Please wear old season appropriate clothes, strong shoes, work boots or wellies, waterproofs are also be useful in changeable weather. Also, please bring a packed lunch and something to drink. Transport can be provided if needed. Unsure how to join in? Visit our Joining Tasks page. For more information on any task or lifts to the site contact Tom on 07971376253 or email us.
Read about our recent tasks here also see the Wild Things Page, or if you like old stuff try the scrapbook pages
Summer Tasks 2025
Sunday 29th June 2025 – Moses Gate Country Park, Hall Lane, Farnworth Bolton BL2 4JS
Task: Balsam Bashing and tidying up Rick’s Wildlife Garden. Meet at car park near Rock Hall.
See our guide to balsam.
Difficulty: Easy/Medium
Find the Site: What3words map- trees.plan.vote
If you need a lift please call Tom on 07971376253. Meet at the Sweet Green Tavern (what3words location points.become.merit). We will be setting off from here at 9:45am so make sure you arrive before than. Task starts at the site at 10:00 am. See top of the page for general info on what to wear or bring.
If you have Covid symptoms, or had a positive test, please do not attend.
Wednesday 9th July 2025 – Indoor Meeting
Join use at our hybrid indoor meeting via Zoom or in person at the Sweet Green Tavern, 127 Crook St, Bolton BL3 6DD (what3words location points.become.merit). Meeting begins 7:30pm.
If you have Covid symptoms, or had a positive test, please do not attend.
Thursday 10th July 2025 – Dunscar Woods, Dunscar Business Park, Blackburn Road, Bolton BL7 9PQ
Task: Balsam removal, an adventure for those who haven’t done it before. See our guide to balsam.
Difficulty: Easy/Medium
Find the Site: What3words map- fits.lake.moth
Task begins at 10:00 am. There are no lifts available for Thursday tasks. If you need transport please call Tom on 07971376253.
If you have Covid symptoms, or had a positive test, please do not attend.
Sunday 13th July 2025 – Darcy Lever Gravel Pits South, Hacken Bridge Road, Bolton BL3 1SD
Task: Pond maintenance. Meet at old car park, off Hacken Bridge Road, near Darcy Lever Cricket Club, Bolton BL3 1SD.
Not been here for a while but this is what we did last time.
Difficulty: Easy/Medium
Find the Site: What3words map- cloak.fell.duck
If you need a lift please call Tom on 07971376253. Meet at the Sweet Green Tavern (what3words location points.become.merit). We will be setting off from here at 9:45am so make sure you arrive before than. Task starts at the site at 10:00 am. See top of the page for general info on what to wear or bring.
If you have Covid symptoms, or had a positive test, please do not attend.
Sunday 27th July 2025 – Lower Rivington Reservoir, Bolton Road, Grimford Village, Chorley PR6 9HJ
Task: Dry stone walling. We’ll be continuing the wall we have been working on since last year (it is a a bit of a long wall), here’s what we did last time. Meet at the car park at Luciano’s at the Millstone pub
Difficulty: Easy/Medium
Find the Site: What3words map- abacus.hedgehog.safest
If you need a lift please call Tom on 07971376253. Meet at the Sweet Green Tavern (what3words location points.become.merit). We will be setting off from here at 9:45am so make sure you arrive before than. Task starts at the site at 10:00 am. See top of the page for general info on what to wear or bring.
If you have Covid symptoms, or had a positive test, please do not attend.
Sunday 10th August 2025 – Moses Gate Country Park, Hall Lane, Farnworth Bolton BL2 4JS
Task: Meadow clearance. BCV went to mow, went to mow a meadow to help wild flowers.
This is what we did last time.
Difficulty: Easy/Medium
Find the Site: What3words map- trees.plan.vote
If you need a lift please call Tom on 07971376253. Meet at the Sweet Green Tavern (what3words location points.become.merit). We will be setting off from here at 9:45am so make sure you arrive before than. Task starts at the site at 10:00 am. See top of the page for general info on what to wear or bring.
If you have Covid symptoms, or had a positive test, please do not attend.
Wednesday 13th August 2025 – Indoor Meeting
Join use at our hybrid indoor meeting via Zoom or in person at the Sweet Green Tavern, 127 Crook St, Bolton BL3 6DD (what3words location points.become.merit). Meeting begins 7:30pm.
If you have Covid symptoms, or had a positive test, please do not attend.
Thursday 14th August 2025 – TBC
Task: TBC
Difficulty: TBC
Find the Site: What3words map- TBC
Task begins at 10:00 am. There are no lifts available for Thursday tasks. If you need transport please call Tom on 07971376253.
If you have Covid symptoms, or had a positive test, please do not attend.
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