outside the workshop. Map, OS SU 85137 79934 |
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| 20th April | No task today – Happy Easter |
| No task today – Happy Easter | |
| 4th May | Woolley Firs, Littlewick Green |
| We will be joining the Friends of Woolley Firs on their monthly work task. This will only be a morning task so no need to bring lunch.
Woolley Firs is in Cherry Garden Lane, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3LJ (the turning off the A4 just before the Shire Horse pub heading west). Go in the second entrance marked “No Entry” and park outside the workshop. Map, OS SU 85137 79934 |
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| 18th May | Ockwells Park and Thriftwood |
| We will be removing tree guards from the trees in New Thriftwood.
Meet in the car park here: Map, OS: SU 87845 78777, Postcode: SL6 3AA, What3Words: economies.slim.plant We’ll be working here What3Words: depend.audio.dairy |
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| 1st June | Woolley Firs, Littlewick Green |
| We will be joining the Friends of Woolley Firs on their monthly work task. We will probably be repairing the steps down to the chalk bank.
This will only be a morning task so no need to bring lunch. Woolley Firs is in Cherry Garden Lane, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3LJ (the turning off the A4 just before the Shire Horse pub heading west). Go in the second entrance marked “No Entry” and park outside the workshop. Map, OS SU 85137 79934 |
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| 15th June | Braywick Park, Maidenhead |
| We will be preparing another area of the raised landfill for planting wildflowers and sowing wildflower seeds.
Meet in the Braywick Nature Centre car park off Hibbert Road Map, OS SU895796, post code SL6 1UU. |
| 29th June | No Task today |
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| No task today. | |
| 13th July | Ockwells Park and Thriftwood |
| We will be removing tree guards from the hedge in Ockwells Park next to the fenced oak trees.
Meet in the car park here: Map, OS: SU 87845 78777, Postcode: SL6 3AA, What3Words: economies.slim.plant We’ll be working here What3Words: later.tiles.metro |
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| 27th July | Braywick Leisure Centre, Maidenhead |
| We will be removing excess vegetation from the pond to the right Braywick Leisure Centre. The pond is seriously overgrown with reed mace.
Park at the right hand side of the Leisure Centre car park, Braywick Road, Maidenhead near to the building Map postcode SL6 1BN What3Words cling.pirate.twin. Parking is free on Sundays. |
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| 10th August | Woolley Firs, Littlewick Green |
| We will be joining the Friends of Woolley Firs on their monthly work task. FoWF have postponed their task by one week so it now coincides with a WMCV Sunday. We will finish cutting and raking the top half of the chalk bank.
This will only be a morning task so no need to bring lunch. Woolley Firs is in Cherry Garden Lane, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3LJ (the turning off the A4 just before the Shire Horse pub heading west). Go in the second entrance marked “No Entry” and park outside the workshop. Map, OS SU 85137 79934 |
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| 24th August | Firs Walk, Maidenhead |
| Firs Walk is the wooded path which runs from Castle Hill to Grenfell Park just to the west of Maidenhead town centre. We planted whips there two years ago and today we are going to remove the tree guards and generally tidy the place up.
Meet in the High Town Road here: Map, OS: SU 88505 81034, Postcode: SL6 1PA, What3Words: acute.bend.inch There is restricted parking in this area so please be careful. |
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| SATURDAY 6th September | Bray Pit raking |
| We’ve moved this task to Saturday because BBOWT’s rakes that we need to borrow are not available on Sunday.
Bray Pit used to be managed by BBOWT, but a few years ago they decided not to renew the lease with Summerleaze. Since then local volunteers have continued the management regime including giving it an annual haircut. The wildflower meadow will be mown during the week and then on SATURDAY WMCV joined by members of Wild Maidenhead will rake off the mowings. This is to reduce the nutrients in the soil and encourage the masses of wild flowers which grow in the summer. Bray Pit is sandwiched between Bray Sailing Lake and the M4 Here, What3Words: complains.snow.plant. Park in the public car park at Bray Lake which is reached via Monkey Island Lane. The postcode for Bray Lake Watersports is SL6 2EB, but beware of using this with a satnav as some direct you through Bray Village and this route is not accessible for cars. Map, OS SU909786 There is also a footpath from the A308 to the reserve opposite Bray Cemetery Here. |
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| 21st September | NO TASK TODAY |
| Because so many people will be away we’re not having a task today. | |
| 5th October | Woolley Firs, Littlewick Green |
| We will be joining the Friends of Woolley Firs on their monthly work task.
This will only be a morning task so no need to bring lunch. Woolley Firs is in Cherry Garden Lane, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3LJ (the turning off the A4 just before the Shire Horse pub heading west). Go in the second entrance marked “No Entry” and park outside the workshop. Map, OS SU 85137 79934 |
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| 19th October | Bisham Woods |
| Bisham Woods is a Woodlands Trust site, their only one in Berkshire. The Woodland Trust are going to mow the area of chalk grassland. Today will be raking off the mowings.
The site is on the left hand side of Marlow Road coming from Maidenhead. There is a layby here where you may be able to park. Map Map, Street View, OS SU848842, Post Code SL7 1RY |
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| 2nd November | Woolley Firs, Littlewick Green |
| We will be joining the Friends of Woolley Firs on their monthly work task.
This will only be a morning task so no need to bring lunch. Woolley Firs is in Cherry Garden Lane, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3LJ (the turning off the A4 just before the Shire Horse pub heading west). Go in the second entrance marked “No Entry” and park outside the workshop. Map, OS SU 85137 79934 |
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| 16th November | Ockwells Park and Thriftwood |
| We will be coppicing more of the hazel in the wood just past the second of three bridges where we coppiced hazel two years ago. As before we will use the cut material to make “doughnuts” round the stools to protect the new shoots from grazing deer.
Meet in the car park here: Map, OS: SU 87845 78777, Postcode: SL6 3AA, What3Words: economies.slim.plant We’ll be working here What3Words: foil.chain.larger |
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| 30th November | Braywick Nature Centre, Maidenhead |
| This is our annual visit to cut and rake up vegetation from around the pond and possibly to clear excess vegetation from the pond. The pond at Braywick Nature Centre is much used by school parties for pond dipping.
Braywick Nature Centre is off Hibbert Road near the Braywick roundabout. Map, OS SU895796, post code SL6 1UU |
| 14th December | Ockwells Park and Thriftwood, Maidenhead | |
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| We will be coppicing some of the hazels in Little Thriftwood and creating of gaps within the long-established oak and hazel coppiced woodland. This will rescue the ground flora, give it a bit of sunshine and boost its biodiversity again.
Ockwells Park and Thriftwood is on Ockwells Road, Cox Green, Maidenhead. Meet in the car park here: Map, OS: SU 87845 78777, Postcode: SL6 3AA, What3Words: economies.slim.plant We’ll be working here: Map, What3Words raft.mass.palms. From the car park head south down the footpath in the direction of the M4 continuing across the river (The Cut) until you reach Little Thriftwood which is quite close to the M4. Turn right and enter Little Thriftwood at the woodland path. |
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| 28th December | No task today | |
| Happy Christmas |