Dear Volunteers,
This Thursday’s (26th October) volunteer task location has been changed from Queen Elizabeth Park to Hawley Meadows. Please meet us at Hawley Meadows car park, off the A331 opposite Sainsburys (Watchmoor Park) for 10:10am. We will be cutting back the hedge and chipping to make the park more viewable from the road in order to prevent anti-social behaviour. We will hold a volunteer task at Queen Elizabeth Park later on in the year.
Sorry for the short notice. Hope to see you all soon.
Link to map of car park:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=486058&y=159107&z=110&sv=486058,159107&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=602&ax=486058&ay=159107&lm=0
Acting Ranger Jenny
About blackwatervalleycountryside
The Blackwater Valley is located on the borders of Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire and runs for approximately 30km from the source near Aldershot, northwards to Swallowfield. At its confluence it joins the rivers Whitewater and Loddon. The Loddon eventually flows into the River Thames near Reading.
Work in the Blackwater Valley is co-ordinated by the Blackwater Valley Countryside Partnership on behalf of the local authorities that border the Valley.
Despite being surrounded by urban development the Valley provides an important green corridor for local residents As well as the Blackwater Valley Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a small part of the Basingstoke Canal SSSI, three nature reserves within the Valley catchment and many other areas have been recognised for their ecological importance. The local planning authorities covering the Valley have designated 31 other areas as ‘Wildlife Sites’.
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