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Event Description |
Location |
Booking Link |
2026 Wirral Countryside Volunteers 41st Year |
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AUGUST |
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Saturday 15th
Start time: 09:30 |
Scything the woodland ride and glade, plus hedge weeding |
Wirral Rugby Club Car Park, Thornton Common Road CH63 0LT |
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SEPTEMBER |
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Saturday 5th
Start time: 09:30 |
Completion of coppicing in Lamperloons Coppice, Thornton Wood |
Thornton Wood. Meeting point is on Thornton Common Road by the bridge which crosses the M53 |
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Wednesday 9th
Start time: 09:30 |
Completion of 'Hedge 23' - The hedge used for training in February, at Landican |
Landican Lane, near the Woodchurch Road end |
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Sunday 13th Start time: 09:30 |
Closing Day: Scything in the morning followed by a BBQ from 4pm. |
New Ferry Butterfly Park, Howell Road, Bebington |
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Wednesday 16th
Start time: 09:30 |
Hedgelaying at Thornton Wood, the hedge from the entrance to the woods towards the M53 |
Thornton Wood. Meeting point is on Thornton Common Road by the bridge which crosses the M53 |
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NEW Saturday 19th
Start time: 09:30 |
Volunteers wanted for the WCV Stall at Earth Fest in West Kirby - making paper pots and sowing seeds |
St Bridget's School Field, West Kirby |
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NEW Saturday 19th
Start time: 09:30 |
A new venue for WCV, working with our friends at Prenton Dell Clay Pit - Scything, raking and carting the cuttings. |
Prenton RUFC Prenton Dell Road Prenton CH43 3BS |
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Sunday 20th
Start Time 09:00 |
Shocklach Hedgelaying Match |
Details TBC |
Details and link TBC |
Wednesday 23rd
Start time: 09:30 |
Shocklach - post hedgelaying match tidy-up |
Moore Farm, Tilston Road, Shocklach, Cheshire |
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Wednesday 30th
Start time 09:00 |
Cheshire Ploughing and Hedge Cutting Society - Hedgelaying Match |
Details TBC |
Details and link TBC |
OCTOBER |
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Thursday 1st
Start time: 09:30 |
Preparation of the hedge ahead of the Groobarb's Field Kitchen training event |
Groobarbs Field Kitchen, Wild Farm, Mag Lane, High Legh, WA16 0AA, |
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Saturday 3rd
Start time: 09:00 |
Training Day at Groobarbs Field Kitchen: This event is being sponsored by Groobarb's Field Kitchen with WCV providing the training expertise. Trainers and trainees are invited into Groobarb's Field Kitchen for a meal after the event |
Groobarbs Field Kitchen, Wild Farm, Mag Lane, High Legh, WA16 0AA, |
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Wednesday 7th
Start time: 09:30 |
Post hedge tidy-up at Groobarbs Field Kitchen |
Groobarbs Field Kitchen, Wild Farm, Mag Lane, High Legh, WA16 0AA, |
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Saturday 10th
Start Time: 09:00 |
National Hedgelaying Society - Annual hedgelaying Championship |
Chipping Norton OX7 5XE Details to follow |
Details on National Hedgelaying Society site: NHLS link (will be updated when info is available) |
Sunday 11th
Start time: 09:30 |
Workday at New Ferry Butterfly Park, our usual autumn and winter maintenance programme |
New Ferry Butterfly Park, Howell Road, Bebington |
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Wednesday 14th
Start time: 09:30 |
Hedgelaying at Port Sunlight River Park |
Port Sunlight River Park Dock Road North, Bromborough, CH62 4TQ |
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Tuesday 20th
Start time: 19:30 |
WCV Group meeting |
Windsor Close Community Centre, Windsor Close New Ferry CH62 5BZ |
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Wednesday 21st
Start Time: 09:30 |
Hedgelaying a hedge which abuts the Wirral Way near Willaston |
Heath Lane Stables Heath Lane Willaston CH64 1TR |
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NEW Saturday 24th Sunday 25th
Start time: 09:30 |
Quarter Bank in Thornton Wood - Weekend task force. Hazel coppicing, hedge planting and pond excavation |
Thornton Wood. Meeting point is on Thornton Common Road by the bridge which crosses the M53 |
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NOVEMBER |
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Wednesday 4th
Start Time: 09:30 |
Preparation for the Hedgelaying Training Day. Ahead of our 23rd training day we need to prepare the hedge, marking out sections, breaking in, distribution hedging stakes etc... |
Thingwall Road, opposite Whaley Lane. Nearest Postcode: CH61 1XJ |
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Saturday 7th
Start time: 09:30 |
WCV 23rd Hedgelaying Training Day IMPORTANT NOTE: please select the correct ticket for your skill level - TRAINEE or TRAINER |
Thingwall Road, opposite Whaley Lane. Nearest Postcode: CH61 1XJ |
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Saturday 7th
Start time 17:00 |
Post Hedgelaying Meal - We'll be trying a new venue, Otto Lounge in Heswall. We will make the booking with the restaurant, as usual. Whilst the postal address is correct, the restaurant entrance is on The Mount, Heswall |
Otto Lounge, Unit 8, 139-141 Telegraph Rd, Heswall, Wirral CH60 7SE, United Kingdom |
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Sunday 8th
Start time: 09:30 |
Workday at New Ferry Butterfly Park, our usual autumn and winter maintenance programme |
New Ferry Butterfly Park, Howell Road, Bebington |
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Wednesday 11th
Start Time: 09:30 |
Post Hedgelaying Training Day tidy-up |
Thingwall Road, opposite Whaley Lane. Nearest Postcode: CH61 1XJ |
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Wednesday 18th
Start time: 09:30 |
Hedgelaying in Norley, Delamere |
Old Ivy Cottage, Dutton Lane, Norley, CW8 2TN. |
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Saturday 21st |
WCV trainers needed: Land Worker’s Alliance (LWA) have invited WCV to provide a training taster day for some of their members in Mottram in Longdendale. |
Home Farm Hill End Lane, Mottram in Longdendale, Hyde SK14 6JP |
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Wednesday 25th
Start time: 09:30 |
Hedgelaying in Norley, Delamere |
Old Ivy Cottage, Dutton Lane, Norley, CW8 2TN. |
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DECEMBER |
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Wednesday 2nd
Start time: 09:30 |
Hedgelaying on Wirral Way (Parkgate). The hedge is a short walk from the car park and is between the Wirral Way footpath and bridleway |
Meeting point: Neston Wirral Way Car Park, Station Road, Parkgate. CH64 6TZ |
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Wednesday 9th
Start time: 09:30 |
Hedgelaying on Wirral Way (Parkgate). The hedge is a short walk from the car park and is between the Wirral Way footpath and bridleway |
Meeting point: Neston Wirral Way Car Park, Station Road, Parkgate. CH64 6TZ |
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Saturday 12th
Start time: 09:30 |
Landican - Hedge planting on Hedge 26 |
Home Farm Landican Lane WIRRAL CH49 5LJ |
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NEW Saturday 12th
Start time: 19:30 |
Annual 'Pot Luck Buffet' at Philippa and Paul's, bring along a contribution... |
Philippa and Paul's house |
E-mail Paul directly: jpl@liverpool.ac.uk |
Sunday 13th
Start time: 09:30 |
Workday at New Ferry Butterfly Park, our usual autumn and winter maintenance programme |
New Ferry Butterfly Park, Howell Road, Bebington |
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NEW Sunday 27th Monday 28th
Start time: 09:30 |
Weekend Working at Thornton Common. Tasks include Oak pollarding, Willow removal and Hedgelaying. Use the link to book your day/s |
Meet in the car park of Wirral Rugby Club, Thornton Common Road, CH63 0LT |
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Wednesday 30th
Start time: 09:30 |
Landican - Hedgelaying hedge 21 |
Home Farm Landican Lane WIRRAL CH49 5LJ |
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January 2027 |
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Wednesday 6th
Start time: 09:30 |
Landican - Hedgelaying hedge 21 |
Home Farm Landican Lane WIRRAL CH49 5LJ |
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Sunday 10th
Start time: 09:30 |
Workday at New Ferry Butterfly Park |
New Ferry Butterfly Park, Howell Road, Bebington |
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Wednesday 13th
Start Time: 09:30 |
Landican - Hedgelaying hedge 21 |
Home Farm Landican Lane WIRRAL CH49 5LJ |
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Saturday 16th
Start time: 09:30 |
Landican - hedge 16a (Back Field) Planting |
Home Farm Landican Lane WIRRAL CH49 5LJ |
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Saturday 23rd
Start time: 09:30 |
Landican - hedge 16a (Back Field) Planting |
Home Farm Landican Lane WIRRAL CH49 5LJ |
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At Wirral Countryside Volunteers (WCV) we take the safety and wellbeing of volunteers and organisers seriously.
From its beginnings WCV have held weekend tasks; much more recently these weekend tasks have been supported and extended by the “Intrepid Midweekers”, who have their own programme of tasks (though this often links to the main programme). Events are briefly described in the table below.
All events are fully assessed and the necessary Risk Assessments are completed and made available to all. All events are supported by the required support mechanisms, First Aiders, etc
TABLE KEY: |
New or rescheduled events |
Events at New Ferry Butterfly Park |
