A nature reserve close to Sewards End, The yellow “P” on the map marks the gated (not locked) entrance to car park. The red marker shows where “CB10 2LW” will get you using a satnav. Then go north on Redgates Lane.
Noakes Grove belongs to Organic Countryside Community Interest Company: a not-for-profit organisation that anyone may join
Members make a donation of any amount ideally at least once a year. They get email newsletters each month. (Most folk give more as a donation than the £5 fixed subscription.
Shareholders get life membership – minimum investment £100.
We aim to manage the reserve sustainably, with a positive impact on wildlife. The dedicated website for Noakes Grove is at https://walden-countryside.co.uk The email address is info@walden-countryside.co.uk
Newsletter
The Latest Newsletter can be seen on the
Noakes Grove website here
https://www.walden-countryside.co.uk
Upcoming events
Work Parties
The regular 3rd Sunday meeting is at Noakes Grove from 10am to 3pm
Harvesting our Wheat Crop – Work Party Sunday 17th August
10am – 3:30 pm, come when you like, bring a packed lunch (tea/coffee provided).
Our experimental wheat crop with all its crop-field flowers is almost ready for harvest. By the 17th it will have been cut and the work party job will be to stook the cut crop, thresh the seeds and sort the wild flower seeds from the wheat.
Enough wheat seeds will be kept for next year as will the wildflower seeds. Any surplus wheat can be milled and made into bread.
If you might be able to help at our reserves, please email
Andrew Urquhart (Andrewuqt@gmail.com)
Wildlife and Nature at the Grove
A talk with photographs by Dave Law, 20th August – 7:30 pm at Sewards End Village Hall
Dave Law knows Noakes Grove better than most of us: three mornings a week he is there with a group of Bell Day Nursery youngsters, for a forest pre-school session and, at other times, with his camera taking the beautiful photographs that will illustrate this talk
After the talk there will be light refreshments and a brief AGM:
Minutes of 2024 AGM
Accounts
CIC report
(Re) election of Directors
Nature reserve report
Policy documents
AOB
We raise sheep and lambs in the meadow. As well as the meadow we have a small ancient woodland, a rough flower-rich field and an area of thorn scrub criss-crossed with grassy rides that possess a marvelous array of wild flowers, including several rarities. It is a truly beautiful place. The public are welcome visit Noakes Grove at any time, and we encourage use by community groups. We also hold occasional open days, wildlife events and regular work parties where volunteers help with conservation tasks – see below for more details.
Visiting Noakes Grove is free, but maintaining Noakes Grove ( liability insurance and regular tree surgery, for example). If you enjoy visiting Noakes Grove, please consider making a donation or becoming a Friend (you can do this online through our website: https://walden-countryside.co.uk
Two requests for visitors with children:
- When in the wood, please (everyone) keep to the paths which have no vegetation on them. Trampling off the paths is damaging the bluebell plants and other wild flowers.
- Enjoy the pond but please stop children throwing sticks into it.
