Brookside has always been at the heart of the Stanhill community: used for farming, mining, quarrying, and the textiles industry. Perhaps most famously, Stanhill is where James Hargreaves invented the […]
Read more of BrooksideWoodnook Vale Local Nature Reserve (LNR) offers visitors almost 50 hectares of woodland, heathland and wetland either side of the steep-sided river valley of Woodnook Water running a linear path along […]
Read more of Woodnook ValeIn early 2014, members of the community turned out to create a new community woodland at Spout House in Huncoat. Children from Huncoat Primary School enthusiastically planted up their own dedicated area […]
Read more of Spout House Woodland, HuncoatVolunteering is a great way to build up an impressive CV and working outside for a few hours per week is also a great way to keep fit. What will I […]
Read more of Volunteering in Hyndburn’s ParksHyndburn Borough Council Parks department takes environmental issues and the prospect of climate change very seriously. The measures taken by the parks department include: Restricted chemical use including herbicides and […]
Read more of Caring for the EnvironmentWhat is Community Payback? Community Payback is a scheme delivered by the Lancashire Probation Trust, where offenders make reparation to their local community for the offences they have committed. They […]
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