We are delighted to announce that we’ve recently been awarded a grant of £1,221 from the Norfolk Community Foundation’s Greening Our Communities fund. This money will help us to continue protecting the unique environment of Train Wood, with an emphasis on improving the woo
This policy regarding rough sleeping in Train Wood has been discussed and agreed by the committee, with informal advice from local agencies. We are seeking input to its development and welcome thoughts from users, which can be emailed to our secretary Susan Cubbage via su&#
Preparations for Norwich’s first major Bioblitz are gathering pace. The station is starting to emerge, piece by piece, from its blanket of nettles, brambles and earth. That’s thanks to five hours from the Friends Of Norwich City Station team last Saturday afternoon, dodging show
On a sunny May day Train Wood looks more beautiful than ever, and young Sam Anderson sets out with his dad to discover where Norwich City Station once stood. On the way they discover the remains of engine sheds, coal sheds…and even where a train fell off the bridge on a hot summ
This time four years ago, Train Wood was up for sale by Norfolk County Council – on an auction list – and its future looked bleak. But a hard fought campaign and the determination of the many who love Norwich’s wonderful secret riverbank woodland – and t
Did you know there were 20 different kinds of buttercup? Me neither. But thanks to Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s Gemma Walker, the Train Wood plant hunters do now. On Sunday morning she came out bright and early with us on our first ever plant survey. We bumped into all sorts of peop
John Batley of Friends Of Norwich City Station with an update on work to explore the railway heritage of the site… We were back on site this weekend with superb progress on the end of the LNER engine shed. By future removal of the earth/spoil/dredge pile at the end of the shed (
It was destroyed by bombs in the war. But now we’re planning to make Train Wood the target of a different kind of blitz. The wood is to be the focus of attention by an army of citizen scientists and experts in nature and railway history later this spring. We’ve teamed up w
Friends of Train Wood and Marriott’s Way are delighted to announce that they have been awarded £400 by the Goodman Trust for the purchase of tools. Norfolk Community Foundation helped the Friends apply for the cash. Chairman Alan Cubbage said: “This cash is a boost to help
Lots got done by Friends of Train Wood and Marriott’s Way using the Bags of Help Grant at the end of last year – and many great partners and volunteers rallied round to help in the effort. With the help of the Norwich Fringe Project, which supplied all tools, material and traini
