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The Moor Pond Woods project area remains open for quiet contemplation and exercise. In these difficult times, please be considerate and leave space for other users. Our November meeting will take place online on Wednesday 25th November 2020 at 7:30pm. Chairman Stephen Walker will describe the results of recent work installing nest boxes in the…
Read MoreOur monthly meeting will take place online. Please contact mpw@papplewick.org for details. The group AGM will take place at the October 30th online meeting. Details and the officer reports have been sent to members. Contact us if you have not received them and wish to ‘attend’. Following the business, Dr Stephen Walker will give a…
Read MoreOur meetings have been cancelled owing to the ‘lockdown’. We do not know when our next open public meeting will be. In the meantime… the woods are open for exercise and recreation. Please be considerate towards other users – observe social distancing and take your rubbish home.
Read MoreThe planned meeting, which was to have been held on April 29th has been postponed. Hopefully our talk from Peter Hammond can be re-arranged into the 2020-21 season. The paths in the woods remain open for visitors, but please avoid contact with other users.
Read MoreOur next planned meeting, at the Village Hall on Wednesday 25th March has been cancelled. The group are working on an action plan (see ‘Resources’ tab). Have a read through and email mpw@papplewick.org with your suggestions or comments.
Read MoreThe next meeting of the group will be on Wednesday 29th January at the Village Hall at 7:30pm. Ken Hamilton will be the guest speaker, to tell us about the Brinsley Headstocks project.
Read MoreThe November 2019 meeting of the Friends will take place on the 27th at 7:30pm at The Village Hall, NG15 8FB. Emily Gillott of Nottinghamshire County Council Archaeology Service will discuss the history and archaeology of Rufford Abbey. Members and non-members welcome.
Read MoreJosh Wells of Nottingham Trent University will speak to us about the project to control flooding in Southwell by managing land-use. Non-members are welcome to attend. Our AGM will take place on October 30th See our ‘volunteering’ page for details of workdays. Line Dancing Evening, with Cliff Hall. Friday 18th October, 7pm-11pm at the Village…
Read MoreWe are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a grant from Nottinghamshire County Council Local Improvement Scheme Capital Fund. The money will allow us to continue our footpath improvements in Papplewick Dam Wood. Work will start in the summer. The July meeting of the Friends of Moor Pond Woods will be a guided…
Read MoreThe next meeting of the friends group will be on Wednesday May 29th at 7:30pm at the Village Hall. Our speaker will be Keiran Lee from the Friends of Bennerley Viaduct.
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