Get involved

We need you! Outwood Park has a ‘Friends of’ group! And we need your help to save our woods, to restore it and keep it in good condition for future generations.

• Interested in volunteering some of your time (no matter how big or small) to help look after Outwood?
• Interested in having your say over what happens at Outwood Park?

Then please get in contact :)

Join us on Facebook 

https://www.facebook.com/share/jp8i7ewHUs4pzmov/?mibextid=K35XfP

Or Email

friendsofoutwoodcountrypark@gmail.com

Or Text or Phone 

Holly on 07709 810 967

Or Contact Kathy Taylor at Bury Council who can signpost you to more volunteering opportunities in Bury!

via this link:

https://www.bury.gov.uk/local-leisure-events/public-parks/park-friends-volunteers

Kathy Taylor    
Volunteer support and development officer    
Parks and countryside    
Department for communities and wellbeing   

Biological records are key tools for helping us increase our understanding of our habitats and environment around us.

We want to increase the biological data available for Outwood Park, and you can help!

• If you know what you are looking at: Submit your record to Greater Manchester Local Record Centre (GMLRC)
• If you need help to identify what you are looking at: Why not download the iNaturalist app to your phone, available on both Play Store and App Store.

Annual Citizen Science events to take part in:

• The Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) monitors non-breeding waterbirds in the UK. Join existing volunteers undertaking wetland bird surveys along the banks of The River Irwell. See current data and to get involved click here!
• RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch Normally takes place at the beginning of the year. Counting birds in your local park will play a vital role in helping us understand how UK birds are doing. Check out the RSPB website for more details!

• City Nature Challenge. Normally hosted in the spring, the City Nature Challenge runs a weeklong event to motivating people to get out and find and document the wildlife that is occurring in their cities. Lancashire Wildlife Trust normally hosts Greater Manchester’s event, check out their website for more details!

   

Use Outwood Park as a setting for your next adventure!

Visit City of Trees Go Wild Families website for fun ideas in nature including ID sheets and nature crafts.

Whilst Outwood Park is owned by Bury Council a number of organisations operate within its perimeter including: 

Incredible Edible

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Community group promoting the growing and eating of healthy, locally produced food.

Site details: https://iepad.co.uk/projects/radcliffe-belmont-road/ 

Visit their Facebook page 

Visit their Twitter 

Learn more about what Incredible Edible do as an organisation 
 

National Cycling Academy’s Urban Cycle Centre

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The Urban Cycle Centre is a local, community-based company with a team of qualified bike instructors in Manchester. 

Site details: https://www.urbancyclecentre.co.uk/ 

https://www.incredibleedible.org.uk/ 

Visit their Twitter 

Learn more about what the Nationwide Cycling Academy Northwest do as an organisation.