Community Events

Join us helping with the management of nature reserves around the city. All tools are provided. Please bring a drink for breaktime and work gloves if you have them. For further information please contact Felicity.davies@gloucester.gov.uk. We look forward to meeting you!

Friends of Horsbere Brook Work Days

Horsbere Brook FAS, what3words //frosted.rooms.apple

Bank Holiday - Protecting trees from the Easter Bunny -Orchard

  • Monday 6 April - 9:30 am to 12:30 pm 

Tree Care and Mulching - Cliffs Wood

  • Monday 13 April - 9.30 am to 12:30 pm 

Weekend Tree Care - Community Woodland

  • Saturday 25 April - 10 am to 12:30 pm 

Friends of Hucclecote Work Days

For sessions at Hucclecote Meadows meet by the signboard on Lobleys Drive (what3words ///sang.parks.hiking), for sessions at Green Lane meet at the kissing gate off Laxton Road (what3words trim.jets.intervals), for Appleton Way (what3words ///good.hers.rice).

Path Trimming -  Hucclecote

  • Friday 17 April 2026 9.30 - 12.30 pm

Pulling Goats Rue -  Green Lane (Park at Appleton Way)

  • Friday 24 April 2026 10.30 - 12.30 pm

Further updates and details can be found on Facebook @FriendsofHucclecoteMeadows

Friends of Robinswood Hill Working Party

We help the Rangers with their conservation work on the hill - from scrub clearance and trail clearing to oiling wood sculptures. We meet on the first Thursday of the month (except July and August) at 2pm (except in December and January when we meet at 1pm). Tea/coffee and cakes are provided at half time! For further information please contact ForHill2022@gmail.com

Volunteering at Robinswood Hill

Trail Trimming - Robinswood Hill

  • Wednesday  22 April - 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
  • Wednesday  29 April - 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
  • Park in Fox Elms car park what3words //speeds.orbit.wipes . The task will depend on ground conditions. Please bring a drink and snack for breaktime, all tools provided.

Spring Tidy Up - Robinswood Hill

  • Wednesday  8 April - 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
  • Meet in main car park, Reservoir Road. Please wear old clothes we will be sorting fencing supplies for reuse and having a bonfire.

For further details please email felicity.davies@gloucester.gov.uk

Volunteering at Alney Island

Boosting Biodiversity -  Planting Plug Plants - Alney Island

  • Thursday 9 April - 1 am - 3 pm

Meet at the reserve car park what3words //bonus.corner.codes. Please bring a drink.

Improving Flood Flow -  Removing Fencing - Alney Island

  • Thursday 16 April - 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Meet at the reserve car park what3words //bonus.corner.codes. Please bring a drink.

Weekend Litter Pick - Westgate Park

  • Sunday 26 April - 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Meet at car park what3words //kept.spared.frock. Please bring a drink.

For further details please email felicity.davies@gloucester.gov.uk

Green Abbey Volunteers

Meet to help nature around Clock Tower Park

For further details please see Green Abbey or contact Cate Williams greenabbey.gl4@gmail.com or Beth Sweet greenabbeysecretary@gmail.com

Volunteer Litter Pickers

Our aim is to make Gloucester a clean and pleasant place for our residents to live. We are proud to say we have more than 100 volunteers who help us keep the City clean and tidy.

Our volunteers really enjoy being able to make a valuable contribution and a positive impact in their local area.

Why not join them and help us make a difference?

Find out more

Countryside Unit​ - Robinswood Hill Country Park Reservoir Road Gloucester, GL4 6SX Tel: 01452 303 206 or email us at countryside@gloucester.gov.uk