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Wonders of the Dark Sky Stargazing Event 2025 Held at Woodoaks Farm

A report of the Wonders of The Dark Sky Stargazing event held at Woodoaks Farm which offered a chance to marvel at the September night sky guided by astronomers
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Colne Valley Park Litter Blitz Project

We are pleased to announce that we have received funding from Heathrow Community Trust to run 10 litter blitz sessions in the Colne Valley Regional Park. Following our successful partnership litter picks we ran earlier this year, we are eager to continue tackle more areas in the park that are suffering with growing litter problems...

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Partners join together for clean up by the Grand Union Canal in Denham

On Wednesday, 22nd January, The Colne Valley Regional Park (CVRP) team and the Canal and River Trust organised a joint litter-picking and general tidy-up session by the canal on the edge of Denham Country Park heading towards New Denham/Uxbridge. On the day, we were joined by Lizzie from Buckinghamshire Country Parks, Tony Booker from ReAP, a volunteer team from Friends of the Colne Valley, and Nic from Hillingdon Litter Pickers.
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Let’s create the best green corridor around any city in Europe

The countryside on the edge of large cities is crucially important for both people and wildlife. Recent changes to national planning policy threaten the Colne Valley and other areas like it. Yet with this threat could come the opportunity to create the best managed and best connected green corridor around any city in Europe. We need to fight for the countryside on your doorstep.
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Heathrow expansion back on the agenda

The grim prospect of expansion and a third runway at Heathrow is back on the agenda, which poses a direct threat to the Colne Valley Regional Park, which has already borne the brunt of a variety of infrastructure projects – such as HS2 – that have fundamentally and permanently altered this precious landscape.
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Green Skills Team in Slough a Great Success

In partnership with SEGRO, Groundwork South have completed another Green Skills Team Project in Slough. This is a six-week programme in which unemployed individuals from the Slough area spend two days a week developing practical conservation skills and also attend sessions to improve their employability.
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Christmas around the Colne Valley Regional Park

This Christmas why not consider increasing quality time together, encourage outdoor activity or begin a journey of wildlife love and discovery. Take your family outside this December and celebrate Christmas traditions outside in nature.
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Mace Corporate Volunteers Make a Real Difference in Denham Woods

Corporate Volunteers from Mace Group have been continuing to support the Colne Valley Regional Park in the management of three ancient woodlands in Denham over a number of years. This year we are excited to be rolling this out to other nearby woods so we can improve more woodland habitat on a wider landscape scale.