Another clear-up at Hamwell Leaze

Stroud Valleys Project are planning another habitat restoration workshop at Hamwell Leaze in Cashes Green on Saturday 29th July, 10am -1pm.

Ruscombe Brook at the bottom of Hamwell Leaze is in urgent need of a good clear-out. We will be cutting back overhanging vegetation, getting rid of all the rubbish, dead wood and the occasional bicycle or shopping trolley(!) We will also make the footbridge safer with chicken wire so it’s not too slippery during the wet winter months. The amenity area created at the last habitat workshop will be cut again to keep the grass short and make walking easier. The last habitat workshop proved very popular with the local volunteers, who cleared a large area of brambles to stop them from invading the wildflower meadow - I found over 25 vodka bottles (empty)!

Hamwell Leaze is a 3 acre greenspace gem tucked away between Cashes Green Road and Paganhill Lane in the heavily built up parish of Cainscross, which has 6,000 residents but only about 3% of the land is accessible to the public. Hamwell Leaze is one of the last remaining significant greenspaces in the area and as such is very important for wildlife and the local community. Cainscross Parish Council owns the site and Stroud Valleys Project look after it with the help of local people.

See Blogs for 8th June and 6th July for more re Hamwell Leaze and Blog re the last clear up for 24th June.

Meet: at Hamwell Leaze, by the oak tree. Directions: turn right from Cashes Green Road into Hyett Road. At the end of Hyett Road turn right again into Walter Preston Court. Hamwell Leaze is at the end of the cul-de-sac - follow the signs.

Contact for further info: Ivi Szaboova - Baxendale, Greenspaces and Community Worker, Stroud Valleys Project, tel: 01453 753358