Friends of Troopers Hill

13/10/2026

Cracking job done by Bristol City Council 's Parks team carrying out the annual grass cut on the part of Troopers Local Nature Reserve that is next to the road called Greendown.
The conservation management plan for this part of the site prescribes an annual grasscut with all cuttings removed to keep the soil poor in nutients to encourage wild flowers.
The rest of the site is quite different, just a thin layer of soil over Pennant sandstone, where grasscutting is not needed.

07/10/2026

Remember this http://troopers-hill.org.uk/field/2025OTPC.htm
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One Tree Per Child Bristol will be back on Wednesday 4th November from 10am-2pm to carry out maintenance on this lovely little community orchard. Can you give them a hand?

To book a place or find out more just email [email protected]

The work will involve removing cages, clearing round the base of the trees, adding mulch and putting the cages back on.

Lots of other tree planting and tree maintenance sessions are led by One Tree Per Child just look on the Bristol City Council website.

30 fruit trees were planted in Troopers Hill Field at a tree planting event organised by One Tree per Child Bristol on Tuesday 21st January 2025. The orchard is located on the right as you enter the Field from Malvern Rd. The fruit trees are on semi-dwarfing root stock, so they will reach a final he...

05/10/2026

When Friends of Troopers Hill first started as 8 people sitting in the Pavillion at St Aidan's allotments we were lucky enough to have a lot of help and support from the then Bristol City Council 's Local Nature Reserves Officer, Sally Oldfield. If you have an idea for something to help your neighbourhood or have started a group and need advice, these could help.

We wanted to let you know about a series of free workshops and events, funded by BCC, that might be of interest to groups and VCSE organisations in your area. We're working with local partners to locate sessions around the city, but each one is open to groups across Bristol. We'd really value your help in spreading the word, please!

Attached is a poster, and here's the list up to the end of 2026:

• How to start and run a community group: 15/10/26, 6pm-8pm, Knowle West
• Working with other groups and organisations: 10/11/26, 2pm-4pm, Easton
• Bid Writing Café: 25/11/26, 2-4pm, Southmead
• Getting ready for fundraising: 1/12/26, 6pm-8pm, Online
• Communications Strategy Café: 11/12/26, 10am-12pm, Easton

More details about each session and how to book a space available here: www.voscur.org/events

There will be more coming in the new year too.

03/10/2026

****Owner has been in touch****Found on Diamond Rd, St George not far from Troopers Hill. If these are yours please email [email protected] and we will put you in contact with the finder.

02/10/2026

***Phone reunited with owner***A kind person has found a phone on Troopers Hill. If it is yours ring it and they will sort out returning it to you.

01/10/2026

Lovely sunny morning for our small group removing Holm Oak , Bramble and Coconut 🌴 from the open grassland, keeping it clear for even more bees next year.

18/09/2026

A Troopers Hill information sign is taking a holiday
The information sign at the entrance to Troopers Hill on the corner of Greendown and Troopers Hill Rd is taking a holiday while its leg is repaired. It will be back in a couple of weeks

17/09/2026

Bristol City Council contractors started work in Troopers Hill Woods yesterday. They will be thinning some of the trees around the Birch Collective coppice coupe at the Lamb Hill end of the path that runs behind Malvern Rd.
Then they will move on to widening the path that starts from the foot of steps that come down from Troopers Hill Local Nature Reserve leading towards Lamb Hill.
They will remove some of the larger buddleia, which is invasive and crowds out other plants, along that path if they have time.

10/09/2026

Its a big task but a small group of our volunteers did fantastic work on the thorny gorse this morning. Thank you 🙏

10/09/2026

Thank you to the volunteers who have just started work on Troopers Hill Local Nature Reserve this morning. Their target today is gorse seedlings invading the areas of heather and grassland. It's all about maintaining a mosaic of habitats for this site's very special wildlife.
If you'd like to book your place on a future nature conservation work party just go to

Many dates for 2 hours "green exercise" while helping maintain the mosaic of habitats needed by the wildlife of Troopers Hill's heathland.