News, blogs & events
News & blogs
Friends of Train Wood & Marriott’s Way awarded Greening Our Communities grant
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...
Draft policy regarding homeless people seeking shelter in Train Wood
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...
Getting ready to blitz
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,...
A boy’s own tale … railway heritage in Train Wood
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...
First survey strikes buttercup gold
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...
Exciting times and excavations of railway history
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...
Trains, trees, birds and bees – our first ever BioBlitz
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...
Funding bid bears fruit – new tools on the way
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...
Work in the wood
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...
Sunshine, coffee, cake and crowds – Train Wood’s First Autumn Festival a big success
Well over 150 people enjoyed the lovely Train Wood and Marriott's Way in the sunshine at the first-ever Autumn Festival, opened in style by local TV presenter Helen McDermott. Coffee, cake, nature and railway walks, woodland activities, impromptu music, Norwich...
Wood set for September spruce up
Thanks to the success of our first-ever funding application, a series of eight hands-on work days will extend throughout September, to help restore wildness to the wood as well as providing places to fish and sit down and enjoy Norwich's rarest woodland. All are...
Funding bid success – please vote so we can build bridge
We are celebrating our first major grant success! After asking the public and our members on what to bid for through open days and meetings, we focussed on restoring the rare urban wood to be more natural and wild, to increase biodiversity and help people enjoy it....
Events
2025 Litter picks
2025 Litter Picks Saturday 18th January Sunday 16th February Saturday 15th March Sunday 13th April Saturday 17th May Sunday 22nd June Saturday 19th July Sunday 24th August Saturday 20th September Sunday 19th October Saturday 15th November Sunday 14th December All...
2023 AGM: Monday 11th September
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!
Bat walk with Lindsey Bilston
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,...
Litter picks for 2023
Dates for our litter picks in 2023
Litter pick – Sunday 5th March
🌳 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 the...
Owned in common, free fun for all
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 the...