“the barren and quarried hill, with its yellow spots of broom, and its purple shade of heath”
(Elisabeth Emra 1830)

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Sunday 31st August 1pm - 5pm  Summer Fair
at Eastwood Farm LNR

Saturday 6th September 10am    Morning Work Party

Wednesday 1st October 7.15pm    Meeting

Sunday 5th October 10.00am  Avon Valley Walk

Sunday 12th October from 2pm  Family Fun Dog Show

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Troopers Hill Local Nature Reserve:

Troopers Hill is a haven for wildlife in east Bristol only 3 miles from the City Centre.
An introduction to the reserve and some photographs are included on this website. There are also pages giving details about the hill's history and wildlife. A more detailed description can be found in the Management Plan which is available for download as a pdf file. Troopers Hill Field and Troopers Hill Woods are adjacent areas in which we also have an interest.

For details of other Local Nature Reserves and wildlife spaces in Bristol and the surrounding area explore the Avon Valley; visit our Nature in the City pages or see Bristol's Big Wildlife Map.

Read a poem about Troopers Hill   -    Watch a video filmed on Troopers Hill

Sing the Troopers Hill Song

The Friends of Troopers Hill aim to:

- Provide a friendly community focus for people who care about Troopers Hill.
- Carry out practical conservation work to help look after Troopers Hill.
- Organise public events such as walks and talks.
- Work with Bristol Parks to make sure Troopers Hill is well looked after.

We hold work parties on the 1st Saturday of each month, 10am to mid-day. Meet at the corner of Greendown and Troopers Hill Road. New volunteers are always welcome.
Explore this website for further details and photos of our events and work parties. Our Newsletters will keep you up to date with all the latest information and you can view some clips from our video project.

Friends of Troopers Hill have an excellent relationship with Bristol Parks and we are working together through the Management Plan to bring about improvements to the site and the way it is managed. In our relationship we have always accepted that Bristol Parks' resources are limited and that in order to bring about some of the improvements that we want to see it is necessary for Friends of Troopers Hill to raise funds ourselves. Our Friends' Funds page details some of our successes and shows how the money has been spent. Our most recent award is a grant of over £18,000 from YANSEC for works to the Greendown entrance and for new benches. Our Friends' Friends page includes details of local organisations who have worked with the Friends of Troopers Hill.

If you would like to be added to our mailing list to receive our Newsletter, which is produced every two months, please send your name and address to . To save costs we prefer to use email, but we are also happy to deliver printed copies.

The Friends of Troopers Hill does not charge membership fees and does not have a formal membership. Our meetings and events are open to everyone with an interest in Troopers Hill or its surroundings. A copy of the Friends of Troopers Hill Constitution (as revised at the 2007 AGM) can be downloaded here: Friends of Troopers Hill Constitution.

Troopers Hill Local Nature Reserve is owned by Bristol City Council and managed by Bristol Parks. The Friends of Troopers Hill work in partnership with Bristol Parks through Sally Oldfield, Local Nature Reserves Officer; Claire Adams, Community Parks Manager and Richard Fletcher, Community Development Officer.

  www.bristol.gov.uk/parks

Sally's post of Local Nature Reserve Officer is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Neighbourhood Renewal's Parks Improvement Programme as part of the Nature in the City Project. The Friends of Troopers Hill are pleased to be working with Bristol Parks as part of this project which is currently funded until March 2009.

Friends of Troopers Hill is an active member of the Bristol Parks Forum an umbrella organisation for community park groups and organisations in the city with an interest in their local parks and green spaces.