[Discuss] Litterpick on Coldhams Common tomorrow

Sat Nov 6 11:11:58 GMT 2010

Hoping to come along to the Leper Chapel sorry that time is pressed,

bestg wishes,
Margaret Wright
Abbey Ward.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie Smith" <Julie.Smith at cambridge.gov.uk>
To: <margaret at corona4.fsnet.co.uk>; <discuss at soscambridge.org.uk>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Discuss] Litterpick on Coldhams Common tomorrow

> Apologies. I am out of Cambridge tomorrow.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Julie
>
>
>>>> John Lawton <chair at soscambridge.org.uk> 11/05/10 6:46 PM >>>
> Dear all
>
> You may wish to join this activity tomorrow ......
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <mailto:keithjordan at waitrose.com>Keith Jordan
> To: <mailto:abbeyaction1 at tiscali.co.uk>Keith Jordan
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 10:56 PM
> Subject: 'BIG LITTER PICK' Coldhams Common Sat. 6th Nov. 9.30 – 1pm
>
> If you could pass this onto others who may be interested I would be
> most grateful.
>
> 'BIG LITTER PICK'  Coldhams CommonSat. 6th Nov. from 9.30 – 1pm.
>
> Coldhams Common is a wonderful area of open space in our city – used
> by so many people and home for many types of wildlife and traditional
> grazing for cattle.  Today the common provides a great site for
> walking, jogging, lots of different sports, BMX biking, kite flying,
> observing wildlife, dog exercising, blackberry and sloe picking,
> cycling to avoid busy roads and so much more.  It has had a very long
> and interesting history, including coprolite mining (a valuable
> agricultural fertilizer in the 1800s) and riffle firing
> practice.  The first planes in the early days of aviation would have
> taken off nearby from the (first) Marshalls airport – what is now the
> Whitehill estate.  Do attend one of Allan Brigham's tours in the
> summer to hear more! However the common does suffer, like other green
> spaces, from regular depositions of litter.
>
> Although City Council staff carry out regular litter sweeps, an
> additional community campaign was suggested by a local resident of
> the Whitehill area following a successful litter pick on Stourbridge
> Common in the spring, organised by the new Friends group.  This will
> help to remove some of the more long-term litter and raise the
> profile of the amount of rubbish deposited unnecessarily.  The Abbey
> Action Project is coordinating this event on Saturday involving other
> local people and City Council staff. Litter will also be removed from
> the Leper Chapel grounds and there will be an opportunity to look
> inside this ancient Norman chapel, built well over 750 years before
> non-biodegradable packaging and litter became a problem!
>
> Turn up anytime between 9.30am – 1pm  at the Abbey Pool entrance to
> Coldhams Common to help give the common a good autumn clean. Come
> dressed for the weather with good footwear, etc.  Litter pickers,
> bags and drinks will be provided.  best regardsKeith
>
> --------------------------
> Keith Jordan
> Project/community worker for Abbey Action,
> Cambridge City Council's Neighbourhood Project in the Abbey Ward
> Abbey Action Project, c/o East Barnwell Community Centre, Newmarket
> Road, Cambridge, CB5 8RS.    Tel. (01223) 517259, Email:
> abbeyaction1 at tiscali.co.uk
>
> Part of Coldhams Common declared an official nature reserve.
>
> You may also be interested to know that 10.4 hectares of Coldhams
> Common, adjacent to Barnwell West Local Nature Reserve, have been
> declared as a Local Nature Reserve by Cambridge City Council (as of
> 23rd August 2010).  The common has interesting calcareous (chalky)
> grassland including the rifle butts near Barnwell Road (the highest
> point for miles around!).  Wild plant species include Spiny
> Restharrow Ononis spinosa and Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum and the
> site is currently a City Wildlife Site.  See more on the website:
> <http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/lnr>http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/lnr
> An official opening ceremony is proposed for next summer.
>
> A draft management plan was drawn up in February as part of the
> declaration process outlining the management objectives for the
> reserve. Volunteers from the City Greenways Project and LNR team have
> managed sections of the reserve the past 10 years.  The focus of
> their work has been on reducing scrub encroachment and annual
> cutting/raking of key grassland areas.  Some larger scale scrub
> clearance was carried out in 2008 along the brook and around the riffle
> butts.
>
> As well as litter collection, work proposed over thconsultation on the 
> re-introduction of grazing and associated access
> improvements will be carried out.  The Tuesday Conservation Group
> will be working at Coldham's Common LNR on the 7th December to work
> on the triangle area of grassland next to the railway line which is
> cut twice yearly to promote the growth of chalk grassland species
> such as Pyramidal Orchids. The results of the Cambridge Natural
> History Society survey in 2007 can be found at
> (<http://www.cnhs.org.uk/>http://www.cnhs.org.uk/).
>
> The remaining areas of Coldham's Common will be managed by the
> Council's Active Communities team but could in the future be
> designated as a Local Nature Reserve.
>
> Contact: Ellis Selway, Community Reserves Officer, Cambridge City
> Council
> Tel: 01223 457367    e mail: ellis.selway at cambridge.gov.uk
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