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Page background images and galleeries: Scenes from the Woodland Ways circular walk by a WW volunteer

 

Voulunteer Tree image on front page by Sarah White: Creative Commons image

The Woodland Ways galleries - charting the change in our community woodland through the year...

 

Images by a Woodland Ways volunteer

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November

Newsletter

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World

environment

news

 

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main news page.

The mission of

Woodland Ways

 

Education for sustainable development through local

action and global awareness

 

Discover our educational policy and vision here

Our policies

Risk Management

@ Woodland Ways

 

Compiled by our trustees and volunteers to help protect our visitors, volunteers and

woodland users.

 

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The Woodland Ways access plan

 

How we create spaces for and with our community

 

Contents

 

1 Organisational policy, practice and procedures relating to access

2 Statutory and other requirements relating to access

3 Description of the Woodland Ways sites

4 Description of current access arrangements and barriers to access

5 analysis of barriers to access and possible improvements

6 priorities for improving access

7 strategy for access improvements

8 consultations

9 list of resources needed to put the plan into practice

10 organisational commitment to putting the access plan into practice

11 description of monitoring and evaluation arrangements

 

1 Organisational policy, practice and procedures relating to access

 

Woodland Ways’ policy is that all four woods managed by Woodland Ways are open to all members of the public at all times for informal recreation on foot.

 

Practice is the creation and maintenance of pathways into the woods, using restrictions such as fences and natural vegetation to reduce motorbike or 4WD vehicle use. Kissing gates are installed at the main entrances to two of the woods. Simple signs are installed to welcome people into the woods.

 

Current procedures are to replace the signs as soon as possible after they are vandalised, to cover the paths with woodchip when they become muddy in winter, and to use local newspapers to publicise the woods...

 

To read more download a copy of our plan here...

Access Plan 

@ Woodland Ways

 

Compiled by our trustees and volunteers to help improve the woodland experience for our visitors, volunteers and

woodland users.

 

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Access policy at Woodland Ways

Education at Woodland Ways

Complaints at Woodland Ways