Corporate Conservation Day Locations

Brockholes Nature Reserve is a new kind of nature reserve: an unreserved reserve that brims with wildlife, teaches the next generation about the wonders of nature, and gives back to the local community through Myplace and Forest School projects. This former sand and gravel quarry has been transformed into a natural haven. Fields brimming with orchids and yellow rattle, woods shining bright with bluebells, and tranquil lakes all transport you to a magical wonderland.

Location: Brockholes Nature Reserve, Preston New Road, Samlesbury, Preston, PR5 0AG

Activities: 

• Spring - Scrub clearance, building dead hedges, log splitting and stacking, meadow management, tree and hedgerow planting, path repair
• Summer - Removing Himalayan balsam, path repair, log splitting and stacking, harvesting reed cuttings, meadow management, invasive species management
• Autumn - Scrub clearance, building dead hedges, log splitting and stacking, meadow management, path repair
• Winter - Scrub clearance, building dead hedges, log splitting and stacking, meadow management, tree and hedgerow planting, path repair

Facilities: 

• Toilets
• Handwashing facilities
• Ample parking
• Welcome centre selling light snack and drinks 

Mere Sands Wood Nature Reserve is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Nestled amongst the peaceful agricultural landscape of Rufford, Mere Sands Wood is a true wildlife haven. Dry heath, woodland, wetland and sandy, wet meadows combine to create a true wildlife refuge. You may even spot rare species like red squirrels in the conifers!

Location: Mere Sands Wood, Holmeswood Road, Rufford, Lancashire, L40 1TG

Activities: 

• Spring - Scrub clearance, rhododendron bashing - cutting and potentially burning (vegetation cutting and burning is stopped from April 1st due to nesting season beginning)
• Summer - Himalayan balsam removal
• Autumn - Scrub clearance, rhododendron bashing - cutting and potentially burning
• Winter - Scrub clearance, rhododendron bashing - cutting and potentially burning

Please note: some activities may be dependant on group size. 

Facilities: 

• Toilets
• Handwashing facilities
• Parking

Anyone who wishes to see the damage that peat extraction has caused to our lowland peatlands should visit Cadishead and Little Woolden Moss in Salford, one of the few remaining fragments of the Chat Moss peatlands. Standing right across from each other, one reserve stands in stark contrast to another. With our help, both Cadishead and Little Woolden Moss are bursting back into life.

Location: Little Woolden Moss, WA3 5AR

Activities: 

• Spring - Invasive species removal, planting
• Summer - Invasive species removal
• Autumn - Scrub control, dead hedging, plant translocations, planting
• Winter - Scrub control, dead hedging, plant translocations, planting

Facilities: 

• Parking
• There are no toilets onsite - a portaloo can be arranged at an additional cost. 

This beautiful park is set in 109 hectares of open parkland in South Manchester, with historic and ornamental woodlands, herbaceous borders, formal bedding, open grassland and beautiful wildflower meadows. There are at least 13 woodlands in the park, including Nan Nook Wood and Gib Lane Wood which are brimming with different varieties of trees, plants and wildlife. One beech tree is believed to be more than 450 years old, making it the oldest living tree in the city.

Location: Wythenshawe Park, Wythenshawe Road, Manchester, M23 0AB

Activities: 

• Spring - Planting and tree management
• Summer - Planting and tree management
• Autumn - Rhododendron clearing
• Winter - Rhododendron clearing 

Facilities: 

• Toilets
• Handwashing facilities
• Parking

This spectacular wetland nature reserve, nestled along the meandering River Alt in North Merseyside, wasn’t always the wildlife wonderland it is today. Between 2012 and 2014 it was intensively farmed arable land, and only when it was bought by the Environment Agency for development as a flood storage reservoir (that would double as a nature reserve) did Lunt Meadows become a real destination for bird-lovers. As well as a nature reserve, Lunt Meadows is a fascinating archaeological site home to one of just a few surviving Mesolithic settlements.

Location: Lunt Meadows Nature Reserve, Lunt Road, Thornton, Liverpool, Merseyside, L29 8YA

Activities: 

• Spring - Scrub clearance, cutting and reedbed management, creating dead hedges, path maintenance
• Summer - Himalayan Balsam management, ragwort pulling, surveying, creating dead hedges, path maintenance 
• Autumn - Scrub clearance, cutting and reedbed management 
• Winter - Scrub clearance, cutting and reedbed management 

Facilities: 

• Toilets
• Handwashing facilities
• Parking