Alex Melson, Green Space Development Manager at Harpenden Town Council, will lead a guided walk around Harpenden Common explaining the green space development plans and activity there. We will learn about the history of the common, the management of its grasslands, woods and ponds.
The event is free, however booking is essential.
We will meet at the Baa Lambs Car Park for a 7.30pm start. The walk will be approximately one hour, following the walk there will be an opportunity to continue discussions at a nearby pub.
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It is a short walk from Harpenden Station and from the bus stops on Harpenden High Street and St Albans Road.
The car park is on the left as you walk out of Harpenden on the St Albans Road, just after the Silver Cup. The car park can get busy at this time of year, alternative parking is available on Southdown Road and Leyton Road or in the Station Carpark or the Amenbury Lane Car Park
More about Harpenden Common
Harpenden Common is a place of natural scenic beauty. A Green Flag Award winning site since 2007, the Common stretches almost two miles over 233 acres of land from the centre of Harpenden southwards and provides residents and visitors alike with an unsurpassed amenity and recreational resource. The Common is home to over 400 species of flora and fauna and is recognised as a County Wildlife Site.
https://www.harpenden.gov.uk/green-spaces/harpenden-common
https://www.harpenden.gov.uk/harpenden-common/naturetrail
Our Planet Our Future events
This walk and talk is organised by the Our Planet Our Future group at Sustainable St Albans. For details of past and future events see here
Our Planet Our Future organising group
ourplanet@sustainablestalbans.org
https://sustainablestalbans.org/our-planet-events/
