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Bat Walk, creatures of the night walk

By | May 10, 2013 at 7:30 pm | No comments

Friday June 7th 9:15 - 10:30, meet at Hallmark Cards car park off Bingley Road, BD9 6SD Bring warm waterproof clothing , boots and a torch if you have...

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Swartha Wood Events May 2013

By | April 2, 2013 at 12:24 pm | No comments

    Monday 6th May 2013 Dawn chorus 6am Swartha Woods   When songbirds sing at the start of a new day this is known as the dawn chorus.  It is most noticeable in Spring when the birds are either defending a breeding territory or trying to attract a mate.  In...

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Co-operative grant awarded to the Forest of Bradford

By | January 23, 2013 at 2:11 pm | No comments

Co – Operative Grant Awarded The Forest of Bradford have received a  £2000 grant from the Co – Operative. The grant will enable FOB to grow locally sourced tree seed and to work with Woodville Work Activity Centre run by PRISM in Keighley to plant one hectare of new...

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Swartha Wood – keep a look out for our upcoming events…..

By | January 16, 2013 at 4:32 pm | No comments

Woodworking demos Guided walks Botanical surveys Archaeological surveys We are waiting to see how the weather goes before fixing...

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New planting dates for January now online

By | December 20, 2012 at 3:22 pm | No comments

Please click below to view our Jan - March 2013 tree planting dates   Tree planting dates   If you have any questions then please call 01274 487270 and ask for Ian Butterfield.   Thank you :...

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Hedgelaying courses starting December 2012

By | November 16, 2012 at 5:51 pm | No comments

The Forest of Bradford will be running their popular hedgelaying courses as of  the beginning of December.  Please click on the image below for more information.  Thank...

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WINTER PLANTING DATES NOW ONLINE!!

By | October 27, 2012 at 11:29 am | No comments

Some of our winter tree planting dates are now available.  Please contact Ian Butterfield on 01274 487270 or via ian.forestofbradford@beat.org.uk  if you would like to get involved - all are welcome.  Thanks     PLANTING SCHEMES Nov – Dec...

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Heritage Day 2012

By | September 18, 2012 at 2:58 pm | No comments

    Keighley Heritage Day was really well attended and we had a good number of people express their interest in our future events.  We will keep you posted here and at other places around Silsden and Keighley.  Many thanks...

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Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation grant for Forest of Bradford

By | August 14, 2012 at 4:44 pm | No comments

BEAT are delighted to announce that The Forest Of Bradford have been awarded a grant to enable the purchase of outdoor clothing and first aid kits for their tree planting scheme.  This kind donation came from the Yorkshire Building Society Charitable...

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Keighley Heritage Day 8th September

By | August 7, 2012 at 1:23 pm | No comments

Come along to Keighley Library to find out more about the Swartha Wood Project, a community history project taking place over the next 2 years. Activities will include archive research, archaeology and woodland management.  Anyone interested in history and ecology or who just...

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