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Restoring a lost path
Last year Bolton NEWT began work on restoring a lost path that had not been in use since the 1940's. By using old maps we discovered a...


Hedgerow planting with families - May 2021
On Sunday the 2nd May Bolton NEWT with volunteers planted our 'Woodland Trust' hedgerow pack of 120 saplings. An assortment of five...


Garstang Allotments - One Big Project
On the 3rd November 2019 at the start of our project to establish a community hub in Breightmet, this is how the land looked in a guided...


Remembrance Day
Although we had a massive number of Halloween bags to prepare, we had also begun a project to create a public display for Remembrance Day...


Tree shoots take root
Bolton NEWT were out on Leverhulme Park today, planting new hedgerows of trees for everyone to enjoy. The species planted are dogwood,...


Halloween in Breightmet and Tonge
As all events are cancelled due to Covid we had grant funding sat in our accounts not being used which was restricted for events. After...


Recovering the lost Heathland - Leverhulme Park
On the 17th June of 2020 while exploring Leverhulme Park as part of a site visit to check the management plan with the current state of...


Seven Acres - fence reparation
Bolton NEWT were joined by Alun from The Friends of Seven Acres and Neil, a volunteer on Garstang Allotments to help fix some of the...


Guided Walks, Guided Foraging and Orchid Hunting
In May of 2020, after receiving grant funding from the Covid19 grant fund via the CVS, we attempted to bring together people through...


Why bash the Balsam?
What a successful day today, with our first public event on Leverhulme park since lockdown. We made sure that all of the social...
North East Wildlife Trail
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