Our Annual General Meeting will be on Monday 11th September at The Stage, St. Augustine’s Street from 7pm. All are welcome. Only members have voting rights at the AGM. You can become a member for just £5!
Tuesday 26th September 2023, 6.30pm We’re thrilled to announce that our next event will be a bat walk, led by Lindsey Bilston of the Norfolk and Norwich Bat Group. This is an opportunity to discover some of the fascinating species to be found along the Marriott’s Way, usin
🌳 Join us on Sunday 5th March for a spring clean in Train Wood and along the Marriott’s Way! 🧹 When & where 🍃 We’ll meet at the entrance to the Marriott’s Way by the Barn Road roundabout at 10.30am, and head off down the path and around th
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 susannette12@g
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
