FoTV 
This weekend FoTV volunteers were joined by WLBC Ranger Ben for the second part of the Meeting Place Project. As you may remember on our last volunteer day, FoTV volunteers constructed a large timber raised vegetable and wildflower bed and also laid tonnes of gravel to create a pathway and flooring ready for picnic tables. … Read more
Have you ever wondered where the River Tawd flows and meanders to after it disappears into the inky shadows of the Cobbs Clough Road Tunnel? If your answer is – Yes, then please continue to read below. The River Tawd looks to start its 8 mile journey near to Crawford village, rolling in and out … Read more
This weekend, a small group of the Douglas Catchment Partnership, codenamed “The River Squadron”, visited the Tawd Valley Park to get some more practice in the art of Riverfly Kick Sampling. We’ve really wanted to try kick sampling below the Cobbs Clough Road Weir on a number of occasions, to see if there was a … Read more
Friends of Tawd Valley have had a featured section in the Our Lancashire Newsletter for West Lancashire February 2022. Click the link below to check out the OUR Lancashire website for news, events and information about your local area: Our Group Finder – OUR Lancashire
This week, Friends of Tawd Valley had the honour of showing off the Tawd Valley Park to some of our Douglas Catchment Partnership friends. We started off with a walk along the river, taking in sights and sounds that the valley had to offer. We trekked across the recently maintained (thank you to FoTV volunteers) … Read more
Neighbour to the Tawd Valley Park with its rolling grasslands, deep mixed woodlands and patchy wetlands is the stunning Beacon Country Park, which has everything a nature lover, rambler, cyclist and equestrian could wish for. Nestled between Skelmersdale and Wigan, the 260 acre park boasts a year on year Green Flag Award and rightly so. … Read more
This weekend FoTV volunteers courageously defied the elements and battled through the cold wind and rain to get the job done. The Meeting Place Project has been in planning for some time and this Friday and Saturday finally seen spades hit the ground and work get well underway. On Friday, Team Tawd – Don, Peter … Read more
This morning representatives of Friends of Tawd Valley, WLBC Ranger Service and the Ribble Rivers Trust were at the proposed site for the new Damselfly Wetland area, listening to the local communities thoughts and ideas about the project. The wetland will be located in the Tawd Valley Park on the grassland next to the public … Read more
There are 18 wooden wildlife badges on a number of bridges, fences and posts along the Tawd Valley Park. Can you find them all? We’ll give you a head start on the 1st one – First wooden bridge by the Skelmersdale Police Station. Good luck and most of all – HAVE FUN!!! 1. Acorn 2. … Read more
Jake Oseland is a project assistant on the Douglas Challenge Project and a member of Groundwork Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside. Check out what he has been up to at the Tawd Valley Park earlier this month on his newly formed Love My Rivers blog page: 06/01/2022 Weirs and Geese (lovemyriver.blogspot.com)
