Posts by Ryan Parker

Following on from our update last week about Highways England’s public information sessions, we wanted to share some important information with you. As a reminder, these events will be held on: Tuesday 22 October 2019 between 2pm and 8pm at the SING Plus Centre, 53 Cambridge Road, Seaforth, Liverpool, L21 1EZ; and Thursday 24 October…

As you may have been notified, Highways England are due to hold two public information sessions on the status of their plans to bulldoze Rimrose Valley Country Park in order to build a road to support the increase in HGV traffic to and from the Port of Liverpool. These events will be held on: Tuesday…

We have recently received a notification from Green Sefton regarding proposed tree works on Rimrose Valley, which is due to take place at the beginning of October. They are aware that many members of the local community are anticipating Highways England, or one of its subcontractors, beginning exploratory work for the proposed road.  They have…

In case you missed this on social media, we’re compiling the best photos of Rimrose Valley to create a 2020 calendar! All profits will go towards funding for our ongoing work, including the campaign to stop Highways England from destroying Rimrose Valley as we know it. Calendars will be A4-sized, like the example below (which…

We’re 4 months on from having sown the wildflower meadow and by and large it seems that this has been a great thing to do.  The project has created something beautiful on Rimrose, breathed new life into that part of the park and is attracting visitors from far and wide. Mission accomplished! The photos which…

Join us for our inaugural outdoor yoga session. We will be meeting at the Derwent Road Entrance (L23 0SX) for a 10:30 start time. Yoga mats will be provided. The session is being led by Louise Rooney and will last one hour. This is a really exciting opportunity to enjoy yoga in the glorious setting…

Join us on an exciting walk to discover these wonderful creatures in their natural habitat on Rimrose Valley. About this Event On Friday, 14th June, 2019, we will be meeting at the Derwent Road entrance (L23 0TB) at 21:30 for an exciting walk discovering the bats of Rimrose Valley. The walk will be led by…

Rimrose Valley Friends would like to invite you to join in a ‘community sowing’ of seeds to help create the wildflower meadow as part of the “Bees, Blooms & Butterflies” project.   on Tuesday, 28th May, 2019 at 7pm for a Community Seeding Buckets of seed will be provided, so just bring yourselves and don’t…

Another busy month for Rimrose Valley Friends, so we wanted to share a few important updates, particularly for those of you who don’t follow us so closely on social media. We have launched an ambitious project “Bees, Blooms & Butterflies” with a goal to create a huge wildflower meadow on the Chaffers Field section of the…

Highways England has previously told us that it intends to hold its statutory consultation in “spring/summer 2019”. In theory, this could be announced at any time. Assuming they’re on track and getting prepared, we need to be, too! None of the details are known as this stage, but we’ve received some general advice from the Campaign…