Groups near you
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Ward End Park (Friends of)
Friends of Ward End Park are an active local group, who have been involved in the Active Parks project from day one. The park, opened in 1904, covers a large part of Ward End. A typical English park, it is heavily populated in the summer months. Ward End Park House is located within the park and…
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Ward End Residents Group (Glebe Farm & Tile Cross)
Ward End Residents Group (Glebe Farm and Tile Cross) are members of the local community that live within the Glebe Farm and Tile Cross Ward. Ward End Residents Group (GF and TC) has been running informally for a number of years becoming a constituted group in March 2023. The group has been working to improve…
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Warm Earth
Warm Earth is a charity based at Foundry Field, James Turner Street, at Birmingham City Hospital’s greenhouses, and aims to promote well-being by connecting people and plants through gardening. “We are committed to helping our community find sustainable ways of dealing with waste and growing nutritious food. Warm Earth currently composts all of the food…
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West Heath Allotments
West Heath Allotments is located adjacent to West Heath Park and has over 73 Plots. B31 3LR
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Westley Vale Millennium Green Trust
Westley Vale Millennium Green Charitable Trust – Following an incentive by the Government in 1998 supporting the creation of “Millennium Greens” to provide “breathing spaces” for the twenty first century, this 5.5 acre disused allotment site was transformed into an area of natural beauty. Surrounded on three sides by a dense urban landscape, with the Grand…
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Windermere Fields (Friends of)
The Friends of Windermere Fields was formed originally in 2017 to counteract the threat of development on the field. Once that threat was successfully averted , the committee has remained active in promoting activities on the field , for example – archaeology walks with Mike Hodder and a nature walk with Tony Sames. Working with…
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Witton Lakes (Friends of)
Friends of Witton Lakes are a group of local residents who want to help to maintain and improve the park so that all get to enjoy this lovely relaxing open space. Witton Lakes is situated in Erdington between Marsh Hill and Short Heath Road. There are two lakes, open grassland, wooded areas and wild flower meadows.…
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Woodgate Valley Country Park
Woodgate Valley Country Park is a 450 acre area of countryside in the centre of Bartley Green and Quinton. There are many mixed, mature hedgerows, meadows, woodland, and small ponds. The Bournbrook runs through the park. Over 250 species of plants have been found at Woodgate Valley, the damp meadow areas being especially rich and…
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Woodgate Valley Urban Farm
Woodgate Valley Urban Farm, is a six acre, volunteer-run community farm, orchard and woodland on the edge of Woodgate Valley Country Park in Bartley Green. The site is currently closed to the public for essential repairs and maintenance. The facilities are opening to the community in Spring 2023, include public access to the farm…
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Wychbury Road Allotments
Wychbury Road Allotments is a site on the outskirts of South West Birmingham, with 40 plots for tenants of all ages and backgrounds. A lovely spot to enjoy allotment gardening. A few years ago Wychbury Road Allotments were run down with very few tenants. Today there is a thriving community with people aiming to improve not…
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Wylde Green Neighbourghood Forum
Wylde Green is a residential area within the town of Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham, England in the West Midlands. In the 16th century Wylde Green was an area of barren common land known as the Wyld, sparsely populated and apparently frequented by lawless bandits and robbers, thus deriving its name. Now it’s a thriving and…
