Please book on with the Booking Co-ordinator unless shown otherwise.
March | Location | Map-link GR Postcode |
Activity |
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2 | Magdalen Hill Down, near
Winchester Meet on the track by the western side of the cemetery on the south side of B3404 Alresford Road. This is about half a mile west of the Percy Hobbs roundabout on the A31. |
SU510292 SO21 1HE |
Scrub clearance to enhance the chalk downland |
5 | Zoom Online Bi-monthly Meeting | 7.30pm -8.30pm. This meeting is open to all members for planning and discussion. Reply to your emailed invitation to get the login code. | |
9 | Wendleholme Holly Hill Lane, Warsash Meet at the end of Holly Hill Lane, Warsash. From the A27 at Sarisbury Green turn south onto Barnes Lane for Warsash. Then turn first right into Holly Hill Lane, go past Crableck Lane on your right and then left at the fork where there is a sign saying Sarisbury Court (ignore the private sign). |
SU495078 SO31 6AG |
Clearing invasive gorse and bramble |
17 | Hazeldown (Deacon Hill) Chilcomb, near Winchester Meet at the barn on the left side of the lane to the church. From the A31 take Kings Lane towards Chilcomb. At the T-junction, go left and then round the bend to the right then at the next junction follow the lane leading to the church. The barn is on the left after about 150 yards. |
SU507282 SO21 1HR |
Scrub clearance |
23 | Botley Wood, near Funtley Meet at the metal gates on Titchfield Lane. From M27 J9 go east on A27 over Segensworth roundabout and next roundabout then left into Mill Lane, (which becomes Funtley Hill then Titchfield Lane). Go past Titchfield Abbey under M27 and north past River Lane on the right. Continue north 1 mile to the gates on left under power lines. |
SU551102 PO15 6DY |
Clearing scrub from woodland rides |
Please book on with the Booking Co-ordinator unless shown otherwise.
April | Location | Map-link GR Postcode |
Activity |
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6, 7 | Ovington Water Meadows, Itchen Stoke Mill, Ovington, near Alresford Meet at Itchen Stoke Mill. From the A31, take East Lane towards Ovington. Go down the hill and turn right to the mill. |
SU562318 SO24 0RA |
Maintenance of sluices and other infrastructure Possibly a residential |
13 | North Meadow NNR, Cricklade, Wiltshire From Cricklade town centre take High Street out of town and North Meadow will be on the left after ¼ of a mile. Park on the road side and meet at the entrance at 10.30am. |
SU100944 SN6 6LU |
This is one of the finest examples of a lowland hay meadow in Europe. It is home to around 80% of Britain's snakeshead fritillaries. Full details are in the newsletter. |
21 | Shedfield Common near Wickham Meet in the lay-by on the B2177 Winchester Road by Shedfield Common. If heading north from Wickham on the A334 follow this road until it becomes the B2177 Winchester road, heading to Bishops Waltham, the lay-by will be a little further on the left. |
SU563130 SO32 2JF |
Removal of rhododendron |
27 | Gutner Point The Shallows, Woodgaston Lane, Hayling Island Turn left into Northney Lane after crossing the bridge on to Hayling Island. The lane becomes St. Peters Road. After two km turn left into Woodgaston Lane. Go past what was the garden centre and turn left to The Shallows. Park in the hay field at the end. |
SU734019 PO11 0RL |
Clear an old fence line |
Please book on with the Booking Co-ordinator unless shown otherwise.
Each site has a link for more details about our work there. We
are likely to have a bonfire at most tasks during the winter
months. Please don't wear a good fleece as it will end up full of
holes. See Essentials for more
details.
Tasks may be on a Saturday or Sunday, or both, starting at 10am,
and generally finishing by about 3.30pm to 4pm.
Please try to book on, preferably by email, by the previous Thursday evening, as this helps us to run tasks efficiently. If necessary call the Booking Co-ordinator on 07895 269063, stating dates of the tasks and leave your name and phone number.
Tasks sometimes change or are cancelled at short notice, so please check on the details when you book on. You can turn up without booking on, but it's a bit risky. If you would like more information, please call one of our regional contacts on the Home Page.
Directions are now being included with the programme above.
Click on the flag for a link to an Ordnance Survey map. The
meeting place should be at the pointy end of the yellow HCV
flag.
OS Grid References shown above have two letters (usually SU for a
place in Hampshire) and six numbers. You can use this in Streetmap or Ordnance
Survey's Get-a-map by copying the grid reference into the
search box. Streetmap is also useful for getting the nearest
postcode by clicking on its coordinate converter. Note that
Bing Maps doesn't handle
grid references.
In most cases it is possible to give a postcode for use with a satnav, but experience shows that you will probably need to engage brain, read the instructions and look at a map as well! A postcode in italics is the nearest one found, and should be regarded as a rough guide only. Post codes were introduced to help with the automation of sorting mail. They were never intended to be a means of navigation to a car park in the New Forest.
Look out for our yellow signs. The actual work site is hardly ever at the meeting place, so try not to be late!
Residentials are usually at a village hall (VH) and are entirely optional. You can come for one day or both. See Essential Information for more details.
Social events, in red, offer the chance to indulge in our favourite activities of eating, drinking, walking or grockling without the inconvenience of doing a task at the same time!