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Help Out Day: Invasive Walk and Talk

Learn about the conservation work the Windermere rangers are doing to support habitats and biodiversity and how you can help.

  • Booking essential
  • Free event

Invasives walk and talk with our ranger team. There will be some hands-on removal, depending on what we find. A chance to learn about the conservation work the Windermere rangers are doing to support habitats and biodiversity and how you can help.

Bring wellies/waterproof boots due to terrain and location of some of the invasives.

Times

The basics

Booking details

Call 0344 249 1895 The nearest toilets are at the start and end of the day at the Footprint.

Suitability

Not suitable for children

Meeting point

Meet and park at the Footprint in St Catherine's parkland. Patterdale Road, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 1NH

What to bring and wear

Bring wellies/waterproof boots. Suitable jackets for the weather. Bring a pack lunch, drinks and snacks.

Accessibility

The terrain will be rough and uneven. We will be walking around the parkland.

Other

The nearest toilets are at the start and end of the day at the Footprint.

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