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CRoW
(Conserve Reading
on Wednesdays)

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Mapledurham Playing Fields

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McIlroy Park

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Reading Old Cemetery

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Ruscombe Wood

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CRoW (Conserve Reading on Wednesdays)

CRoW was founded in 1986 with its first task in Curtis Wood, Calcot on the 12th March, but folded in 1990 due to a lack of support. However, in September of that year thanks to the efforts of some determined volunteers and the support of BTCV (now TCV), Reading Borough Council and Berkshire Conservation Volunteers (BeC) the group was relaunched initially with one or two tasks a month. Despite some further struggles by 1995 tasks were being organised on a weekly basis. From the outset in addition to schools and open spaces within the borough of Reading, CRoW has undertaken work for a variety of councils such as Ruscombe Parish, Earley Town and the now defunct Berkshire County Council as well as organisations like the National Trust, the Woodland Trust, the local Wildlfe Trust and Thrive. See our archive for further details of the group's history.

We now aim to organise a task every Wednesday throughout the year ranging from hedgelaying and coppicing to scrub clearance, invasive species control and path maintenance at sites in and around Reading, from Dinton Pastures to the east to Paices Wood in the west and including many of Reading's open spaces such as Clayfield Copse in Caversham and Blundells Copse in Tilehurst. Please visit our Programme for further details.

Contact: Dave 07703 309 611. Alternatively, please contact us via the Contacts page.

Please note, we always meet on site. We appreciate our volunteers have other interests and commitments and may not be able to join us every week, we will be happy to see you whenever you are able to come.

CRoW Archive

Future Activities

A summary of current planned activities follows, for full details please visit our Programme.

Activity
Summary

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Wednesday
23rd October 2024

10:00 - 14:30
Basildon Park (NT)
Coppicing, scrub clearance, ivy removal

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Friday
25th October 2024

10:00 - 13:00
The Cowsey
Whitley

Ride clearance and scalloping

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Wednesday
30th October 2024

10:00 - 14:30
Paices Wood Country Park
Aldermaston

Coppicing

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Wednesday
6th November 2024

10:00 - 14:30
Rushall Farm
Bradfield

Hedgelaying

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Wednesday
27th November 2024

10:00 - 14:30
Lousehill Copse
Tilehurst

Coppicing

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Friday
29th November 2024

10:00 - 13:00
The Cowsey
Whitley

Ride clearance and glade creation

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Wednesday
4th December 2024

10:00 - 14:30
Padworth Common
To be decided

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Wednesday
11th December 2024

10:00 - 14:30
Thrive
Beech Hill

To be decided

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Wednesday
18th December 2024

10:00 - 14:30
Rushall Farm
Bradfield

To be decided

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Friday
27th December 2024

10:00 - 13:00
The Cowsey
Whitley

Ride clearance and glade creation

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Wednesday
1st January 2025

10:00 - 14:30
Paices Wood Country Park
Aldermaston

To be decided

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Wednesday
8th January 2025

10:00 - 14:30
Five a Day Market Garden
Englefield

To be confirmed

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Wednesday
15th January 2025

10:00 - 14:30
Hosehill Lake
Theale

Task to be decided

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Wednesday
29th January 2025

10:00 - 14:30
Lousehill Copse
Tilehurst

Coppicing

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Friday
31st January 2025

10:00 - 13:00
The Cowsey
Whitley

Ride clearance and glade creation

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No new activities planned in the current programme

Please note: CRoW is part of Econet and all activities referencing that name are Econet activities.