Stop Hanson Expansion at Westdown Quarry

12/06/2025

** This event is a fundraiser for the Red Brick Building so prices are a little higher than normal ** A history of land rights ...

04/06/2024

Desperately seeking Yeovil and Taunton friends! With the hearing to decide if Westdown Quarry will go ahead happening in just two days, please reach out to anyone you know in Yeovil or Taunton who might be up for speaking to their local Councillors about why this new mega quarry is disastrous.

With the whole planning system around this project changing just weeks before the hearing, we are now in a situation where those making the decision live on the other side of the county. They've not seen the incredible resistance shown by the community in the last three years. We need all the help we can get helping them understand how important this is. Please DM us if you can put us in touch. Thanks

26/05/2024

Heidelberg (Hanson's) were either lying or Incompetent when putting in planning when the mining licence had run out!
Great news for Asham Woods anti quarry campaign, Heidelberg Materials have officially withdrawn their application to dump waste from the proposed Westdown quarry into a regenerating forest next to the last remaining of section of the ancient Asham Wood.

“This significant victory is the result of legal investigations by the campaign, which revealed that the licence for industrial activity in the area had actually lapsed in 1998,” said the group.

Somerset councillor and the Green Party’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the new Frome and East Somerset constituency, Martin Dimery commented, “We are delighted that Asham Wood is to be preserved. It is an important area of natural beauty and bio-diversity.”
https://www.frometimes.co.uk/controversial-quarry-gets-planning-hearing-date/

25/05/2024

A few pics from today's gathering at Nunny castle.. Rallying the troops before the June 6th planning meeting.
Great to see everyone again and fingers 🤞to save green spaces from a new quarry to go 30 meters below sea level..

02/01/2024

🌄It's a lovely new year to stop the trashing of protected species & climate targets!

Delighted to see the Planning Committee won't be hearing the Westdown Quarry application next Tuesday.

💚Let's make January a month that put's a spotlight on this disastrous bit of Somerset extractivism and help the committee to make the right decision. (next possible hearing date, Tues 6th February)

28/12/2023

Just 3 days to go before we know if the Westdown Quarry hearing is the 9th Jan. And it's not just 12% of the UK's entire greater horseshoe bat population who find their future hanging in the balance... help us win, donate to our crowdfunder: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/stopping-westdown-quarry/

21/12/2023

We've been working with the fine shopkeepers of Frome to set a trail of hidden hibernators in windows. If you're heading into town with some less than enthusiastic gift buyers in tow, or looking for a free festive diversion over the holidays, then why not see how many you can spot? There are life sized felt dormice and greater horseshoe bats all over the shop (erherm). Some are more discrete than others. Send us photos of who you find, there are prizes for the most comprehensive collections.

Learn more about what's threatening them at https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/stopping-westdown-quarry/

18/12/2023

📣We're excited to announce the launch of our new crowdfunder!
🌱We're winning on beating Westdown Quarry but we urgently need to raise £2500 by early January to cover legal costs.
https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/stopping-westdown-quarry/
Even small amounts add up, so please donate and share in any and all of your networks. Together we can stop an unprecedented threat to Somersets climate targets 🍂 and endangered wildlife 🦇

The crowdfunder is also a great introduction to the story so far and what's been happening in recent months
https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/stopping-westdown-quarry/

09/12/2023

✨Hibernation Felting for a Westdown Christmas Treasure trail✨

🐭Interested in a bit of dormouse creation? We'd love you to join us for a gentle evening of craftivism and chat at the Good Heart Cafe in Frome.

🧶We’ll provide you with materials and step by step instructions, and together we’ll make some of the endangered species of Westdown for a festive street art trail around the town.

7pm- 9pm on Friday 15th December.

Love wildlife? Enjoy a good crafting session? This felting workshop is a chance to celebrate hibernation and the hidden world of amazing creatures on our doorstep. We'll guide you through a set of simple steps to make life sized dormice and lesser horseshoe bats. Most of us will never have had a cha...