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Friends of Baldock Green Spaces Friends of Baldock Green Spaces: conserving and enhancing open spaces in Baldock for the benefit of

We meet the 2nd Sunday of every month at either Ivel Springs or Weston Hils - see events calendar for confirmation of location and planned activities. Established in 2004, we aim to conserve and enhance open spaces in Baldock by working in partnership with North Herts District Council and the Countryside Management Service. We involve local people in planning for and carrying out improvements to Baldock’s open spaces (Weston Hills and River Ivel Springs), and take an active role in raising funds to support this work.

Due to a number of circumstances we are going to have to postpone our next task until the 15th November. We will still m...
01/11/2026

Due to a number of circumstances we are going to have to postpone our next task until the 15th November. We will still meet at the normal time/place 10am at the Woodland Way entrance. For those who cannot get there by 10 we will be working in the 'cow field'/Northern enclosure.

We will still be at Weston Hills clearing the scrub and I hope to have some tree poppers available. There will also be an opportunity to walk the site checking the footpaths as a number of them have fallen branches across them.

Our apologies for changing the date as I know a lot of you reserve the 2nd Sunday of the month for Greenspaces, which I really appreciate. If you are able to make this new date it would be great to see you there.

Hi Friends, Just a brief reminder that we are meeting at Ivel Springs this Sunday. As well as the usual path clearance a...
05/10/2026

Hi Friends,

Just a brief reminder that we are meeting at Ivel Springs this Sunday. As well as the usual path clearance and litter picking activities we will be coppicing some of the Willow Trees near the Ivel boardwalk.

Please note that there are some 'works' taking place near the Sewage Plant which will involve the closure of some footpaths. I don't think it is going to impact our meeting point but you may need to be prepared to park elsewhere if it is closed.

05/10/2026

As our October task rapidly nears below is a report from our September task at Weston Hills:

We continued with the scrub clearance in the northern enclosure. Taking up where the cows left off. The cows are very sensible and avoid the spikie scrub so we cut this back to ground level or pop it out roots and all with tree poppers ;-)

Start Time : 10:00
Finish Time : 13:30
Total Volunteers : 17 (including 8 first timers!)
Volunteer Time : 44 Hours

Thanks for all the volunteers who came and helped at this task.

The cows have GONE from Ivel Springs.They have completed their mowing job and been collected by the grazier. Thanks for ...
05/10/2026

The cows have GONE from Ivel Springs.

They have completed their mowing job and been collected by the grazier. Thanks for your understanding whilst they were on the site.

Gibbet Hill @ Weston Hills is back OPEN.The sheep left last week, collected by the grazier. The gates were then opened a...
20/09/2026

Gibbet Hill @ Weston Hills is back OPEN.

The sheep left last week, collected by the grazier. The gates were then opened and posters removed by one of the volunteer stock checkers. Your now free to enjoy the freshly mowed hill.

Photos of sun set over Weston Hills and Ivel Springs from a stock check last week. Check out the stunning two English Longhorn cows that remain at Ivel Springs!

Forest operations have started at Weston Hills.Please take care on site and remain away from operations and follow all g...
10/09/2026

Forest operations have started at Weston Hills.

Please take care on site and remain away from operations and follow all guidance given.

After a summer sojourn we are back at Weston Hills next Sunday. We'll be in the Northern Enclosure (Cow Field) again as ...
09/09/2026

After a summer sojourn we are back at Weston Hills next Sunday. We'll be in the Northern Enclosure (Cow Field) again as there is plenty to do to help the cows keep the scrub down and allow the wild flowers to flourish. The intention is to get the scrub low enough so that a mower can supplement the cows' activity when necessary.
We'll meet at the normal place, Woodland Way entrance to the Weston Hills LNR.
For those coming a little later we will be gathering in the Cow field.

This week one of our vol stock checkers traveled by train to Baldock and then hiked from the bottom to the top of town c...
09/09/2026

This week one of our vol stock checkers traveled by train to Baldock and then hiked from the bottom to the top of town checking on our resident mowers!

Amazingly they got a photo of ALL the sheep! A rare thing to get them all together! How many do you count- answers in the comments pl!

And the 2 new cows look happily settled even if they appear to have fallen out! Sitting bum to bum!!! But check out those horns ;-)

North Herts Council
Countryside & Rights of Way Service

03/09/2026

2 cows have returned to Ivel Springs today (3rd Sept).

Please keep dogs on a lead in their field and give them space.

Urgent notice of Ash dieback woodland management starting tomorrow 2nd Sept.
01/09/2026

Urgent notice of Ash dieback woodland management starting tomorrow 2nd Sept.

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