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Contamination in Fruit Trees in Manor Woods Valley
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Manor Woods Valley
Most recent update:
9 June 2022 (change of e-mail contact address)

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SPECIAL
NOTICE
MALAGO VALLEY
CONSERVATION GROUP has ceased operation and has
handed over to MANOR WOODS VALLEY GROUP. The dates of the
meetings which wound up M.V.C.G. are here.
THIS WEBSITE WILL
REMAIN AS A RECORD OF WHAT M.V.C.G. ACHIEVED DURING
ITS 25 YEARS OF EXISTENCE, AND AS A RESOURCE.
This website is
basically as it was in autumn 2019. The
previously missing early Newsletters
have been added so as to complete the on-line
series. The HTML Newsletters (May
1998-May 2005, nos. 22-63) have also been
supplemented with as printed PDFs.
The
historic e-mail addresses which appear throughout
the website either have ceased or will cease to
operate. Any enquiries about M.V.C.G. can be sent
to André Coutanche at acoutanche@gmx.co.uk.
MANOR WOODS
VALLEY GROUP is focussing on the Manor Woods
Valley Local Nature Reserve and building on the
work which M.V.C.G. did there for two decades.
Visit
M.W.V.G.s website, Facebook page or Twitter
page and send them an e-mail to say youd
like to go on their circulation list -
theres no membership fee!
Manor
Woods Valley Group website
Manor
Woods Valley Facebook page
Manor
Woods Valley Twitter page
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WHO ARE WE?
MALAGO VALLEY
CONSERVATION GROUP is a voluntary group with members from
all parts of south-west Bristol. We have no staff or
premises and operate on members subscriptions (just £4 per household per
year), with occasional grant aid for specific projects.
We cover south-west
Bristol Bedminster Down, Bishopsworth, Hartcliffe,
Headley Park, Highridge, Withywood roughly, the
BS13 postal area.
We started as a
campaign for a Bishopsworth and Malago Conservation Area.
Our report was praised by the City Council for its
quality and, following public consultation in summer
1998, the conservation area was declared in October 1998.
Theres a map of the Conservation Area here.
WHAT DO WE DO?
- We monitor the
Planning Applications Register and comment on
schemes which affect our area. We are members of
the Neighbourhood Planning Network.
- We work with the
City Council to improve our open spaces and trees
and with the Environment Agency to clean up our
streams.
- We act as the
Friends of Manor Woods Valley, to
help maintain and improve Manor Woods Valley
Local Nature Reserve, and we are members of
Bristol Parks Forum.
Manor Woods Valley
Facebook page
Manor Woods Valley
Twitter page
- We comment on
other planning matters, such as road schemes and
the Bristol Local Plan.
- We publish a
regular newsletter every quarter to let
people know what is happening in our area.
- We work actively
with other groups and agencies in BS13.
PAST
AND PRESENT PROJECTS
- We prepared an
enhancement plan for Elm Tree corner
the area around the junction of Church
Road/Highridge Road/Queens Road - and have
planted trees and daffodils. After we kept
lobbying and persuading for 19 years, the final
engineering works were completed in 2017.
- We published My
Manor Woods Book, an interactive guide
book describing the value and attractions of the
Manor Woods Valley Local Nature Reserve, which is
available at Bishopsworth Library and direct from
M.V.C.G.
- We worked with
Bristol City Council to apply successfully for a
grant from Yansec to build the woodland path in
Manor Woods Valley Local Nature Reserve.
- We worked with
Bristol City Council and others to design and
install the interpretation boards in Manor Woods
Valley Local Nature Reserve, and we installed a
bench at the top of the wild flower meadow.
- We worked with
ParkWork and Dundy View Neighbourhood Partnership
to repair and improve the woodland path in Manor
Woods Valley Local Nature Reserve.
- We have begun an
active programme of coppicing in Manor Woods
Valley Local Nature Reserve to open up overgrown
areas and encourage biodiversity.
- We work with the
Avon Invasive Weeds Forum to remove Himalyan
Balsam from Manor Woods Valley (the Big
Pull sessions) and we monitor and report on
Japanese Knotweed there.
- We worked with
Bishopsworth Library to design and install
improvements to the garden behind the Library.
This improved its wildlife value (adjacent to
Manor Woods Valley Local Nature Reserve) and
provided an outdoor facility for visiting groups
of local school children.
- We were actively
involved in the consultation which led to the new
entrance feature at the Vale Lane end of the
Malago Greenway through Manor Woods Valley. Our
design was the basis for what was built.
- We turned
cans into daffodils throughout BS13 for
many years by collecting drinks cans for
recycling. The aluminium ones were sold and the
money was used to buy daffodil bulbs which we
planted on open spaces.
- We repaired the
broken arm of the historic fingerpost at the
junction of Church Road and Grange Road.
We have good links with other amenity and community groups in the
area such as the Bedminster Down and Uplands Society,
Dundry & Hartcliffe Wildlife Conservation Group,
Hartcliffe Health and Environment Action Group, Highridge
Forum, Kings Head Park Group and Withywood Community
Forum, and we are actively involved with the Dundry View
Neighbourhood Partnership. We co-operate with the Avon
Invasive Weeds Forum, the Avon Wildlife Trust, Bristol
Civic Society, the Bristol Neighbourhood Planning Network
and the Forest of Avon Trust.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO
HELP?
If you agree with our aims,
please join us. You dont have to get involved if
you dont want to - but if you do, its fun and
very educational! The more people who join, the stronger
our voice in fighting to improve our bit of Bristol. To
join us, e-mail or ring the contact below, or click here to
download a Membership Form to fill in.
For more information
about Malago Valley Conservation Group,
ring (0117) 964 3106 or
e-mail us at info@mvcg.org.uk
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