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 A series of musical and other events in St Aidans Church, Fir Tree Lane, St George.
We joined forces with Arts at St Aidans to hold a very special event on the hill on Sat 1st July, see our Events Page for details.
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The Friends of Troopers Hill are members of the Parks Forum along with many other community groups throughout the City who have an interest in parks and green spaces.
The Forum meets on Saturday mornings four times a year, if you would be willing to attend these meetings on behalf of the Friends of Troopers Hill please contact us.
The Forum has been particularly involved with the Parks and Green Space Strategy and has recently written (with the support of the Friends of Troopers Hill) to object to the planned development on part of Castle Park.
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The Avon Frome Partnership is the new name for the Avon Valley Partnership, it does not yet have its own website but information about it and links to pdf copies of the 'Avon Valley News' can be found on the libary page of the Bristol and Bath Railway Path website.
This page also has details about the consultation on the Avon Frome Feasibility Study, which will potentially impact on Troopers Hill.
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The Bristol Naturalists’ Society exists to stimulate a greater awareness of natural history and geology in the Bristol area.
Their website is details the many talks and walks that they organise and gives lots of other information. They are very friendly and anyone with an interest in wildlife in Bristol will be made very welcome - and yes they do keep their clothes on!
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Set up by the Environment Protection Act 1990 and funded by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, English Nature champions the conservation of wildlife, geology and wild places in England. English Nature administer the Wildspace! project which funds the post of Local Nature Reserve Officer for Bristol Parks.
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The Forest of Avon is a magical mixture of green-spaces in and around Bristol - a green belt of ancient woodlands, new tree plantations, walking routes, historical sites and places of outstanding natural beauty.
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Troopers Hill has obvious links to our industrial past and many of the talks and events organised by BIAS will be of interest to those would would like to know more about the industrial history of Bristol and the surrounding area.
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The BBC Breathing Places campaign will run over the next three years and aims to encourage more people to get involved in their local green spaces.
Troopers Hill is one of six sites throughout the country that are featured in the Be inspired... section of the website.
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The portal for Bristol websites, well worth a browse.
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Voscur - The voice of Bristol's community and voluntary sector.
The Friends of Troopers Hill are now full members of Voscur. Voscur's diary contains details of loads of events organised by Bristol's community and voluntry groups.
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This is our local junior school.
Year 3 pupils from the school took part in the School Project organised by Sally Oldfield as part of English Nature's Wildspace! project.
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The Association currently has eight allotment sites in
St. George,
including The Farm which adjoins Troopers Hill LNR.
See their website or visit the shop at the Pavillion, Nicholas Lane on Saturday or Sunday mornings and find out more about the benefits of renting an allotment.
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The River Avon Trail Interpretation Project
A path along the river through Bristol and Bath...
This project has included the instalation of a new interpretation board at Netham Lock that features Troopers Hill. They have also produced an excellent guide book.
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Bristol Video Solutions are working with the Friends of Troopers Hill on our video project.
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Museums & Art Gallery Participation, Information & Enjoyment Society. The Magpies organise guided walks and other events throughout the Bristol area.
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Awards for All is a Lottery grants scheme aimed at local communities. The Friends of Troopers Hill were awarded over £3,000 in May 2004.
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Wards supplied and helped design the new signs we have bought with the Lottery Grant.
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Many of our tools were purchased through this very efficient online shop.
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The alarming decline of many beautiful butterflies after the last war led a small group of dedicated naturalists, headed by Sir Peter Scott, to form Butterfly Conservation in 1968 as the British Butterfly Conservation Society. Since that time Butterfly Conservation has grown steadily to become the largest insect conservation organisation in Europe and possibly even the world. Weekly records of butterfly sightings on Troopers Hill were made in 2004 and we hope to continue this in 2005.
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Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre.
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