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Events in 2011

Walks on Wheels to the Winchcombe Walking Festival... geology, flowers and bats...there’s something for all tastes in our extensive programme of events for 2011.  More details (Mar 2011)

New Winchcombe Way to Cross Cleeve Common

 

‘Winchcombe Walkers are Welcome’ are launching a new way-marked walk, the Winchcombe Way, part of which take in the stunning views over Cleeve Common.  The whole footpath is 41 miles long, and in addition to Cleeve Common it takes in Gretton, Alderton, Dumbleton, Alstone, Temple Guiting, Ford, Snowshill, Buckland, Stanton, Stanway and Hailes. The walk will be officially launched on Saturday 21st May.

 

For more information, see the WWaW newsletter and website (Mar 2011)

Cleeve Common Board of Conservators Annual Report for 2010 now available.  Click here (Feb 2011)

Autumn update
Moths, waterpipes and walkers, gorse and Galloways.... Ellie Phillips, our Conservation Officer, brings you up to date on activities on the Common in the past couple of months.
Read all about it. (Oct 2010)

Hallodapus montandoni: photo by John WidgeryRare bug found on the Common
What's small, brown and hasn't been seen in Gloucestershire for 66 years? The answer, of course, is Hallodapus montandoni! Find out more.
(Nov 2010)


Moschatel: photo by Ellie PhillipsSpring into Summer
From the harshest winter in a couple of decades, through a cold spring, we are finally in what (at times) feels something like summer. But how have the plants and wildlife of Cleeve Common been coping? Ellie, our Conservation Officer, looks back over the past few months - with some lovely photos. Read all about it.
(June 2010)

Water pipeline work: photo by Ellie PhillipsWhat's going on?
A digger, a dumper truck, an archaeologist, 5,800 metres of pipe… and 2,784 tonnes of sand?! It's the Cleeve Common water pipeline project. Read all about it.
(May 2010)

Young Galloway cattle: photo by Ellie PhillipsThe Galloway herd
Our herd of black Galloway cattle that graze the Common year round now stands at 36. These are some of the younger members of the herd. The 'old guys' are now real heavyweights - obviously conditions on the Common suit them well! More about the Galloway cattle. (Oct 2010)