Friends of The Byes / Sidmouth BEE Project

Friends of The Byes / Sidmouth BEE Project Friends of the Byes have now moved to a new page Friends Of The Byes / The Byes Environmental Education Project.

A group of locals have set out on an exciting project to improve the Byes area in Sidmouth, Devon, bringing biodiversity, an educational platform for learning and improved usage of this large piece of parkland The main aim of the BEE project is to improve biodiversity of the byes. This will be done with tree planting, hedge planting, along with other recommended steps that will help bring more wil

dlife for users of the byes to enjoy. Such as Bees, Bats, Birds, Butterflies, invertebrates, mammals all through improving or providing a habitat for them."

26/01/2026

***** IMPORTANT NOTICE *****

Friends of the Byes volunteer group have moved to a new page AND WILL NO LONGER BE UPDATING THIS PAGE.
Our new page is Friends of the Byes

Please visit and like the new page to keep up to date with our activities

Today Friends of The Byes volunteers starting pruning the apple and pear trees in the Byes Community Orchard.Now most of...
15/10/2025

Today Friends of The Byes volunteers starting pruning the apple and pear trees in the Byes Community Orchard.
Now most of the fruit has been picked and hopefully enjoyed by members of the public. If anyone wants to share any photos or thoughts on the fruit or orchard in general, please comment below.

Today 3 volunteers made a start with light pruning the fruit trees that we gave a heavy prune last year. We hope to give the other half of the orchard a heavy prune in November and if volunteer numbers allow, we may have time to prune some of the fruit trees in Sid Meadow and along the cycle path near Water Lane.

If you or anyone you know would like to help, you will be very welcome to join us on any of the following dates:
Saturday 18th October 10am-Midday
Wednesday 22nd October 11am-1pm
Saturday 15th October 10am-Midday
Wednesday 29th October 11am-1pm
Saturday 1st November 10am-Midday
Wednesday 5th November 11am-1pm
Saturday 8th November 10am-Midday
Wednesday 12th November 11am-1pm
Saturday 15th November 10am-Midday

Did you know the Community Orchard was planted on National Trust owned Land back in 2012 with funding from Groundwork
https://www.facebook.com/share/1BbZtNLBP2 The grass in the Orchard and Sid Meadow is cut once a year by East Devon County Council. All other maintenance of trees and grass paths is carried out by Friends of The Byes volunteers.
If you would like to donate to help volunteers purchase tools, please send a cheque to Friends of The Byes C/O Sidmouth Town Council, Woolcombe House, Sidmouth, EX10 9BB

What a busy morning for our volunteers - Orchard rubbish cleared; leaflets topped up;Orchard tree labelling etc; adding ...
11/10/2025

What a busy morning for our volunteers -
Orchard rubbish cleared; leaflets topped up;
Orchard tree labelling etc; adding labels and starting to update the mapping; Steps to top meadow tidied of all undergrowth.

A very productive morning in the Byes and amazing to see some wonderful nature at its best

As a community volunteer organisation we rely upon donations to help fund our work. We are very grateful to the followin...
27/09/2025

As a community volunteer organisation we rely upon donations to help fund our work.

We are very grateful to the following businesses for allowing us to put donation boxes in their shops

Woolbrook News
Abbotts DIY
Kings Garden & Leisure
Tesco
Co-op
The Cheeseboard Sidmouth
Sidmouth Post Office & Retail Shop
Sidmouth Antique Centre
Grape Tree
Toto's of Sidmouth
Arches Beach Cafe & Takeout, Sidmouth
Upper Crust bakery (Woolbrook)
Gliddons Toyshop
Sidmouth Pets and Sidmutt Dog Training

Volunteers were out on Saturday doing maintenance work in the community orchard. The trees are full of fruit so please v...
14/09/2025

Volunteers were out on Saturday doing maintenance work in the community orchard. The trees are full of fruit so please visit and help yourself to the apples 😋
There are lots of conkers around on the ground!

Some of our volunteers were supporting the Eco Hub nature event at the library where visitors could undertake nature ide...
14/09/2025

Some of our volunteers were supporting the Eco Hub nature event at the library where visitors could undertake nature identification challenges, badgemaking, test your knowledge on the biodiversity on the Byes.

Come along this Saturday 13th September, meet some of our volunteers who are assisting with the Eco Hub team running som...
10/09/2025

Come along this Saturday 13th September, meet some of our volunteers who are assisting with the Eco Hub team running some family friendly activities in the library.

Volunteers were in the Byes yesterday making the most of the dry morning. It is great to see people using the community ...
07/09/2025

Volunteers were in the Byes yesterday making the most of the dry morning.
It is great to see people using the community orchard to socialise, enjoying drinks & food with friends and family. There are bins next to all the picnic benches which volunteers empty. It’s sad therefore to see rubbish strewn all over the ground around the bin.

Volunteers have been out in the Byes this morning replacing gate posts, ground maintenance and providing much needed wat...
09/08/2025

Volunteers have been out in the Byes this morning replacing gate posts, ground maintenance and providing much needed water for some of the trees in the community orchard. The pear trees are suffering in particular from this dry period.

If you can spare anytime you join our merry group of volunteers please messsge us or fill in the volunteer form on our website

The Sidmouth Eco Hub has an event on Tuesday 26 Aug at 2pm in Sidmouth Library.A great opportunity to get involved or ju...
09/08/2025

The Sidmouth Eco Hub has an event on Tuesday 26 Aug at 2pm in Sidmouth Library.

A great opportunity to get involved or just see what events are coming up.

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