On Tuesday 27th February the Hyndburn’s Woodlands Volunteers were at Huncoat East carrying out some coppicing work. Coppicing is an ancient form of woodland management that dates back to at least the Neolithic period of the UK. Coppicing involves felling a tree back to it’s base to create a ‘stool’. From the stool, new shoots […]
Tree Guard Removal – Spout House Woodland
On the 24th January and the 28th February 2023 the Green Team Volunteers were at Spout House Woodland removing old tree guards from the woodland. The trees had outgrown their protective shields and so they needed to be removed in order to promote a continued, healthy growth. Tree guards had been tied to wooden stakes […]
Huncoat Trail Walk (Sat 9th Nov)
On Saturday 9th November 2019 a hardy bunch of 8 people completed the 9.20 mile Huncoat Trail in memory of Roy Chetham who passed away earlier this year. Roy devised the route of the Trail and helped make it popular with walking groups coming from all over the North West to complete it. As you […]