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CRoW
(Conserve Reading
on Wednesdays)
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Friends of
Clayfield Copse
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Friends of
Mapledurham Playing Fields
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Friends of
McIlroy Park
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Friends of
Reading Old Cemetery
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Friends of
Waterloo Meadows
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Reading Urban
Wildlife
CRoW (Conserve Reading on Wednesdays)
CRoW was founded in 1986 but in 1990 folded due to a lack of support, however in September of that year thanks to the efforts
of some determined volunteers and the support of BTCV (now TCV), Reading Borough Council and Berkshire Conservation Volunteers (BeC)
the group was relaunched initially with one or two tasks a month. Despite some further struggles by 1995 tasks were being organised on a weekly basis. From the outset in addition to schools and open spaces
within the borough of Reading, CRoW has undertaken work for a variety of councils such as Ruscombe Parish, Earley Town
and the now defunct Berkshire County Council as well as organisations like the National Trust, the Woodland Trust, the local Wildlfe Trust and
Thrive. See our archive for further details of the group's history.
We now aim to organise a task every Wednesday throughout the year ranging from hedgelaying and coppicing to scrub clearance, invasive species control and path maintenance at sites in and around Reading, from Dinton Pastures to the east to Paices Wood in the west and including many of Reading's open spaces such as Clayfield Copse in Caversham and Blundells Copse in Tilehurst. Please visit our Programme for further details.
Email: CRoW (Conserve Reading on Wednesdays)
Please note, hough our tasks are planned to finish at around 14:30 if you are only able to come for the morning you are welcome to join us providing you have your own transport. Also we appreciate our volunteers have other interests and commitments and may not be able to join us every week, we will be happy to see you whenever you are able to come.
Future Activities
Unless stated otherwise tasks are from 10:00 until about 14:30. Meet on site. A summary of current planned activities follows, for full details please visit our Programme.
Activity
Summary
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Wednesday
4th May 2022
10:00 - 14:30
Ruscombe's Ponds
Castle End Road Pond
Step building/wildflower area creation
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Friday
6th May 2022
10:00 - 13:00
The Cowsey
Whitley
Path clearance and glade creation
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Wednesday
11th May 2022
10:00 - 14:30
Wokefield Common
Car park maintenance
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Wednesday
18th May 2022
10:00 - 14:30
Rushall Farm
Bradfield
Ride widening
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Wednesday
25th May 2022
10:00 - 14:30
Hosehill Lake
Theale
Path maintenance
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Wednesday
1st June 2022
10:00 - 14:30
Charvil Village Hall
Creating wildlife area
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Friday
3rd June 2022
10:00 - 13:00
The Cowsey
Whitley
Path clearance and glade creation
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Wednesday
8th June 2022
10:00 - 14:30
Hosehill Lake
Theale
Path maintenance
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Wednesday
15th June 2022
10:00 - 14:30
Dinton Pastures Country Park
Himalayan Balsam pulling
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Wednesday
22nd June 2022
10:00 - 14:30
Twyford Woodland
Laurel clearance and dead hedging
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Wednesday
6th July 2022
10:00 - 14:30
Wokefield Common
Path clearance
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Wednesday
13th July 2022
10:00 - 14:30
Rushall Farm
Bradfield
Woodland management
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Wednesday
20th July 2022
10:00 - 14:30
Five a Day Market Garden
Englefield
Garden maintenance
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Wednesday
3rd August 2022
10:00 - 14:30
Hosehill Lake
Theale
Brash clearance
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Wednesday
10th August 2022
10:00 - 14:30
McIlroy Park
Tilehurst
Scrub clearance
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Wednesday
17th August 2022
10:00 - 14:30
Five a Day Market Garden
Englefield
Garden maintenance
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Wednesday
24th August 2022
10:00 - 14:30
Twyford Woodland
Laurel clearance and dead hedging
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Wednesday
7th September 2022
10:00 - 14:30
Hosehill Lake
Theale
Scrub clearance
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Wednesday
21st September 2022
10:00 - 14:30
Five a Day Market Garden
Englefield
Garden maintenance
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Wednesday
28th September 2022
10:00 - 14:30
McIlroy Park
Tilehurst
Scrub clearance
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No new activities planned in the current programme